¼½¾ Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Alan Anderson's pub. Need a reminder of what it was called The Royal Oak? Edit: Maybe the Pivot. Edited August 6, 2021 by Lemongrab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Maroon Sailor said: Alan Anderson's pub. Need a reminder of what it was called The Pivot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 58 minutes ago, i8hibsh said: Loving the inside of pub pictures. Any more? Pubs were amazing back then. Smoke and proper pint glasses. 1959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 White Cockade interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: The Pivot? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Blue Blazer late 1990s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i8hibsh Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: 1959 That looks a great boozer. Proper old school landlord and landlady and guy at bar with a half pint and a nip. Ashtrays on tables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Australis said: Am I right he was a stonemason too. Sure my elder brother worked with him many a time? He was. I never worked with him myself (probably too young) but heard folk talk of him regularly. 1 hour ago, i8hibsh said: Loving the inside of pub pictures. Any more? Pubs were amazing back then. Smoke and proper pint glasses. Have dimple glasses at the Firhill taverna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Governor Tarkin said: He was. I never worked with him myself (probably too young) but heard folk talk of him regularly. Have dimple glasses at the Firhill taverna. Not sure if true but I was told we stopped using them in Scotland as standard due to them being used in fights. A pint just tasted nicer in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, i8hibsh said: Not sure if true but I was told we stopped using them in Scotland as standard due to them being used in fights. A pint just tasted nicer in them. That's what I was told too. No idea if it's true or not though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, i8hibsh said: That looks a great boozer. Proper old school landlord and landlady and guy at bar with a half pint and a nip. Ashtrays on tables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Stuart Lyon said: First pic is Ye Auld Hoose St Leonards second is the Centre Spot Morrison St 1969. Third pic is Guidford Arms 1959 and the last 2 ar the Sherry Bar now Swanny's at Ratcliffe Terrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said: Is that Eddie Thomson sitting on the stool? Yes. Can’t figure out who the other guy is. Alan Anderson ran the bar at the old Hearts Social Club, at least once, for supporters’ functions, as I recall. Can’t remember why though. Maybe the bar arrangement by Hearts had fallen through by then. It didn’t last very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo314 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said: Yes. Can’t figure out who the other guy is. Alan Anderson ran the bar at the old Hearts Social Club, at least once, for supporters’ functions, as I recall. Can’t remember why though. Maybe the bar arrangement by Hearts had fallen through by then. It didn’t last very long. Could the other person be Dave Clunie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 45 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said: Definitely not Dave Clunie. Billy Higgins ? Probably not. He emigrated to South Africa in 1967. I would reckon this photo is around 1970. Maybe the guy isn’t a footballer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said: Maybe the guy isn’t a footballer. Wouldn’t stop him getting a game for Hearts at some points in the seventies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 28/07/2021 at 00:12, Maroon Sailor said: On 28/07/2021 at 09:06, The Real Maroonblood said: Still gets flooding there. That must be the late 50’s early 60’s. On 28/07/2021 at 10:05, Maroon Sailor said: Yeah I've seen it flood there a few times. Your dates are probably right as those buses were before my time On 28/07/2021 at 11:31, been here before said: Was flooded there just a couple of weeks ago- a burst water main I think but ordinarily anything more than a bit of drizzle and its out with the canoes. Went past about an hour ago and would you believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Tazio said: Wouldn’t stop him getting a game for Hearts at some points in the seventies. You were there too, then? It wasn’t good, was it? Apart from too few wee glints of sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 hours ago, i8hibsh said: Not a royalist by any means but I do see the joy our grandparents had back in the day from events like the Coronoation etc. Really did bring streets together. I'd cross the street if I seen any of my neighbours walking down the road and don't know the name of anyone in my street. Times were just better back then. They were indeed. I knew the names of just about everyone in the neighbouring stairs at the bottom of Marchmont crescent when I was a young lad. Now you don’t even want to be out in the street as a kid, as you’re probably going to get told to #### off and play somewhere else by someone you don’t know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 hours ago, NANOJAMBO said: Did you have to pass the 11+ exam to get in ? Depending on how old you were, 11+ was phased out as I recall in the early 1960's as I never sat one. We did IQ tests or similar as I recall rather indistinct, as it was 55 years ago for me. Maybe others experiences were different, but I can only go by my own experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 hour ago, been here before said: Went past about an hour ago and would you believe... That’s brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: Blue Blazer late 1990s Remember that pub very well, big Robin behind the bar & a great pint of McEwans 80/-. I worked at the BofS Lothian Road branch on the corner of Bread St & Lothian Road 1988-1990. Every Friday lunchtime I'd go for a pint to see who was in, and who I wanted to see in the branch to sort out their accounts. A remarkable array of clientele ranging from Kenny Ireland the Lyceum Director at the time and later star of Benidorm. Ex - England captain Johnny Haynes used to pop in sometimes to cash cheques my customers had given him. He of course, did not need to produce any Identification. A few members of Edinburgh's organised crime fraternity, a few " working girls" who had accounts in various names. Wouldn't happen now of course, because of anti-money laundering regulations. All in all an interesting place to work and happy times. Edited August 6, 2021 by argyjambo Adding material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 04/08/2021 at 20:29, luckyBatistuta said: 1945 Brilliant ! My stair was facing the road to West Bowling Green St. I presume the welcome was for the men back from the war. My old man was in the navy, he said by the time he got back, all the celebrations were over ! Thanks LB for that.