Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 30 minutes ago, alwaysthereinspirit said: Yes, where luca ice cream would be (have been) up towards Craigmillar Castle. Not sure what those small white things are in the top right corner. Don't remember a graveyard there. Cheers Those small white things were what threw me a bit. I wonder what they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Corstorphine Station. Where exactly was this located ? What road was it on ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Pink hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, 3fingersreid said: Pink hill Ah right - listed as Corstorphine Station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Convalescent Home in Corstorphine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, alwaysthereinspirit said: Yes, where luca ice cream would be (have been) up towards Craigmillar Castle. Not sure what those small white things are in the top right corner. Don't remember a graveyard there. 47 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Cheers Those small white things were what threw me a bit. I wonder what they were I'd think those are hay ricks. The hay baler wasn't invented till mid to late 30s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Lemongrab said: I'd think those are hay ricks. The hay baler wasn't invented till mid to late 30s. good call. Doubt they'd have built on a graveyard. That was houses and stores along there later. Most likely farm land back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulpener Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Corstorphine Station. Where exactly was this located ? What road was it on ? Station Road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gulpener said: Station Road? The phot was listed as Corstorphine Station and thought it might be different from Pinkhill. Obviously not ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Newhaven Great advert on the side of that tram - Schweppervescence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, jonesy said: Sciennes. The wee side street off of Causewayside. I work opposite it and walk past it everyday after dropping my son off at school. Picture's a wee bit out of date now, though. An IT company is in there, really friendly guys. Still got Fire Station engraved in the brick work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Cheers Those small white things were what threw me a bit. I wonder what they were It looks like it could be sheaves of wheat, probably a farm somewhere too close to orderly and too many I would think to be gravestones of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_Gaz Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 22 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like the old Princes Street station What a photo this is. When was this taken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 hours ago, J.T.F.Robertson said: Bob, would that be close to where you had the fall whilst chasing that couple of suspicious characters and they came back to check if you were alright before taking off again? I always remember that story. Yes looks like the area but was a wee bit more built up then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 43 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Is that Newhaven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jambo_Gaz said: What a photo this is. When was this taken? I think it was 1958 Won't be far off that year. The station continued until 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, jonesy said: Will check in the morning! Quite the wee street for history buffs... old fire station, old police station and the Jewish cemetery. I thought I had answered this post earlier but it looks lke I didn,t. The police station was actually on Causewayside, was the headquarters of A division and was known as Braid Place Station. The Firehall was in Braid Place, and later became the garage for the two station vehicles, a van and the divisionbal car. There was an office in the garage, and it was the police box for what was known as 6 patrol whic was from there to S.College Street. It was also used by the sergeant for the 2nd section. Knew it well spent time there on the patrol, and when divisional driver washing the van and the car which was the drivers responsibility every night during night shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 45 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, graygo said: Is that Newhaven? It is - an earlier shot of roughly the same area as the phot I posted above it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Maroon Sailor said: It is - an earlier shot of roughly the same area as the phot I posted above it Don't know how I missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, graygo said: Good stuff. Never even considered that to have been a hotel in it's former guise ! Edited August 21, 2018 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Marsh Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Anyone ? Going to guess at Pilrig. From Leith Walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janbo1874 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Anyone ? Corner of Leith Walk and Pilrig Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janbo1874 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Randy Marsh said: Going to guess at Pilrig. From Leith Walk. Good shout. Hard to recognise it with the lack of parked cars ! Bit of a dip in the road though Edited August 21, 2018 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Randy Marsh said: Going to guess at Pilrig. From Leith Walk. The windows on the church don't look right to me. The bit past it does though. Edit: On second look it actually does, just distorted a wee bit. Edited August 21, 2018 by graygo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Gulpener said: Station Road? Yes. Loving seeing Station Road as my gran and grandad lived on St. John’s Road when I was wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, graygo said: The windows on the church don't look right to me. The bit past it does though. It's the dip in the road that makes me think it might not be Pilrig Street Edited August 21, 2018 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: More from bobs beat Middle photo is (I think) of Prospect Street (the street at the bottom running horizontally). Now this is important, does anybody know the numbers of the houses covered in the photo, Bob Sharp or someone else perhaps, my dad was born in Prospect Street, and it would be great if the house he was born in was in that photo. Bottom photo is (again I believe) Middle & East Arthur Place, another of my families haunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's the dip in the road that makes me think it might not be Pilrig Street I've changed my mind and am now convinced that it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, graygo said: I've changed my mind and am now convinced that it is. I think the chimney in the background is old chancelot mill,it was demolished in 1971. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Middle photo is (I think) of Prospect Street (the street at the bottom running horizontally). Now this is important, does anybody know the numbers of the houses covered in the photo, Bob Sharp or someone else perhaps, my dad was born in Prospect Street, and it would be great if the house he was born in was in that photo. Bottom photo is (again I believe) Middle & East Arthur Place, another of my families haunts. Sorry buddy, I’ve no idea about the numbers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 52 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's the dip in the road that makes me think it might not be Pilrig Street Definitely Pilrig Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 9 hours ago, bobsharp said: I thought I had answered this post earlier but it looks lke I didn,t. The police station was actually on Causewayside, was the headquarters of A division and was known as Braid Place Station. The Firehall was in Braid Place, and later became the garage for the two station vehicles, a van and the divisionbal car. There was an office in the garage, and it was the police box for what was known as 6 patrol whic was from there to S.College Street. It was also used by the sergeant for the 2nd section. Knew it well spent time there on the patrol, and when divisional driver washing the van and the car which was the drivers responsibility every night during night shift. Bob is this the old police station. Can't find Braid Place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUTOL Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 34 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Bob is this the old police station. Can't find Braid Place? Sciennes House Place was formerly called Braid Place. https://maps.nls.uk/view/109707836#zoom=7&lat=6437&lon=10400&layers=BT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 SUTOL - thanks should have looked at the old NLS maps. This must have been the old fire house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) London Road Fire Station Apparently a Hibs player in the 50's owned that shop on the corner Edited August 22, 2018 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: London Road Fire Station Apparently a Hibs player in the 50's owned that shop on the corner My mums side of the family grew up there. The shop on the corner was one of those old fashioned sweetie shops, or confectioners" if you're posh, used to sell "boilings" and have rows upon rows of jars filled with old sweets. I think it might have been called C.J's or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 46 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: SUTOL - thanks should have looked at the old NLS maps. This must have been the old fire house If you zoom in, it says 'fire station' above one of the windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, been here before said: My mums side of the family grew up there. The shop on the corner was one of those old fashioned sweetie shops, or confectioners" if you're posh, used to sell "boilings" and have rows upon rows of jars filled with old sweets. I think it might have been called C.J's or something. Hibs player who owned the shop was called Archie Buchanan. Never heard of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Hibs player who owned the shop was called Archie Buchanan. Never heard of him You sure? Ive found a bit in this article, about halfway down... https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/edinburgh-s-lost-sweet-shops-remembered-by-city-s-residents-1-4335231 "One shop which fell under this category, and which I am thankfully old enough to remember, was Casey’s. The family-run confectioner’s served the city with pride for over 70 years, selling their own handmade sweets and chocolates from two shops, one at the top end of Easter Road and another on St Mary’s Street. Both shops were lined wall-to-wall with a hundred jars containing every variety of classic swedger you could possibly imagine. The assistants looked the part, too. Casey’s outlet on Easter Road was popular with Hibs fans who turned up in their droves to purchase the green and white coloured “Easter Road rock” with their club’s name running through it. Founder Mr Casey opened his first sweet shop at Potterrow in the 1930s and worked with his nephew to produce their own sweets until his death at the grand old age of 91. In 2002 Casey’s won an award as the ‘best sweetie shop in the UK’". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, been here before said: You sure? Ive found a bit in this article, about halfway down... https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/edinburgh-s-lost-sweet-shops-remembered-by-city-s-residents-1-4335231 "One shop which fell under this category, and which I am thankfully old enough to remember, was Casey’s. The family-run confectioner’s served the city with pride for over 70 years, selling their own handmade sweets and chocolates from two shops, one at the top end of Easter Road and another on St Mary’s Street. Both shops were lined wall-to-wall with a hundred jars containing every variety of classic swedger you could possibly imagine. The assistants looked the part, too. Casey’s outlet on Easter Road was popular with Hibs fans who turned up in their droves to purchase the green and white coloured “Easter Road rock” with their club’s name running through it. Founder Mr Casey opened his first sweet shop at Potterrow in the 1930s and worked with his nephew to produce their own sweets until his death at the grand old age of 91. In 2002 Casey’s won an award as the ‘best sweetie shop in the UK’". I'd go along with that myself. This was the comment I read about the shop Hibs Footballer Archie Buchanan "I've now been reminded that the footballer who owned the corner shop (visible in the old picture of the fire station) © was Archie Buchanan - a 1950s 'Hibs' great'." Laurie Thompson, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England: August 10, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 35 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: London Road Fire Station Apparently a Hibs player in the 50's owned that shop on the corner I remember the fire station very well, as I grew up in Mayfield, 1st street in the Abbeyhill colonies after Easter road. Said station had a big hut in the back green of the tenements in east Norton & West Norton place. It contained a full-size snooker table used by the firemen in the 1960's and possibly later. The shop on the corner was Archie Buchanans, later Caseys which was re-named C's in later years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 minute ago, argyjambo said: I remember the fire station very well, as I grew up in Mayfield, 1st street in the Abbeyhill colonies after Easter road. Said station had a big hut in the back green of the tenements in east Norton & West Norton place. It contained a full-size snooker table used by the firemen in the 1960's and possibly later. The shop on the corner was Archie Buchanans, later Caseys which was re-named C's in later years. There you go. Cleared that up. Archie Buchanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, been here before said: There you go. Cleared that up. Archie Buchanan Played in the greatest ever Hibs team as well and I have never heard of him until now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: SUTOL - thanks should have looked at the old NLS maps. This must have been the old fire house Opposite this the Original Jewish cemetery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Oldest Jewish cemetery in Edinburgh. Oldest tombstone may date from 1832. Sciennes House Place (formerly Braid Place Cemetery): "In 1816 a piece of land was purchased in Braid Place (now Sciennes House Place) and became the first Jewish Cemetery in Scotland. Three historic places within yards of each other Braid Police Station , Fire Station and Cemetery. Plus in 1786 the only meeting between Sir Walter Scott and Rabbie Burns took place in house next to Fire Station. Edited August 22, 2018 by FORTHCLYDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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