Locky Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Is there really such a thing anymore? We all know the areas of the city which come with a reputation, but just how unjust do you feel these reputations are? Sure, a lot of the older council blocks in a lot of areas look very undesirable, but everywhere in Edinburgh now is well connected via transport, has a lot of essential shops on its doorstep, and generally, there's nowhere I feel vulnerable or intimidated in across the entire city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williejamiesonlesftfoot Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Belhaven Terrace. Toughest street in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos_1874 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Easter Rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny John Boy Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Parkgrove was where the real nutters came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianajones Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Agree with OP. Although whenever I drive through Niddrie i always see something mental going on. Last time it was a boy about 10 years old riding up and down the grass embankments on a 125cc scooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Is it stil rough down at Martello Court ? Terror Towers I seem to recall. I have not ventured down that way since all my clothes got half inched years ago when I was playing football at Silverknowes. Effin yobs ! Martello court has a concierge I'll have you know Good and bad all over the city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I drove along Niddrie Mains Road for the first time in god knows. Anyway, so everything to the left of Niddrie Mains Road towards the railway line and Bingham has been flattened......looks weird with the church standing isolated. Is there any pubs around there? Where do people go for a pint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianajones Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I drove along Niddrie Mains Road for the first time in god knows. Anyway, so everything to the left of Niddrie Mains Road towards the railway line and Bingham has been flattened......looks weird with the church standing isolated. Is there any pubs around there? Where do people go for a pint? Methadone. They only drink Methadone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudiHMFC Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I don't think of any areas in Edinburgh as rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogsy Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Pilton is still quite ropey. Full of feral teenagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jarman Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Agree with OP. Although whenever I drive through Niddrie i always see something mental going on. Last time it was a boy about 10 years old riding up and down the grass embankments on a 125cc scooter. It's not a game of football at Jack Kane center if there isn't a load of kids ripping about the side of the pitch on scooters and dirt bikes. Adds a bit of character to a dismal Saturday/Sunday morning run around anyway, just pretend the roaring of bikes is the roaring of fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I drove along Niddrie Mains Road for the first time in god knows. Anyway, so everything to the left of Niddrie Mains Road towards the railway line and Bingham has been flattened......looks weird with the church standing isolated. Is there any pubs around there? Where do people go for a pint? Omans.... The only pub in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 2 coppers got beat up by a gang of yoofs outside the Portobello police station yesterday. Pilton, Drylaw, Dumbiedykes, Piershill and Niddrie are hell holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Omans.... The only pub in the area. What aboot the White Hoose? Barbed wire inside I seem to recall.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Muirhouse is a shithouse ! Martello Court area is full of wee neds on bikes for quick getaways. Pilton not much better, unfortunately Police Scotland has inadvertently raised the crime rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williejamiesonlesftfoot Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What aboot the White Hoose? Barbed wire inside I seem to recall.... Closed. Cant mind what it is now. Listed building too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What aboot the White Hoose? Barbed wire inside I seem to recall.... Now an community centre type place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Porty ya bass http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/teenagers-beat-female-police-officer-on-station-steps-1-3876330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent B.A Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 2 coppers got beat up by a gang of yoofs outside the Portobello police station yesterday. Pilton, Drylaw, Dumbiedykes, Piershill and Niddrie are hell holes. I agree, from my experience there are a few spots at gracemount and Gilmerton that arent very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Muirhouse, Pilton, Sighthill and Lochend aren't particularly pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Anyone remember the Tollcross Rebels, Clerry Jungle, YBT, Pilton Derry and Niddrie Terror. Oh and Bar Ox ? In fact was anyone on this forum in those gangs or others ? Might just be a rumour but I think the senior dot counter was a founder member of the Clerry jungle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 YBT Will always remember playing fives at the pitz at sighthill and having kids about 8 years old standing on the hill shouting 'Y-B. Y-B. Y-B-T'. Scenes. Sighthill isn't rough though, not now anyway. It's a little mundane if anything. Not having it lumped in with Lochend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnomarooned Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Parkgrove was where the real nutters came from. Really? That's where I live (Terrace) - for the past 10 years so an incomer I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos1983 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 As above there's plenty of rough areas. Some real shit holes with some tragic stories in Edinburgh,even in this day and age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnomarooned Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Funny thing about Edinburgh is that crappy areas can be right next to decent areas. Maybe that's not unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Vallance Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Anyone remember the Tollcross Rebels, Clerry Jungle, YBT, Pilton Derry and Niddrie Terror. Oh and Bar Ox ? In fact was anyone on this forum in those gangs or others ? Can't believe you missed out the YMD. Although to be fair they were another level from the group you've mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Might just be a rumour but I think the senior dot counter was a founder member of the Clerry jungle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) I live in the Calders. I've had a decent amount of shit go down in and around my building but I can only think of two occasions where I've felt I was personally in a bit of a hairy situation. I'd say the place is mental but that doesn't necessarily mean I think it's hard. 