henrysmithsgloves Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 12 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Bob sharp in that photo? Great thread👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Where most of the stone that built the new town came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Main Point West Port c1914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Bob sharp in that photo? Great thread👍🏻 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lone Striker Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 7 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where most of the stone that built the new town came from. Now filled in, with a retail park sitting on it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Trinity College Kirk, demolished to make way for Waverley Station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Now filled in, with a retail park sitting on it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joondalupjambo Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 14 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where most of the stone that built the new town came from. Craigleith Quarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Probably been seen already on here but Middle Meadow Walk in 1914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 As an aside, what is the earliest known photograph of Hearts (players, ground etc)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 27 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: As an aside, what is the earliest known photograph of Hearts (players, ground etc)? 1903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 44 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Trinity College Kirk, demolished to make way for Waverley Station Wow. Never seen that photo before. It looks a fabulously ornate building, lost to history but at least there's photographic evidence that it existed. One of your previous photos from the Holyrood area showed 2 piles of horse dung on the cobbles, and I was going to ask the JKB encyclopaedia if there was some kind of "waste collection" for it back in the day. Your photo above possibly answers it !! 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Wow. Never seen that photo before. It looks a fabulously ornate building, lost to history but at least there's photographic evidence that it existed. One of your previous photos from the Holyrood area showed 2 piles of horse dung on the cobbles, and I was going to ask the JKB encyclopaedia if there was some kind of "waste collection" for it back in the day. Your photo above possibly answers it !! 😃 Here's an engraving of it from 1847 Edited March 22 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Some of the stone was used to rebuild a version as Trinity Church in Jeffrey Street. It's still there behind the hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, Daktari said: Some of the stone was used to rebuild a version as Trinity Church in Jeffrey Street. It's still there behind the hotel. Another view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, Seaside jambo said: Stay just up the road in sunny Niddrie now but born n bread in portobello 😄 pint is £3.50 for T and £3.30 for carlin I think am a beer drinker, you're more than welcome in the club it’s open to non members Did porty legion not move there for a while after they closed around 15 years ago? I was a member of the legion but never went after the original premises closed. That was a great club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Dp Edited March 22 by PaddysBar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside jambo Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, PaddysBar said: Dp Yes , they were there . Then moved to the rockville at Joppa That was a brilliant club must have had the best facilities for its members anywhere in the town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Just now, Seaside jambo said: Yes , they were there . Then moved to the rockville at Joppa That was a brilliant club must have had the best facilities for its members anywhere in the town It was. Great snooker tables. Cleaned every day. Great dart boards and function rooms were great too. My dad was a member for years and I spent many great days there (as did Arctic Jambo) who once won the £100 jackpot on the puggy and kindly gave me half😂 I had loads of folk over from Holland for my wedding in 2002 and we had a day 2 party in the main hall in the legion, buffet etc. which also happened to be World Cup final day (30 June 2002). The dutchies were delighted Brazil spanked the gerries 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seaside jambo Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Sounds a great few days my dad and uncle were both members and had a few mates who used the snooker tables Never went there much myself just to play darts against the legion was a forester man 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 St Mary’s Wynd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Radio Ga Ga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: Wow. Never seen that photo before. It looks a fabulously ornate building, lost to history but at least there's photographic evidence that it existed. One of your previous photos from the Holyrood area showed 2 piles of horse dung on the cobbles, and I was going to ask the JKB encyclopaedia if there was some kind of "waste collection" for it back in the day. Your photo above possibly answers it !! 😃 Built in the 16th century and apparently the best example of Gothic architecture in Britain, the railway gave £16,000 for it to be moved and rebuilt (a fortune at the time) but it never happened and only the Apse was moved to the Trinity church just off Jeffrey Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Footballfirst said: 1903 Love that, cheers 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 21 minutes ago, Seaside jambo said: Sounds a great few days my dad and uncle were both members and had a few mates who used the snooker tables Never went there much myself just to play darts against the legion was a forester man 😄 My dad would definitely have known your dad and uncle if they were members between 1990 and 2008 (when my dad died). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwigforjack Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 On 20/03/2024 at 23:25, Daktari said: Cannogate side of Bakehouse Close in 1905. Like Jambo-Jimbo my ancestors had moved on from Bakehouse Close by this point, but would still have seen this view on a daily basis as they moved down the road to Big Jack's Close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside jambo Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Just now, PaddysBar said: My dad would definitely have known your dad and uncle if they were members between 1990 and 2008 (when my dad died). Yes probably my uncle was a regular played. Bowling for them and Brighton place club My dad not so much he went when the club was in tower street now Figgate st His mate was air commodore Jimmy Rankin who’s picture was on the wall at the entrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where most of the stone that built the new town came from. