Radio Ga Ga Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jambo314 said: Marine Gardens greyhound track? Yes, Marine Gardens now an LRT depot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Yes, Marine Gardens now an LRT depot. Pedant alert, it’s Lothian buses not LRT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Another greyhound track I never knew existed in Edinburgh along with Stenhouse. Only ever known Powderhall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 19:57, Maroon Sailor said: Great pic MS, never knew there used to be flats on the gardens side at the bottom of Lothian road🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Great pic MS, never knew there used to be flats on the gardens side at the bottom of Lothian road🤷♂️ Eh? that’s the back of the Caledonian hotel beside the station and further to the right the flats were Wagamama’s is on the corner / the wotherspoons a bit further up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, Montgomery Brewster said: Eh? that’s the back of the Caledonian hotel beside the station and further to the right the flats were Wagamama’s is on the corner / the wotherspoons a bit further up So it is🤪 I was thinking that the hotel wasn’t added until after the station was demolished...again🤪🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 20 hours ago, Jambo314 said: Marine Gardens greyhound track? I always thought it was a speedway track. The original gardens had a "human zoo" - a tribe of Somali natives, living in mud huts and paid to prefom mock fights 1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said: So it is🤪 I was thinking that the hotel wasn’t added until after the station was demolished...again🤪🤣 They very cleverly, built 5 storeys on top of the original station shed. Decent design by brilliantly named, Edinburgh resident/architect : George Washington Browne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 21:11, John Findlay said: Caledonian Station Was it not known as Princes St Station John or was that just a slang name for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: Was it not known as Princes St Station John or was that just a slang name for it? I believe that may have been one of the three names used for the Waverley. As with the Balmoral hotel(North British) the Caledonian hotel was built by the Railway companies. Go to all the big stations and you will find outstanding hotels next to them. York, Perth, Glasgow Central, St Pancras, Crewe, Carlisle. They went hand in hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Findlay Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, BarneyBattles said: Princes St station was the one on the site of the Caledonian Hotel. Agree on architecture though. A favourite of mine is the bar at Newcastle station - the centurion which was used as cells by the transport police at one point! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seymour M Hersh Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 hours ago, John Findlay said: I believe that may have been one of the three names used for the Waverley. As with the Balmoral hotel(North British) the Caledonian hotel was built by the Railway companies. Go to all the big stations and you will find outstanding hotels next to them. York, Perth, Glasgow Central, St Pancras, Crewe, Carlisle. They went hand in hand. I know that John I trained with BTH back in the 70's and worked in both the Caley and NB. Some other notable BTH Hotels were Gleneagles, The Adelphi (Liverpool), Kyle of Lochalsh and Turnberry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 @Stuart Lyon Was chatting briefly with my old man last night; he was telling me about a stranger in a bar, the wee one at Nelson Place. (between Dublin Mews and Nelson Street) who swore on a horse one Friday night (it came in as stated). This was back in the sixties - he couldn't remember the name of the bar. Any ideas what the place would have been called back then? Please & Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, ArcticJambo said: @Stuart Lyon Was chatting briefly with my old man last night; he was telling me about a stranger in a bar, the wee one at Nelson Place. (between Dublin Mews and Nelson Street) who swore on a horse one Friday night (it came in as stated). This was back in the sixties - he couldn't remember the name of the bar. Any ideas what the place would have been called back then? Please & Thanks. Star Bar ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said: Star Bar ? Aye that's the place but even I've been in there (wasn't my cuppa if I'm being honest), unless it has always been called that as far back as the sixties. Hoping Stuart might be able to offer up some previous names. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willonline Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 8 hours ago, Montgomery Brewster said: Eh? that’s the back of the Caledonian hotel beside the station and further to the right the flats were Wagamama’s is on the corner / the wotherspoons a bit further up Thats rutland street &rutland square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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¼½¾ Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Beatlemania 1964 Is that Lothian road, maybe near Ali's Cave? I'm sure @Stuart Lyon will know about 'The Motor Bar'. 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 5 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Nice bit of Gill Sans there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroondevo52 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Craig_ said: Nice bit of Gill Sans there. Worked with a Signwriter, one of his favorites. Edited January 31, 2021 by maroondevo52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart Lyon Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, ArcticJambo said: Aye that's the place but even I've been in there (wasn't my cuppa if I'm being honest), unless it has always been called that as far back as the sixties. Hoping Stuart might be able to offer up some previous names. 