Radio Ga Ga Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Leith Street taken from the Balmoral and a more recent photo from the same location Not be too long and a third photo from the same position will give a completely different vista, two huge changes in a relatively short space of time considering that St James Centre and surrounding hotel and offices have all been built and then demolished in my lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 6 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said: another elevation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hook Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 9 hours ago, 3fingersreid said: Has she moved from Luckies ?? Runs them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 11 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: It was a stable. It was always a handy place to shelter from the elements with some cans of Tennent's Super and a bit soap bar. I mind getting my leg over up on the balcony bit in there while my mate was getting his whistle polished on the stable floor down below. Classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Hook said: Runs them both. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 16 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Evening News has a load of pictures from the site today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Governor Tarkin Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Dropped acid a couple of times under that bridge in the long distant past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: Evening News has a load of pictures from the site today Lazy journalists getting their stories from kickback again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Since its popular on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 08:23, Radio Ga Ga said: The top picture is one I have been wanting to see for years, where the WHEC was built. The picture does not really show how big the hill was (used to play there as a kid) and they must have needed hundreds of lorries to remove the spoil to allow the WHEC to be built. In the second picture, that's the community centre I believe and was not built when I attended Sighthill PS (left in 1975 for high school) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jambo-Jimbo Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Anybody know anything about a football team called 'Southfield Rovers', at least I think that's what they were called, could possibly have played around the Niddrie/Duddingston area but I don't know where exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Where’s this ? There’s 3 of us pulling our hair out trying to work it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, 3fingersreid said: Where’s this ? There’s 3 of us pulling our hair out trying to work it out It's Juniper Green up by the Village Hall (left centre) and the old part of the school (now houses). The tennis courts are still there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: Where are you finding these photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) On 06/02/2019 at 15:42, Mikey1874 said: World Heritage site too Morningside... Edited February 7, 2019 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where are you finding these photos? Twitter Just searched 'Wester Hailes' on photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Flat roofs Where is the 2nd photo taken from? Edited February 8, 2019 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Flat roofs Where is the 2nd photo taken from? Taken from Broomview House, the block of flats which was nearest the Calder Rd roundabout. The first block to be demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Where are you finding these photos? There's a Facebook page called From There to Here: a Wester Hailes Story. Lots of photos on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3fingersreid Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's Juniper Green up by the Village Hall (left centre) and the old part of the school (now houses). The tennis courts are still there Ffs so it is ? ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 33 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said: Ffs so it is ? ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Morningside... The good old Plaza in the top picture, in the fifties, it was polis and nurses. With a few other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, bobsharp said: The good old Plaza in the top picture, in the fifties, it was polis and nurses. With a few other people. Was there a resident band called The Keytones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 05/02/2019 at 18:58, Seymour M Hersh said: This may have been covered, Catherine Sinclair monument, North Charlotte Street. She "outed" Sir Walter Scott as being the author of The Waverley novelettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 09:03, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: Outside dick vet? Bertrams Sciennes, up in the distance, to the right, I should have recognised this, served my apprenticeship there and was there in total for 8 years, prior to their receivership and my redundancy in 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 16:24, Maroon Sailor said: Original layout Inside the Wester Hailes Shopping Centre (Westside Plaza now) I was going up on those stairs looking down over the railings as I went and read the headline on this man's Evening News - John Lennon shot dead. My JFK moment as a kid. Massive amount of wasted space in that atrium area ? As there is in the north side entrance, before the council offices. Typical, don't improve an area, for people you don't think will vote anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's Juniper Green up by the Village Hall (left centre) and the old part of the school (now houses). The tennis courts are still there Ha Ha , Belmont Road, to the bottom of the picture, where I live, but without this site, I would never have recognised it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jambothump said: Massive amount of wasted space in that atrium area ? As there is in the north side entrance, before the council offices. Typical, don't improve an area, for people you don't think will vote anyway ! The area outside the council offices was designated a 'civic square', when they did the area up. The only things close to an event I've seen it hosting is the odd fight, or shouting match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 10 hours ago, bobsharp said: The good old Plaza in the top picture, in the fifties, it was polis and nurses. With a few other people. My father being one of the few other people, he loved tgat place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 7 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Was there a resident band called The Keytones? Sounds familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 09:21, Maroon Sailor said: Martello Court, Muirhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 43 minutes ago, graygo said: Martello Court, Muirhouse. I seem to remember when the first of the large high buildings in the Pilton area were being built in the sixties there was an incident when the balconies collapsed and fell down. Apparently some support had been put in upside down or something and couldn't handle the weight. Nobody was hurt if I recall so I suppose the story just faded away. Edited February 8, 2019 by bobsharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Plaza band Kathy and the Kentones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Plaza band Kathy and the Kentones Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 19 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Morningside... See the last one in your list? I think that came up the other day and we guessed Churchill going down into Morningside, someone said it was not. It may even have been you! Confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 46 minutes ago, Morgan said: See the last one in your list? I think that came up the other day and we guessed Churchill going down into Morningside, someone said it was not. It may even have been you! Confused. @luckyBatistuta I’ve had another look and it seems it is Rossie Place. Wherever that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, Morgan said: @luckyBatistuta I’ve had another look and it seems it is Rossie Place. Wherever that is! I don’t know what happened when I posted that. It put that image at the top of my pictures, but I didn’t add it. I went in and edited it and removed the picture, but then it reappeared at the bottom of my pictures, but I was too late to edit it again. I did think at the time that you would notice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Morgan said: @luckyBatistuta I’ve had another look and it seems it is Rossie Place. Wherever that is! I’m not seeing that either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: I’m not seeing that either I meant that I don’t even know where Rossie Place is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 46 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: I don’t know what happened when I posted that. It put that image at the top of my pictures, but I didn’t add it. I went in and edited it and removed the picture, but then it reappeared at the bottom of my pictures, but I was too late to edit it again. I did think at the time that you would notice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 5 hours ago, graygo said: Martello Court, Muirhouse. Known as Terrror Tower apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 53 minutes ago, Morgan said: I meant that I don’t even know where Rossie Place is! It's off Easter Road, and/or down behind the Artisan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Morgan said: I meant that I don’t even know where Rossie Place is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave McCreery's knee Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Morgan said: See the last one in your list? I think that came up the other day and we guessed Churchill going down into Morningside, someone said it was not. It may even have been you! Confused. I like the awnings above shopfronts in the old photos. They should be encouraged in the city if they are quality material and with subtle branding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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