the general Posted June 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Morgan it wasn't the Greeen Tree as I originally posted - it was the Auld Hoose as I stated in a later post. Had a tree in the pub!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted June 27, 2018 General - yes I remember it well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/26/2018 at 14:05, Morgan said: Cheers Stuart. It’s the Bistro and the Melville Lounge I was after. By the way, the diner search? I was speaking to a girl that says she worked in the place and she claims it was called New York New York, which a few folk had suggested to me on here. We almost went for it but when we asked her about the decor, her description didn't match what we remember I've just seen her answer to you and to be fair she was pretty descriptive about the place and seeing as she worked there it sounds like maybe your memory about how it looked might have faded a bit, you cannae even mind what it's called ffs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ribble Posted July 3, 2018 From pub convo tonight, looking for the name of 2 pubs 1st was something like a persons name in the grassmarket but not Milligan’s or Maggie Dicksons 2nd was along seafield near the corner of seafield place? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Ribble said: From pub convo tonight, looking for the name of 2 pubs 1st was something like a persons name in the grassmarket but not Milligan’s or Maggie Dicksons 2nd was along seafield near the corner of seafield place? Mother Aitkens for the 2nd one? Better known as Ma Aiitkens Edited July 3, 2018 by graygo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luckyBatistuta Posted July 3, 2018 3 hours ago, graygo said: Take it that is the German one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted July 3, 2018 23 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Take it that is the German one? Aye but feck knows why I put it on this thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luckyBatistuta Posted July 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, graygo said: Aye but feck knows why I put it on this thread. its on the right thread imo, not that that counts for anything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted July 4, 2018 The only pub I can find that had a person's name was Waterman's which became Maggie Dickson's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ribble Posted July 4, 2018 24 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: The only pub I can find that had a person's name was Waterman's which became Maggie Dickson's 13 hours ago, graygo said: Mother Aitkens for the 2nd one? Better known as Ma Aiitkens Cheers both Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 4, 2018 Maggie Dickson's was also called Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1989 got a picture on my laptop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted July 4, 2018 Hi Ginga - some guy on here is looking for a pic of the Bellhaven Inn now the waiting room - can you help please? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Hi Ginga - some guy on here is looking for a pic of the Bellhaven Inn now the waiting room - can you help please? So frustrating this. The ‘Belly’ was our local for many years and I can’t find a damn picture either Stuart? I think it’s Belhaven btw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 4, 2018 Don't say I'm not good to you now and again.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, ginga said: Don't say I'm not good to you now and again.... The Bel feckin haven!! Very well done ginga Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 4, 2018 @Stuart Lyon Stuart? Now that the Belhaven pic has been found, what was on that corner of Belhaven Terrace and Morningside Road before roughly 1980? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luckyBatistuta Posted July 5, 2018 3 hours ago, ginga said: Don't say I'm not good to you now and again.... You are an absolute star ginga, it’s been doing my head in. Tried everything I could think to get the Belhaven and nothing. How did you find it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted July 5, 2018 Morgan from the look of this OS map it was Morningside Station that occupied this site It closed in 1962 so don't know if there was some other use made of the site before the bank and the pub were built.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: Morgan from the look of this OS map it was Morningside Station that occupied this site It closed in 1962 so don't know if there was some other use made of the site before the bank and the pub were built.. Thanks Stuart. So, between 1962 and roughly 1980/81 (when we think the Belhaven opened) we don’t know what was on that corner. Probably a bank we reckon? Edited July 5, 2018 by Morgan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 5, 2018 10 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: You are an absolute star ginga, it’s been doing my head in. Tried everything I could think to get the Belhaven and nothing. How did you find it? That you in the seat by the window wearing your ‘blood doesn’t show’ t-shirt? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 6, 2018 On 05/07/2018 at 01:23, luckyBatistuta said: You are an absolute star ginga, it’s been doing my head in. Tried everything I could think to get the Belhaven and nothing. How did you find it? I run the Edinburgh Pub History Facebook page and have over 16,000 pictures of Edinburgh pubs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luckyBatistuta Posted July 6, 2018 42 minutes ago, ginga said: I run the Edinburgh Pub History Facebook page and have over 16,000 pictures of Edinburgh pubs. Keep up the good work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crunchy frog Posted July 6, 2018 On 03/07/2018 at 18:28, Ribble said: From pub convo tonight, looking for the name of 2 pubs 1st was something like a persons name in the grassmarket but not Milligan’s or Maggie Dicksons 2nd was along seafield near the corner of seafield place? 1. Braidwoods? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Montgomery Brewster Posted July 7, 2018 12 hours ago, ginga said: I run the Edinburgh Pub History Facebook page and have over 16,000 pictures of Edinburgh pubs. There exists another picture of the Belhaven that I have seen recently . Can’t remember where I saw it or find it. This is when it had big white lettering above attached to the brickwork. Do do you have this pic of the Belhaven ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 9, 2018 On 07/07/2018 at 09:42, Montgomery Brewster said: There exists another picture of the Belhaven that I have seen recently . Can’t remember where I saw it or find it. This is when it had big white lettering above attached to the brickwork. Do do you have this pic of the Belhaven ? The picture of the Belhaven that I posted was from 1989 - I have another from 1983 similar paint, but only have The Waiting Room on the brick/tile work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, ginga said: The picture of the Belhaven that I posted was from 1989 - I have another from 1983 similar paint, but only have The Waiting Room on the brick/tile work. Please post the 1983 one would you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 9, 2018 This is the 1983 picture with gold trim to the panels the 1989 picture above has black trim to the panels. Very similar paint jobs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 9, 2018 Competition time.... what is the name of this pub from 1985 (I have blanked out the name) very topical in more ways than one.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted July 9, 2018 140 Leith Walk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 9, 2018 Not the name on the board at that time.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3fingersreid Posted July 10, 2018 Is it currently “ the mousetrap”? possibly the old volunteer arms ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tazio Posted July 10, 2018 Is it Marinello's? Currently The Leith Depot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 10, 2018 Definitely Leith, at the foot of the Walk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tazio Posted July 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Morgan said: Definitely Leith, at the foot of the Walk. It's definitely Marinello's but I'm not sure if that is the name in the timescale the poster means. It has had a few names over the years. Owned by Peter Marinello after he stopped his playing career. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Tazio said: It's definitely Marinello's but I'm not sure if that is the name in the timescale the poster means. It has had a few names over the years. Owned by Peter Marinello after he stopped his playing career. I think you’re right Taz. We were in there one New Years Day when the derby at Fester got called off at the last minute due to snow. We had been at a Hearts party in a flat just off Lorne Street so it wasn’t far to walk! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Tazio said: It's definitely Marinello's but I'm not sure if that is the name in the timescale the poster means. It has had a few names over the years. Owned by Peter Marinello after he stopped his playing career. Correct location just not the name I am looking for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tazio Posted July 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, ginga said: Correct location just not the name I am looking for. I think you're photo is too early for it being called Meridian, possibly not long long before it changed it's name. Main claim to fame being the bar on Lothian region that had more complaints to the police than any other. If I was in that pat of Leith I normally went into Peter Simon's over the road. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Bay City, EH - Six, P.J. Lyals, Auld Brig, Copperfields, Marinelo's, the Meridian and The Bridge Bar So I will go for Bay City Thanks to someones Facebook page Edited July 10, 2018 by The Frenchman Returns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 10, 2018 We have a correct answer - BAY CITY. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joondalupjambo Posted July 10, 2018 On 3/7/2018 at 18:28, Ribble said: From pub convo tonight, looking for the name of 2 pubs 1st was something like a persons name in the grassmarket but not Milligan’s or Maggie Dicksons 2nd was along seafield near the corner of seafield place? Bannermans? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robbo1874 Posted July 10, 2018 Used to be a strange wee boozer in Blackhall. Just around from that tyre exhaust place. Might have been called the Blackhall bar but not sure. Also further down the road there was that big boozer near the crossing. Can't remember it's name but I was an apprentice when it got changed to office space. So that's over 30 years ago Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joondalupjambo Posted July 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, robbo1874 said: Used to be a strange wee boozer in Blackhall. Just around from that tyre exhaust place. Might have been called the Blackhall bar but not sure. Also further down the road there was that big boozer near the crossing. Can't remember it's name but I was an apprentice when it got changed to office space. So that's over 30 years ago Blackhall Lounge. The one down the road name's will come to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robbo1874 Posted July 10, 2018 40 minutes ago, joondalupjambo said: Blackhall Lounge. The one down the road name's will come to me. Could the other one have been something to do with Well? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan Posted July 10, 2018 2 hours ago, ginga said: We have a correct answer - BAY CITY. Never, in a million.. would I have got that. Well done @The Frenchman Returns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ginga Posted July 10, 2018 The pub down the road at Blackhall was the House O' Hill Roadhouse, also called the Bolt Hole and Henry's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joondalupjambo Posted July 11, 2018 9 hours ago, ginga said: The pub down the road at Blackhall was the House O' Hill Roadhouse, also called the Bolt Hole and Henry's. Woke up in the middle of last night and remembered that name!! Well done. Was it those two names after or before the House O'hill? I am thinking afterwards? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted July 11, 2018 Afterwards - my dad used to drink in the HoH before the Doo'cot opened. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joondalupjambo Posted July 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Afterwards - my dad used to drink in the HoH before the Doo'cot opened. God I feel old, I drank in the HoH now and again back circa 1975 I think when I was a nipper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Lyon Posted July 11, 2018 I was only ever in it about twice with my dad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