👍 It was known as the Star Tavern around 1965-1999 Edited February 1, 2021 by Stuart Lyon add pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 14 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Is that Lothian road, maybe near Ali's Cave? I'm sure @Stuart Lyon will know about 'The Motor Bar'. 🤞 Now the Hanging Bat has previously been Mr Modos and before that Uluru Burnt Post The Motor Bar Motor Bar was a pay day treat for a pie and a pint plus a game on the pinball machine when I worked in Lothian House in 1967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: It was known as the Star Tavern around 1965-1999 Many thanks, Stuart. Do you know the name previous to it beig called the Star Tavern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart Lyon Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said: Many thanks, Stuart. Do you know the name previous to it beig called the Star Tavern? No record of it as anything but I can't claim my records are totally accurate. I will say that I delivered groceries in that area from about 1963 to 1965 and it was the Star then. Doesn't look like a pub now but if you zoom in on window there is a Budweiser sign. Edited February 1, 2021 by Stuart Lyon additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Now the Hanging Bat has previously been Mr Modos and before that Uluru Burnt Post The Motor Bar Motor Bar was a pay day treat for a pie and a pint plus a game on the pinball machine when I worked in Lothian House in 1967 Thanks Stuart, I thought it might be where the Burn Post was. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArcticJambo Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: No record of it as anything but I can't claim my records are totally accurate. I will say that I delivered groceries in that area from about 1963 to 1965 and it was the Star then. Good stuff, that would probably tie in with my dad's early drinking years so I'll put the bar's name to him and see if it rings a bell. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Thanks Stuart, I thought it might be where the Burn Post was. 👍 The Motor Bar was a very narrow pub; only half the width of the present one and it wasn't very deep either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, Stuart Lyon said: The Motor Bar was a very narrow pub; only half the width of the present one and it wasn't very deep either. That's something which was throwing me, it looked wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I P Knightley Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 23/01/2021 at 14:14, Maroon Sailor said: I remember when the St James Centre went up and all the outcry from the grown-ups about how hideous it was. I'd have been somewhere around 5-7 when it was opened and was intrigued and excited to see all these shops inside the one place. The adults were right, though; it was hideous. God, I feel old, knowing that I outlived it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 37 minutes ago, I P Knightley said: I remember when the St James Centre went up and all the outcry from the grown-ups about how hideous it was. I'd have been somewhere around 5-7 when it was opened and was intrigued and excited to see all these shops inside the one place. The adults were right, though; it was hideous. God, I feel old, knowing that I outlived it! I remember attending day release classes, at the Sighthill College of Commerce, when the St James Centre was just opening up. We could drive to it at lunchtime, go for a bar lunch in a pub in there, the name of which I can't remember, and be back at Sighthill in plenty time for the afternoon class. These days it might take an hour just to go one way, outwith covid times of course. It was a bit of a novelty for us in those days, seeing an indoor mall with all those shops in it. I also remember Larry Marshall being the resident compare for shows in the hotel for years. For younger viewers, he was a Scottish tv "entertainer" of some stature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 18 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Is that Lothian road, maybe near Ali's Cave? I'm sure @Stuart Lyon will know about 'The Motor Bar'. 🤞 I think you are correct.The Timpson is still there I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, SectionDJambo said: I remember attending day release classes, at the Sighthill College of Commerce, when the St James Centre was just opening up. We could drive to it at lunchtime, go for a bar lunch in a pub in there, the name of which I can't remember, and be back at Sighthill in plenty time for the afternoon class. These days it might take an hour just to go one way, outwith covid times of course. It was a bit of a novelty for us in those days, seeing an indoor mall with all those shops in it. I also remember Larry Marshall being the resident compare for shows in the hotel for years. For younger viewers, he was a Scottish tv "entertainer" of some stature. Haha.Larry Marshall - star of Jamies Scottish Evening - a tartan cabaret for tourists that ran for about 19 years !! Wasn't the bar the Boston Bean Co ?? - Half decent iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 48 minutes ago, felix said: Haha.Larry Marshall - star of Jamies Scottish Evening - a tartan cabaret for tourists that ran for about 19 years !! Wasn't the bar the Boston Bean Co ?? - Half decent iirc Can’t remember but that doesn’t sound familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, felix said: Haha.Larry Marshall - star of Jamies Scottish Evening - a tartan cabaret for tourists that ran for about 19 years !! Wasn't the bar the Boston Bean Co ?? - Half decent iirc Was the Boston bean co part of the hotel that was there. The King James hotel possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, obua said: Was the Boston bean co part of the hotel that was there. The King James hotel possibly. Yeah, The Boston Bean was part of the King James, but you could enter it separately, via a side door, near the Princes St entrance to the mall, or from the hotel itself. Was a decent bar from menory . Seem to remember it served some American beer on tap you couldn't get elsewhere and having a small, half decent function area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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