Lone Striker Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 25/11/2021 at 22:38, Maroon Sailor said: 1880 Is that the oldest photo of Edinburgh you've found, MS ? Its amazingly clear. Judging by the blurriness of the horse & carts, the exposure could only have been a few seconds. St Johns church in all its glory - and the whole street seems to have more light than it does now, with no Caley Hotel there !! Great find, sir. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Is that the oldest photo of Edinburgh you've found, MS ? Its amazingly clear. Judging by the blurriness of the horse & carts, the exposure could only have been a few seconds. St Johns church in all its glory - and the whole street seems to have more light than it does now, with no Caley Hotel there !! Great find, sir. 👍 It's the only picture I've seen from that part of the town without the Caley Hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 32 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's the only picture I've seen from that part of the town without the Caley Hotel. This one of St Cuthbert's Church is reported to be from 1882, so also pre dates the Caley. That Caley wasn't built until 1899-1903. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Scottish Ladies Climbing Club, Salisbury Crags 1907 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Bus to Haddington departing St Andrew’s Square 1950’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Carl Fredrickson Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Scottish Ladies Climbing Club, Salisbury Crags 1907 That looks similar to the auld women cleaning their windows when I was wee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Scottish Ladies Climbing Club, Salisbury Crags 1907 That's mental. On so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: C1843 Is this the mediaeval church that was knocked down to make way for the railway station ? I read somewhere recently the plan was to kncok it down and rebuild it so the stone was "stored" on Calton Hill. But years later when they finally got round to it, most of the stone had been nicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) I don't know if this has been posted before but it's an engraving of King George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822, showing the crowds in Picardy Place Edited November 30, 2021 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckyBatistuta Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 29/11/2021 at 20:54, NANOJAMBO said: Is this the mediaeval church that was knocked down to make way for the railway station ? I read somewhere recently the plan was to kncok it down and rebuild it so the stone was "stored" on Calton Hill. But years later when they finally got round to it, most of the stone had been nicked. The remainder of the stone was used on the Trinity Church, you can walk through the tunnel to the car park for the Jury’s Inn from Jeffrey Street to see it, or down Chalmers Close from the Royal Mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 See if you walk out Jury's door and turn left, theres an entrance to a church about 30-40 metres along the road. As far as i can remember, its upstairs. I walked up one day years ago. Its massive inside. Quite impressive that its literally under North Bridge. Never would have known about it. Just saw the door and swaggered in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pap said: See if you walk out Jury's door and turn left, theres an entrance to a church about 30-40 metres along the road. As far as i can remember, its upstairs. I walked up one day years ago. Its massive inside. Quite impressive that its literally under North Bridge. Never would have known about it. Just saw the door and swaggered in. I think you are talking about the Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church that sits on Jeffrey Street next to the bottom of the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel Edited December 1, 2021 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: I think you are talking about the Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church that sits on Jeffrey Street next to the bottom of the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel Aye. wow. Looks even better there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: The remainder of the stone was used on the Trinity Church, you can walk through the tunnel to the car park for the Jury’s Inn from Jeffrey Street to see it, or down Chalmers Close from the Royal Mile. Cheers for this. Will take a look next time I'm "home". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 The east elevation of the rebuilt Trinity College Kirk in the top picture. Carved stones from the original church can be seen embedded above the windows. The collegiate chapel contained the most famous Scottish tryptich to have partially survived the iconoclasm of the Reformation. The second picture is taken from the car park at the back of the Jury’s Inn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: Cheers for this. Will take a look next time I'm "home". No problem Nano, never been in it myself, keep meaning to have a look. I have had a good look at the outside though. Amazing to stand beside it and think just how old some of it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 22/11/2021 at 14:48, Radio Ga Ga said: I remember my dad taking me & my brother to see Snow White there in the early 60s. He fecked off to the Raeburn Bar, got pished and came back to collect us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: No problem Nano, never been in it myself, keep meaning to have a look. I have had a good look at the outside though. Amazing to stand beside it and think just how old some of it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Good programme on the Yesterday channel about North Bridge. They had to rebuild the old stone bridge in 1897 with the Victorian steel replacement to take in to account Waverley Station which was to become the 2nd busiest station in the whole UK. The narrow arches of the old stone Bridge limited the number of lines in to the station. Edited December 1, 2021 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3fingersreid Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Broken down or just crap rear wheel drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said: Broken down or just crap rear wheel drive Both. And cross ply tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mister T said: Both. And cross ply tyres. Forgot about those tyres 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Good programme on the Yesterday channel about North Bridge. They had to rebuild the old stone bridge in 1897 with the Victorian steel replacement to take in to account Waverley Station which was to become the 2nd busiest station in the whole UK. The narrow arches of the old stone Bridge limited the number of lines in to the station. What was the programme called? Will try and get it on catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 52 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: What was the programme called? Will try and get it on catch up. Great British Landmark Fixers S1 Ep2 It's about the current restoration work which also goes in to the bridge's history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 51 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Great British Landmark Fixers S1 Ep2 It's about the current restoration work which also goes in to the bridge's history 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Great British Landmark Fixers S1 Ep2 It's about the current restoration work which also goes in to the bridge's history The current restoration work so far, has taken twice as long as the original building of the current North Bridge. Working in Waverley Station I have had many a close up of the work, or on many an occasion the non work being carried out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 01/12/2021 at 10:07, Maroon Sailor said: What a beautiful city. A lot - too much - has been destroyed without any attempt at rehabilitation unfortunately. It’s still a wonderful place, though I feel it needs to serve the interests of its “natives” more than it does at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 01/12/2021 at 01:56, luckyBatistuta said: I think you are talking about the Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church that sits on Jeffrey Street next to the bottom of the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel That looks like a tryptich in Old St Paul’s - a nod to its medieval predecessor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, PortyBeach said: That looks like a tryptich in Old St Paul’s - a nod to its medieval predecessor? It is indeed, situated in the Lady Chapel https://www.osp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OSP-GUIDE-MASTER-17.11.20.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: It is indeed, situated in the Lady Chapel https://www.osp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OSP-GUIDE-MASTER-17.11.20.pdf Thanks for the link - very informative and interesting. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Demolition of Lothian Road school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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felix Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Look how good the roads & footpaths were, in the above two pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, felix said: Look how good the roads & footpaths were, in the above two pics After years of neglect they are brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Nice photo. Blair Street/Hunter Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Etching of North Bridge looking East (around 1780) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 hours ago, felix said: Look how good the roads & footpaths were, in the above two pics It may have been because people like the beat policeman were duty bound to report any kind of damage or subsidence that could cause a trip or other reason for a user to fall and be injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 33 minutes ago, Sharpie said: It may have been because people like the beat policeman were duty bound to report any kind of damage or subsidence that could cause a trip or other reason for a user to fall and be injured. Always good to hear a sensible, traditional view Bob. Today's equivalent, might require a risk assessment & method statement, before undertaking a full 3-d & thermal analysis of the hazard , followed by an environmental impact assessment with site impact analysis and archaelogical report . Only then, could the shoogly paving flags, be re-aligned. 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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