Radio Ga Ga Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Colinton Station 1934 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Colinton Station 1934 Are those stairs going up at the back?😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's towards the direction of the King's Theatre You can just see @bobsharp popping into Bennets and @jonnothejambo coming out of the Penthouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 7 hours ago, Zlatanable said: I'm guessing its taken from Central Hall. But upstairs, That view is from the middle of the end of Earl Grey Street, beside Central Hall. See the wee spire to the left of the bigger one ( Barclay Church)? If you move right, towards Central Hall, the wee spire gets hidden from view. To me, it looks like It might have been taken from the top of a building on the other side of the street, maybe down the road a bit, and cropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Zlatanable said: I'm guessing its taken from Central Hall. But upstairs, I think maybe taken from a tenement window on the other side of the street from Central Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Zlatanable said: I'm guessing its taken from Central Hall. But upstairs, I’m guessing the photographer would have to be a giraffe, to take that angle of photo from Central Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Another one from Dumbiedykes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Another one from Dumbiedykes Nothing like it 6.30am Sunday morning pouring rain heavy raincoat, water running off your hat down your neck, down one hill up another, all in beautiful bright mood raising buildings, loved by the residents and attacked by vicious cats. Life was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Wester Broom 1962/63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Wester Broom 1962/63 "honey, you go start shoveling the sidewalk and I'll run indoors and grab my brownie. Just start without me if I'm not there" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I knew I hadn't dreamt this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 50 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Wester Broom 1962/63 I lived in my first owned house in 1960 at 25 Wester Broom Drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Another one from Dumbiedykes Dumbiedykes, Carnegie Street, Brown Street, Salisbury Street. We lived "next door" to them all but our tenement was a palace in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Wester Broom 1962/63 Wouldn't say no to a spot of that weather just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, bobsharp said: I lived in my first owned house in 1960 at 25 Wester Broom Drive. That’s why I posted it my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Lemongrab said: Wouldn't say no to a spot of that weather just now. Is that the Drive on the left side of the picture, I really appreciate the picture, this whole thread is like This Is My Life to me. I love Canada had a wonderful life here, but nothing here has the sentimentality that Edinburgh and my past there has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shanks said no Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 17 hours ago, bobsharp said: Is that the Drive on the left side of the picture, I really appreciate the picture, this whole thread is like This Is My Life to me. I love Canada had a wonderful life here, but nothing here has the sentimentality that Edinburgh and my past there has. Bob I thought it was the top of the Drive as well but the sign says its Wester Broom Gardens, so I think its the junction of the Gardens / Avenue, a couple of streets from where you lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 1978 That photo made me think of the Hillburn Roadhouse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 32 minutes ago, Morgan said: That photo made me think of the Hillburn Roadhouse! 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Just now, The Frenchman Returns said: 2009 Didnt know it was still there as recently as 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Morgan said: Didnt know it was still there as recently as 10 years ago. 2013 Edited July 13, 2019 by The Frenchman Returns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Looks about as wrecked as I used to be leaving the place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojambo Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 09/07/2019 at 13:17, Radio Ga Ga said: St Andrews Sq Bus Station 1969 This picture reminds me of the SMT buses that they used to run from the Square for all the away games in the 60s. Used to put an advert with times and prices in the Evening News. I was sitting in the front seat upstairs in a bus like this leaving Airdrie after a 5-0 Texaco Cup game when the locals decided that the ventilation on the bus wasn't up to scratch so started lobbing bricks through the windows. Cheeky wee scamps that they were... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janbo1874 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: What happened there and where ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 58 minutes ago, Zlatanable said: Fair points, well made. I reckon it was taken next the the Methodist Hall though, seems like it was from that side of the road, and from high up. I should be walking past there some time tomorrow. I'll take a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 54 minutes ago, Janbo1874 said: What happened there and where ? Largo Place, just off the Leith end of Ferry Rd. WW2 bomb damage. The wife lived there when she was wee, and I've heard her talk about playing in the 'bombie'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janbo1874 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Largo Place, just off the Leith end of Ferry Rd. WW2 bomb damage. The wife lived there when she was wee, and I've heard her talk about playing in the 'bombie'. Thanks for that Lemongrab. Brings it home to you that the war touched lives near and far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janbo1874 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Found this about the bombing. Kenneth Anderson 5 Largo Place Left Leith Academy: 1937 died: 08/04/1941 info: Kenneth Anderson died after a German plane had dropped land mines in Largo place. Kenneth was a telegraph operator. Kenneth died on his way to Leith Hospital (he died from his injuries.) Kenneth's war grave commission memorial link. www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx; The following is an extract from the Edinburgh news. Bombs The bombs they released in our area were two land mines, suspended from Parachutes, which silently fell from the sky, giving no warning until they reached Ground level and exploded. One bomb fell near Largo place/ Keddie Gardens park, destroying the corner of a Tenement and killing at least two people, at the same time badly damaging the Town Hall in Ferry Road (now Leith Library). Running Parallel with Ballantyne and Largo place is the Water of Leith and the then railway embankment. The second bomb fell in the deep embankment, thus forcing the blast in an upwards direction, had it fallen on more level ground, Ballantyne and other areas would have been levelled to the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 9 hours ago, jimbojambo said: This picture reminds me of the SMT buses that they used to run from the Square for all the away games in the 60s. Used to put an advert with times and prices in the Evening News. I was sitting in the front seat upstairs in a bus like this leaving Airdrie after a 5-0 Texaco Cup game when the locals decided that the ventilation on the bus wasn't up to scratch so started lobbing bricks through the windows. Cheeky wee scamps that they were... The "Excursion" buses ran well into the 70s as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doctor FinnBarr Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Feckn Nazi's sneaking into the toon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 11 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Seafield, by the Public Analyst's office. Tracks are still there but not sure if the track is still in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 40 minutes ago, inspector said: Seafield, by the Public Analyst's office. Tracks are still there but not sure if the track is still in use. I don't know about regular use, but up to last year it was getting used for occasional rail tours. On this video it crosses the level crossing at 3:23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 1887 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1848. The church, which is now 'The Hub', on Castle Hill. The building still under construction in front of it is St Columba's, at the top of Johnston Terrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1870s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTBCAL Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) On 13/07/2019 at 13:59, The Frenchman Returns said: 2009 As a 16yo postie in the mid 80s I used to get a pie n pint there every Friday LT when delivering the mail. Almost as enjoyable as Mrs Blacks Daughter at 38 Biggar Rd flashing the puppies at me every time she heard me coming down the path ✊🍌💦 Edited July 14, 2019 by PTBCAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3fingersreid Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 23 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Can someone put me out my misery , I know I should know it but it’s just not happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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