Say What Again Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The Brass Monkey I think. It is. I was in there for the the first time recently, waiting for a mate. I had a cracking brie and chorizo roll while I waited Their lunchtime specials looked to be pretty good. From what I remember it was a pint and a sandwich for ?4.50, or a pint, soup and a sandwich for ?6 (I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1959 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Question cropped up when discussing this thread with mates. How far and wide is the "Southside"? What is your starting point from the southern end, Salisbury Road up to Commie, down to St Leonards taking in Dumbiedykes then up Drummond Street to West Crosscauseway, up to Potterrow then along to Middle Meadow walk, back along the meadows to Causewayside then down to Ratcliffe Terrace?? Interested to hear what others think. Edited October 7, 2013 by JT1959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstone Wonder Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Best i can help. The Qua... Was there not a pub where KFC is, on the corner but a fire gutted the whole building long time ago? Not sure about the KFC but when I was a student in the mid to late 80s living above the Southsider, that cinema showed blue movies. Got a feeling the pub might have been called The Quaich although that is nothing other than an educated guess. I remember going into the Asian convenience store which is called Southside Greengrocers in this photo. Sure the guy who owned it was called Mr Shafiq as he offered me and my mates a flat to rent down at East Junction Street which we politely declined. Edited October 7, 2013 by Goldstone Wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The disco bar replaced by KFC was the Uptown. I don't know what year the photo in the previous post was taken but it certainly looks as if the pub was called the Quaich. The names I have for it were:- Britannia Bar 1965 The Half Penny - no year known for that one The Trot Inn 1970 -1980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1959 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) The La Scala was a regular picture house then changed to "The Classic" and showed soft porno, Carry on Plumber etc, then it closed and re-opened as La Scala again but as a Bingo Hall.(There could even have been some casino element!!!) It was called The Classic when Uptown burnt down. Edited October 7, 2013 by JT1959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 1982 Uptown Disco after the fire. I found this photo here, http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_street_m/0_street_views_-_nicolson_street_36-42_uptown_disco_1982.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I think that is Drummond Street, from http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/118255/details/edinburgh+nicolson+street+general/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams bird Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I also stayed in Brown Street with my parents until 1960 when the decanting started. . Same as us. We were in number 5,,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The Woolpack was the pub on Potterrow next to what is now the Central Mosque. Its still there and has had a few names since. Yep, Native State, Koko's etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginga Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 48 Nicolson Street, had a planning application in 1993 changing it from a pub (The Half Penny), to a sandwich bar, delicatessen & coffee shop. Then another application in 2000 is to change it from a tanning shop into an Amusement Arcade. I hadn't seen the name The Quaich, so it was after the fire in 1982 and before 1993, found a reference in a court document to The Quaich so that confirms the name of the pub. I agree with the other names supplied by Stuart Lyon above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Those 2 black and white photos are fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Anyone remember "The Junction" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corstojohn Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Anyone remember "The Junction" ? Yep its now The Cask and Barrel Southside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Where Ladbrokes is now at Surgeons Hall was a Pub at one time also was it not, think it then became a cafe called the Bambi Cafe??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The Auld Hoose on St. Leonards. What was that pub previously called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Bristo Street, pictured here in 1966, is no longer. Picture: Alan Ledgerwood Lost Edinburgh in the Evening News. http://www.scotsman.com/news/lost-edinburgh-bristo-street-1-2808438 (i can't work out where this photo is taken from) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Crown Copyright ? RCAHMS Licensor www.rcahms.gov.uk This view of the Causey from 1979 shows the Buccleuch and Greyfriars Church flanked by the ruins of older tenements. In the background no. 26 West Crosscauseway appears as a stone faced building and to the north Pear Tree House is visible behind the predecessor to 56 North bar. http://www.thecausey.org/causeyhistory.html (there are lots more photos on that site, and bits about the history of Causewayside. Like how it got it's name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Bristo Street, pictured here in 1966, is no longer. Picture: Alan Ledgerwood Lost Edinburgh in the Evening News. http://www.scotsman....treet-1-2808438 (i can't work out where this photo is taken from) The whole area around the Parkers was the big car park next to Bristo Square which is the new Uni building i think. The junction immediately on the left leads to Nicolson Square and Surgeons hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 As far as I know the only other name for the Auld Hoose was Ye Auld Hoose. If anyone knows any different I would be interested to know any other names for this pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 . Same as us. We were in number 5,,. We were number 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboron Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Where Ladbrokes is now at Surgeons Hall was a Pub at one time also was it not, think it then became a cafe called the Bambi Cafe??? I think that was the "Rat Trap" Maggie Rae , who was in charge there was rumoured to dry her Fet Lors over the pie stand on the bar there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Bristo Street, pictured here in 1966, is no longer. Picture: Alan Ledgerwood Lost Edinburgh in the Evening News. http://www.scotsman.com/news/lost-edinburgh-bristo-street-1-2808438 (i can't work out where this photo is taken from) Just outside Dante Lannes cafe.About 4/5 doors up from Marshall Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandys elbows Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I think that was the "Rat Trap" Maggie Rae , who was in charge there was rumoured to dry her Fet Lors over the pie stand on the bar there. . Deco, hung her drawers over the pie heater.had a shallaly, cludgey behind the