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynieman Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Stenhouse 1953 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jambo-Jimbo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, SectionDJambo said: You were there too, then? It wasn’t good, was it? Apart from too few wee glints of sunshine. Thank feck there wasn't any internet/social media back then, some of the poor wee lambs nowadays wouldn't have coped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Thank feck there wasn't any internet/social media back then, some of the poor wee lambs nowadays wouldn't have coped. The first relegation and the subsequent yo yo seasons would have finished some of them. It helped me increase my collection of grounds visited seeing Hearts and clubs seen playing against us. After Albion Rovers in 1998 I had the full set of clubs. Then they started letting more in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, argyjambo said: Depending on how old you were, 11+ was phased out as I recall in the early 1960's as I never sat one. We did IQ tests or similar as I recall rather indistinct, as it was 55 years ago for me. Maybe others experiences were different, but I can only go by my own experience. I sat the Qualifying in 1946, I passed high and was offered bursaries too Heriots and Royal High. When I told my mother she didn't believe me and went to the school and spoke to Mr Moffat the headmaster, he advised her they thought I must have cheated or there was an error somewhere but so far it looked like I had passed. I had and refused the two schools and against my will went to Boroughmuir and wasted three years. Later in life I was at the F.B.I. Academy in Quantico Virginia. On the day before graduation we had a psychology exam scheduled a short time before my wife plane arrived from Vancouver. It turned out I aced the exam in record time. Just like Mr Moffat they check investigated, scrutinized how I could have cheated, then accepted I had done nothing illegal. I spoke to them later, and after the interviews and some relevant questions they diagnosed I had a photographic memory, and multiple choice exams where the answer was present in the choices was gravy to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joondalupjambo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 16 hours ago, SectionDJambo said: Yes. Can’t figure out who the other guy is. Alan Anderson ran the bar at the old Hearts Social Club, at least once, for supporters’ functions, as I recall. Can’t remember why though. Maybe the bar arrangement by Hearts had fallen through by then. It didn’t last very long. Eddie Thomson, I was convinced it was Tommy Veitch but now looking at the two of them in old photos it is very hard to see a difference. You are probably right though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 18 hours ago, been here before said: Went past about an hour ago and would you believe... Why would you drive through that?? Mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 21 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: 1959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_steve Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 21 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: White Cockade interior This was upstairs .. where live bands played ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 19 hours ago, SectionDJambo said: Yes. Can’t figure out who the other guy is. Alan Anderson ran the bar at the old Hearts Social Club, at least once, for supporters’ functions, as I recall. Can’t remember why though. Maybe the bar arrangement by Hearts had fallen through by then. It didn’t last very long. Just a thought, but I think the other guy is Willie Woodburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, argyjambo said: Just a thought, but I think the other guy is Willie Woodburn. You could very well be correct. I'm fairly sure that he had a garage business in Edinburgh and the guy in the photo does look like him. Wouldn't be a surprise if he had friendships and connections within the Edinburgh footballers community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said: You could very well be correct. I'm fairly sure that he had a garage business in Edinburgh and the guy in the photo does look like him. Wouldn't be a surprise if he had friendships and connections within the Edinburgh footballers community. His garage was on Lanark Road just next to Craiglockart Avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Liberton Drive circa 1930 v 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 06/08/2021 at 12:05, Maroon Sailor said: Alan Anderson's pub. Need a reminder of what it was called The “Pivot”? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 05/08/2021 at 20:37, Radio Ga Ga said: 1995 My first job in the 1980s was in the Water & Drainage Dept of Lothian Regional Council and the Toddle-In was opposite our office. The Malt Shovel was next door (or next door to that) and the wee baked tattie shop too. Fopp opened up too and my salary could be spent between those 4 outlets in the one street. As long as I could pay my folks digs and my £16 bus pass for the month I was happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bee Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 10:48, The Real Maroonblood said: His garage was on Lanark Road just next to Craiglockart Avenue. My dad was a customer of that garage and he had confirmed that it is indeed Willie Woodburn standing up. Although a Rangers player, Woodburn was a Hearts fan. Our family still refer to that junction as Willie Woodburn's garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Ally Bee said: My dad was a customer of that garage and he had confirmed that it is indeed Willie Woodburn standing up. Although a Rangers player, Woodburn was a Hearts fan. Our family still refer to that junction as Willie Woodburn's garage. Apparently he played for Edinburgh Ashton - never heard of them. Bit of a hard man by all accounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 33 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Apparently he played for Edinburgh Ashton - never heard of them. Bit of a hard man by all accounts He was a hard man on the field to the extent he was suspended Sine Die. I seem to recall seeing him around the St Leonards area where he was brought up. Never heard of the team mentioned, always knew him as a Glasgow Rangers. I saw him play at Tynecastle never followed his career but he must have been rough to get Sine Die. Mind you it was a different game in those days, many hard men, Bobby Parker, Willie Telfer, Eddie Turnbull was no wimp, and with the other end of the spectrum Wee Hammy who could have made an angel angry, boy it was so worth the time and money for Tynecastle one week and somewhere on a bus or train trip the next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Ally Bee said: My dad was a customer of that garage and he had confirmed that it is indeed Willie Woodburn standing up. Although a Rangers player, Woodburn was a Hearts fan. Our family still refer to that junction as Willie Woodburn's garage. 👍 I can relate to your last sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Apparently he played for Edinburgh Ashton - never heard of them. Bit of a hard man by all accounts From the Evening News 1937. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: From the Evening News 1937. Looks like they played in Corstorphine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Apparently he played for Edinburgh Ashton - never heard of them. Bit of a hard man by all accounts He was given sine die from the SFA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 46 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: He was given sine die from the SFA. And probably for a lot less than some of the nonsense that happens these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mister T said: And probably for a lot less than some of the nonsense that happens these days. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mister T said: And probably for a lot less than some of the nonsense that happens these days. I think he was sent off four times in his career, at least a couple of which were for retaliation, including his final one where he head butted the player who fouled him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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