'Rough' is probably about right. Edit: Lived here for nearly five years btw. Edited September 3, 2015 by neave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Anyone remember the Tollcross Rebels, Clerry Jungle, YBT, Pilton Derry and Niddrie Terror. Oh and Bar Ox ? In fact was anyone on this forum in those gangs or others ? I was going to ask whether Oxgangs was still rough. What about Wester Hailes? Surely that's still a shit-hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe.gausden Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Feck all wrong wi Pilton YPD ya bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Muirhouse, Pilton, Sighthill and Lochend aren't particularly pleasant. Lumping Sighthill in with Muirhouse and Pilton is just silly. Not sure why Sighthill gets mentioned in these conversations as it is absolutely fine. Surrounding areas are a bit dodgy, Calders, Wester Hailes, Dumbryden, Murrayburn etc, but Sighthill itself is harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jarman Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I was going to ask whether Oxgangs was still rough. Not as bad now, lived there my whole 26 years and definite change when the took down the flats and replaced them with some nicer housing. Still some right bams about but not a shade on how it was when I was younger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Spent 5 years in Clovenstone / Wester Hailes right by the bridge that links them. Never seen any trouble. Only time I've felt unsafe was when I was stupidly off my face at The Shell garage at Sighthill back when the tall flats were there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy frog Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Clerie Jungle rools ya bass ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny D Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Agree with OP. Although whenever I drive through Niddrie i always see something mental going on. Last time it was a boy about 10 years old riding up and down the grass embankments on a 125cc scooter. Happens on a daily basis, apart from that no complaints living there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Muirhouse and Pilton seem to be a bit rough just now - if you own a bike, it'll be nicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Porty ya bass http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/teenagers-beat-female-police-officer-on-station-steps-1-3876330 Reading stuff like that makes me in a mood a good deal more right-wing than I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I didn't have any problems growing up in East Pilton, although I suppose that wasn't as bad as West Pilton. I always found Royston/Wardieburn to be a lot more rough. My Muirhouse highlight was seeing a man fight a dog outside the shopping centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Lived in Niddrie for a few years quite recently. Get the impression that porty, Musselburgh or Southside is generally the place to go for drinks if not town altogether. Although there is still some crazy goings on in the area. Seen many bizarre sights in the community. Nothing bad really, just some crazy things being done by some rather colourful people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I didn't have any problems growing up in East Pilton, although I suppose that wasn't as bad as West Pilton. I always found Royston/Wardieburn to be a lot more rough. My Muirhouse highlight was seeing a man fight a dog outside the shopping centre. Was it a boxer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Oxgangs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Not as bad now, lived there my whole 26 years and definite change when the took down the flats and replaced them with some nicer housing. Still some right bams about but not a shade on how it was when I was younger I'm nearly double your age so my memory of Oxgangs was of a rough area; the highlight being the Bar-Ox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Womble Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm nearly double your age so my memory of Oxgangs was of a rough area; the highlight being the Bar-Ox. I remember when I moved from Oxgangs to Saughton (1993ish) thinking Saughton was a lot rougher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamdub Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 YMBO Ya Bass !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnants of Standards Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Pfffft. Young Inch Cumbie ya bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambosammy Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I lived in west pilton for 9 years I could write a book about it! Crazy place! But to be honest I had some of the nicest neighbours ever. It's ashame a small proportion of that area give it such a bad name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Edinburgh has it's "rough areas" but they're like Disneyland compared to inner city areas and certain towns in England. Stayed some weekends in Gateshead a few years back (met a Geordie lass in Spain) and it was a real eye opener. So was she. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudiHMFC Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Pfffft. Young Inch Cumbie ya bass. Was going to say, I've never lived in Edinburgh but i remember going to Inch to play them and it was always very fiery, some right dirty bast@rds there, i think callum booth played for them aswell might have been some other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnants of Standards Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 From memory gracemount and southside were hibs so the Inch always tangled with them on a semi-regular basis. I always ponder on how easier a cop's job is at a local level today, compared to then with the advent of computers and gadgets which keep hundreds of bored kids off the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 What areas in west lothian are rough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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