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-47673596.amp Building the Newtown did for a lot of the stonemasons. Never knew it was such an unhealthy profession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lone Striker Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 hours ago, Footballfirst said: Here's an engraving of it from 1847 I remember seeing that pic of the engraving on here, but didn't twig that it was the same church in the old photo further up the thread. Thanks for that info 👍 5 hours ago, Daktari said: Some of the stone was used to rebuild a version as Trinity Church in Jeffrey Street. It's still there behind the hotel. That Google photo shows the difficulty facing town planners in trying to balance modern improvement with preserving very old landmark buildings. Thanks for that post. 👍 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Built in the 16th century and apparently the best example of Gothic architecture in Britain, the railway gave £16,000 for it to be moved and rebuilt (a fortune at the time) but it never happened and only the Apse was moved to the Trinity church just off Jeffrey Street. Thats another great old "photo". Thanks 👍 It looks such a beautiful old building, yet there'll be very few folk alive today who are aware that it even existed or why it was demolished. Its quite a privilege to see these old pics actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 hours ago, PaddysBar said: It was. Great snooker tables. Cleaned every day. Great dart boards and function rooms were great too. My dad was a member for years and I spent many great days there (as did Arctic Jambo) who once won the £100 jackpot on the puggy and kindly gave me half😂 I had loads of folk over from Holland for my wedding in 2002 and we had a day 2 party in the main hall in the legion, buffet etc. which also happened to be World Cup final day (30 June 2002). The dutchies were delighted Brazil spanked the gerries 😂 Completely forgot about that! Like many things! Aye, good times in there, and the Coachie next door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 58 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said: Completely forgot about that! Like many things! Aye, good times in there, and the Coachie next door. We also used to win the Thursday coachie quiz quite regularly 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 16/03/2024 at 14:13, Baldwigforjack said: Any idea when the top photo was taken? I've just discovered my 4x great grandparents living in Bakehouse Close on the 1851 census, would be cool if they were in the photo. Here's another photo of Bakehouse Close - no idea when it was taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stuart Lyon said: Here's another photo of Bakehouse Close - no idea when it was taken. 1924 or there abouts, because in that year the City of Edinburgh purchased Huntly House/Acheson House and turned it into the Municipal Museum. Edited March 23 by Jambo-Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 17 hours ago, Baldwigforjack said: Like Jambo-Jimbo my ancestors had moved on from Bakehouse Close by this point, but would still have seen this view on a daily basis as they moved down the road to Big Jack's Close. Don't know if you have this piece of info, it is the Ordnance Survey Directory Report from 1852 for Bakehouse Close, when your ancestors would have lived in the close. It says: A dirty close in which are a few houses irregularly built generally four stories high tenanted by work people of different callings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwigforjack Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Don't know if you have this piece of info, it is the Ordnance Survey Directory Report from 1852 for Bakehouse Close, when your ancestors would have lived in the close. It says: A dirty close in which are a few houses irregularly built generally four stories high tenanted by work people of different callings. No, I didn't have this info, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percival King Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 22 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where most of the stone that built the new town came from. Great photo. Holiday Inn (Esso Motel) yet to be but on the other side of the junction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 18 hours ago, Lone Striker said: I remember seeing that pic of the engraving on here, but didn't twig that it was the same church in the old photo further up the thread. Thanks for that info 👍 That Google photo shows the difficulty facing town planners in trying to balance modern improvement with preserving very old landmark buildings. Thanks for that post. 👍 Thats another great old "photo". Thanks 👍 It looks such a beautiful old building, yet there'll be very few folk alive today who are aware that it even existed or why it was demolished. Its quite a privilege to see these old pics actually. The church was demolished and the stone was dumped on Calton Hill. By the time they got round to re-building it , they couldn't, as so much of it had been nicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 22/03/2024 at 16:38, Radio Ga Ga said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Saughton Park 1908 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 21 hours ago, Baldwigforjack said: No, I didn't have this info, thanks. More info on Bakehouse Close from the book Close Encounters of the Royal Mile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieboy Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 quite simply the best thread on KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 2 minutes ago, cookieboy said: quite simply the best thread on KB It is. Thankfully it's one of the few threads that the Trolls and Bams don't appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Oldest known photo of Edinburgh City Centre. 1839 Thomas Davidson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) On 23/03/2024 at 22:08, Stuart Lyon said: Here's another photo of Bakehouse Close - no idea when it was taken. Sorry, just seen the answer Edited March 24 by Sydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 3 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: It is. Thankfully it's one of the few threads that the Trolls and Bams don't appear. I really enjoy it, so I've been doing my bit and trying to post more regularly to keep it fresh. Inevitably there will be some repetition but it's so long now that there will be people coming to it fresh that won't have seen the 'doublers' and if it encourages others to post, all the better. And the good thing about history is that there's more of it all the time! Seeing stuff from within my lifetime described as 'history' is quite sobering..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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