bar in view. When I went in with my mates, young lads she said "what the f#*k do you'se want" character building stuff ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfordjt Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 As far as I know the only other name for the Auld Hoose was Ye Auld Hoose. If anyone knows any different I would be interested to know any other names for this pub. I have only ever known it by those two names Stuart, Also remember that it used to by run by a German called Jurgen, unless my mind is playing tricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The whole area around the Parkers was the big car park next to Bristo Square which is the new Uni building i think. The junction immediately on the left leads to Nicolson Square and Surgeons hall. Just outside Dante Lannes cafe.About 4/5 doors up from Marshall Street. thanks. im up there tomorrow, i'll have a look about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 thanks. im up there tomorrow, i'll have a look about. Cheers. Let me know if it is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginga Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Cheers. Let me know if it is there. Good one - hope he remembers to take his Tardis !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 And for the really auld guys how about "The Castle o' Clouts" in the Pleasance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 http://www.flickr.co...rgh/6822666766/ Interesting pictures, the church just up from the pub was I believe the Church of Christ. When a real wee boy 4/5 years old we used to go to the Band of Hope there, and watch magic lantern pictures. Also next to the pub was a small shop belonging to Mrs Craigie, tiny shop with the house in the rear, she even opened on a Sunday, and there wasn't much you couldn't buy there. If I was in the Castle o Clouts twice in my life, that is probably an exaggeration. Somebody mentioned in a previous post Jeannie Deans pub, I went in there as a 171/2 year old to watch the World Speedway championships, the barman came and asked me my age and I was honest, he asked if I was working and I said no I am going to join the Guards on Friday, he said stay where you are and have another pint on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Jambo Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Bristo Street, pictured here in 1966, is no longer. Picture: Alan Ledgerwood Lost Edinburgh in the Evening News. http://www.scotsman....treet-1-2808438 (i can't work out where this photo is taken from) Anyone remember the rhino's head on the wall on the Parkers building? Or am i just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Good one - hope he remembers to take his Tardis !! Meaning if thats the where the b&w photo was taken from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I think that is Drummond Street, from http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/118255/details/edinburgh+nicolson+street+general/ That is South Bridge the street to the left is Drummond Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
systemx Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 That is South Bridge the street to the left is Drummond Street. Anyone else notice Bob Sharp in the middle of the road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotVincentGuerain Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I could not work out exactly where it was, but roughly. I have always know this bit as it is, i was born in the 70's. huge difference between now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Trying to remember the the pub opposite the Southsider in West Richmond Street. I’m sure it was called Wee ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 07/10/2013 at 18:06, mac said: Anyone remember "The Junction" ? Great boozer. Even although it’s called something else now it will always be the junction to me. Also the falcon will always be the known as the falcon as well. 🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, Montgomery Brewster said: Great boozer. Even although it’s called something else now it will always be the junction to me. Also the falcon will always be the known as the falcon as well. 🍻 Cask and Barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Trying to remember the the pub opposite the Southsider in West Richmond Street. I’m sure it was called Wee ???? Wee Anderson's also called the Richmond and Nic Anderson's at some point. Edited July 3, 2022 by Stuart Lyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Wee Anderson's also called the Richmond and Nic Anderson's at some point. Thanks Stuart. Can always rely on you to come up with the answers. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Thanks Stuart. Can always rely on you to come up with the answers. 👍 Here's a photo. Wee Anderson's May 1966.tif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Here's a photo. Wee Anderson's May 1966.tif 693.41 kB · 5 downloads Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Anyone remember Doolitles, was rather drunk in there back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Harry Potter said: Anyone remember Doolitles, was rather drunk in there back in the day. I remember it was never in it. It was called The Rat Trap before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 The Jeanie Deans near St Leonards was a great wee pub . Used to sometimes meet my father in Law for a few beers. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: I remember it was never in it. It was called The Rat Trap before. cheers, 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Jambo Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 08/10/2013 at 00:29, Boston Jambo said: Anyone remember the rhino's head on the wall on the Parkers building? Or am i just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Boston Jambo said: It was Jim Haynes’ bookshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlimOzturk Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Cask and Barrel have a great folk session Sunday nights. The Abby does some of the best burgers in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Jambo Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 My old bus 1983-88. Went everywhere with them. 87-88 was old enough to drink. Grew up in Southside till I left in 90. Still drink in Southside when I’m home. Usually City Cafe, Southsider or BrassMonkeys. Sometimes Swannys. My mate runs it that I went to school with and I good Jambo I went with to Hearts games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Aussie Jambo said: My old bus 1983-88. Went everywhere with them. 87-88 was old enough to drink. Grew up in Southside till I left in 90. Still drink in Southside when I’m home. Usually City Cafe, Southsider or BrassMonkeys. Sometimes Swannys. My mate runs it that I went to school with and I good Jambo I went with to Hearts games Aye Swannys, the bell , Leslie’s , Jamie’s all quality boozers. I assume your talking about big AM? Last time I was in the bell a good few years ago he was working across the road in swannys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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