The White Cockade Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Remnant Kings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Remnant Kings Salisbury Place and Shandwick Place (I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 This post, talking about Phoenix Records and Sweet Inspiration... These are the two that I immediately thought of when I saw the thread title. Many happy hours spent fumbling with the 12-inchers in those shops. Did this pre-date Kenneth Williams or was he just not looking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 This post, talking about Phoenix Records and Sweet Inspiration... Did this pre-date Kenneth Williams or was he just not looking? Sweet Inspiration, just round from the ABC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Sweet Inspiration, just round from the ABC? That's the very one. Actually, I only really bought singles in there. When I started to look for 12 inchers instead of 7 inchers, I started to go up to Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 That's the very one. Actually, I only really bought singles in there. When I started to look for 12 inchers instead of 7 inchers, I started to go up to Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Salisbury Place and Shandwick Place (I think). Salisbury place and lothian road beside woolies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Is Thinns the book shop still open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Was P&D Windows situated where Ian Murray has his Labour office at Minto Street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Thin's now Blackwell's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Morgan Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Yes there were two shops in South Bridge and two in Lothian Road, near the ABC. I worked in all of them in my time. Probably sold you the hi-waisters, Morgan Nothing to do with Berry's at all. Also the programme shop near Easter Road is still there. Its in Albion Road and is run by Brian Johnson who is a very friendly Hibby. Alan Cunningham's shop was in Spittal Street near the Usher Hall. He also had a stall at Tynecastle. GC Brian used to be a decent bowler (cricket). Not a bad lad considering his poor choice of football team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 What was the electric goods shop on Dalry road just before the bend on the right heading up from Haymarket. Remember being in a tv advert for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 What was the electric goods shop on Dalry road just before the bend on the right heading up from Haymarket. Remember being in a tv advert for them. Clydesdale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonjambo Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Cowans tailoring is that the store that started as American Mens Wear Just spoke to my dad. Yes, when the shops first started they branded themselves as Cowan Tailoring, American Menswear. Good memory, Bob !! GC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Clydesdale Was that beside Eric Browns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Was that beside Eric Browns? Next to the golf shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Clydesdale Thought I was going to instantly recognise the name, but nup. Was it called anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thought I was going to instantly recognise the name, but nup. Was it called anything else? Dixons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Dixons? Definitely wasn't that, maybe was Clydesdale. I'm talking around mid to late 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deevers Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Melroses Icecream shop on Gorgie Road opposite Chesser Avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? Further out of town as you?re driving out of town on London Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? There was a cinema called The Regent on Abbeymount. Closed in 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names?Berry suite? Regent Cinema Edited October 4, 2017 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thought I was going to instantly recognise the name, but nup. Was it called anything else? See this for more names http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1_edinburgh_history_-_recollections_house_of_clydesdale.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Berry suite? Regent Cinema As LB says, it has to be the Berry Suite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 See this for more names http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1_edinburgh_history_-_recollections_house_of_clydesdale.htm That says there was a shop in Gorgie road, not Dalry road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 As LB says, it has to be the Berry Suite. Only know because my mum and dad always used to say that they used to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 What was the electric goods shop on Dalry road just before the bend on the right heading up from Haymarket. Remember being in a tv advert for them. Glen's, Hutchison, Robertson, Stepek? I remember their adverts during the days of Scotsport and the Tennents Sixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? There was also a night club/function suite just down from ASDA at Chesser, where the 35 bus stop is. I think it's a Chinese restaurant now. What was that called again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Also, I think there was a wee shop on Dalry Road at the Haymarket end called TOOLS but my wife says I'm talking crap. It's not really a shop name I would forget you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Glen's, Hutchison, Robertson, Stepek? I remember their adverts during the days of Scotsport and the Tennents Sixes. That's it, brilliant. It was doing my head in. I was in one of those ads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Also, I think there was a wee shop on Dalry Road at the Haymarket end called TOOLS but my wife says I'm talking crap. It's not really a shop name I would forget you know Is that the one that the CCS used to frequent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Also, I think there was a wee shop on Dalry Road at the Haymarket end called TOOLS but my wife says I'm talking crap. It's not really a shop name I would forget you know Murray's Tools? Haymarket,Morrison Street and Clark Street. Fred Murray is still on the go and a bona fide gentleman of the highest order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? Cat's Pyjamas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Is that the one that the CCS used to frequent That's it! Hammers with empty heads, paving stones for dancing on, bags of small nails called wee pricks, that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Murray's Tools? Haymarket,Morrison Street and Clark Street. Fred Murray is still on the go and a bona fide gentleman of the highest order. Yes! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 That's it! Hammers with empty heads, paving stones for dancing on, bags of small nails called wee pricks, that sort of thing. Tools with tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 There was also a night club/function suite just down from ASDA at Chesser, where the 35 bus stop is. I think it's a Chinese restaurant now. What was that called again? The Baron Suite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 The Baron Suite? Well done and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) Tools with tools :) Edited October 4, 2017 by Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I appreciate I'm a little off topic here but was driving up Abbey Mount this morning (I see even more student housing has sprung up where the Chathams was) I it got me thinking there used to be a cinema/theatre half way up and a night club/function suite next door. Can anyone remember their names? My memory really has gone to pot. It was the Astoria of course. Many good gigs back in the punk and new wave days. Was only like that for a while and shut down in the early eighties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 As LB says, it has to be the Berry Suite. Not the Berry Suite that was the opening on the right after the Artisan pub iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Murray's Tools? Haymarket,Morrison Street and Clark Street. Fred Murray is still on the go and a bona fide gentleman of the highest order. His Daughter Diane was nice to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Glen's, Hutchison, Robertson, Stepek? I remember their adverts during the days of Scotsport and the Tennents Sixes. There was a Robertson on Gorgie Rd for a while, where the fireplace shop is, I think. I'm sure there was either a Clydesdale or a Dixon there before it. Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Not the Berry Suite that was the opening on the right after the Artisan pub iirc. Yeah, Berry Suite is now that hideous green building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Cat's Pyjamas. Not the Berry Suite that was the opening on the right after the Artisan pub iirc. It was the Cats Pyjamas, with the Good Time Emporium above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Used to go here a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Anyone else remember Tommy Farmers motor cycle repair shop on the corner of I think it is Buccleuch Terrace that leads from Buccleuch Street to George Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Murray's Tools? Haymarket,Morrison Street and Clark Street. Fred Murray is still on the go and a bona fide gentleman of the highest order. Served my apprenticeship as a patternmaker in Bertrams, Sciennes. Bought loads of tools from Fred in his shop in South Clerk Street,his brother, pony tail, big in judo circles, managed Dalry shop. Before he sold up and retired,Fred showed me his tool museum/collection,filled the full sized basement in Morrison Street shop, sad that there is no comparable tool shop in Edinburgh now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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