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Maroon Sailor
47 minutes ago, Governor Tarkin said:

 

Where's this, MS?

 

Princes Street station

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Governor Tarkin
5 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Princes Street station

 

I'm struggling to place the tenements.

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Maroon Sailor
Just now, Governor Tarkin said:

 

I'm struggling to place the tenements.

 

 Must be Lothian Road

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50 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

 Must be Lothian Road

 

You would think, I just can't place the buildings.

I'm usually pretty bob-on at that.

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joondalupjambo
On 20/07/2019 at 09:25, Seymour M Hersh said:

 

Queensferry Road at the "tip" at Craigleith. I travelled on (not this particular one but) many 41's to school. Blackhall used to be serviced by the 18, 20(part route not Sundays), 24, 29 and the 41. 

Was it The Tip it was known as?  It is officially called Orchard Park.  We played football there every Sunday from circa 1970 for years.  Met all my life long mates during those games, all Jambos to a man.  We were all SCAB men as well.  I just cannot remember us calling it The Tip, thought that was further along the road to be honest.  

Mind you age plays a lot of tricks with the memory😃

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4 minutes ago, joondalupjambo said:

Was it The Tip it was known as?  It is officially called Orchard Park.  We played football there every Sunday from circa 1970 for years.  Met all my life long mates during those games, all Jambos to a man.  We were all SCAB men as well.  I just cannot remember us calling it The Tip, thought that was further along the road to be honest.  

Mind you age plays a lot of tricks with the memory😃

 

We must know a lot of the same folk and we must have played footie together on Sundays.. We always called it the tip but I've no idea why (apart from the obvious one that it used to be a tip for rubbish). 

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Seymour M Hersh
On 02/08/2019 at 20:48, Maroon Sailor said:

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It really doesn't look a whole lot different now. Slightly more gentrified maybe and definitely busier with black cabs thinking they own the whole ****ing street. 

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joondalupjambo
8 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said:

 

We must know a lot of the same folk and we must have played footie together on Sundays.. We always called it the tip but I've no idea why (apart from the obvious one that it used to be a tip for rubbish). 

I lived near The Mixy, does that ring any bells?  Guess it must have been The Tip where we played then.  You will know that two of the main characters are no longer with us.  I am meeting one of the other players before the County game.

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1 minute ago, joondalupjambo said:

I lived near The Mixy, does that ring any bells?  Guess it must have been The Tip where we played then.  You will know that two of the main characters are no longer with us.  I am meeting one of the other players before the County game.

 

Dave & Colin? Are you meeting evil Bri? :laugh:

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joondalupjambo
16 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said:

 

Dave & Colin? Are you meeting evil Bri? :laugh:

Sent you a PM

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1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Early 80’s Piss about to run down the terracing 

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I reckon thats late-ish 80s perhaos even creeping into early 90s.

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Maroon Sailor
1 hour ago, jb102 said:

Lauriston Place perhaps?

 

It's where the art college is now

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52 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

It's where the art college is now

Fabulous.  I seem to remember derelict tenements on that site when I was a nipper around 1975. 

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luckyBatistuta
1 hour ago, Zlatanable said:

 

cow gate, grassmarket make more sense now

 

I always thought that photo was on the site of the Castle terrace car park.

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Montgomery Brewster
On 03/08/2019 at 16:05, Governor Tarkin said:

 

You would think, I just can't place the buildings.

I'm usually pretty bob-on at that.

The buildings on the right are Rutland street

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Governor Tarkin
35 minutes ago, Montgomery Brewster said:

Rutland street on the right 

 

Of course it is, but that's not the photo I was disputing.

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On 06/08/2019 at 17:47, Maroon Sailor said:

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was this one explained, it looks like between Heriots and above the Grassmarket to me

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21 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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The Regal Lothian Road, used to skive in with my mates. Think it was the first cinema in Edinburgh with more than one screen.

First three movies were, Ice Station Zebra, Moon Zero Two and Wee Geordie. (I think)

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Stuart Lyon
10 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said:

was this one explained, it looks like between Heriots and above the Grassmarket to me

See attached OS map from 1896 showing cattle market on east side of Lady Lawson Street

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The opening of West Port Garden in 1910. It looks like they're using the boy scouts to break anyone's fall.

 

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34 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said:

See attached OS map from 1896 showing cattle market on east side of Lady Lawson Street

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Thanks Stuart makes sense now. 

 

I am up at Heriots tomorrow so will get my angles right then

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47 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said:

See attached OS map from 1896 showing cattle market on east side of Lady Lawson Street

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This map from 1914 shows the art college has taken over the space, obviously before moving down to Lauriston Place. 

 

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Boston Jambo
On 01/08/2019 at 16:59, Radio Ga Ga said:

Albion Road 1946 Hearts v H1b5 Derby (Hearts fans on one side of the street Hobos on the other😀)

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Was there fan segregation back then?

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1 hour ago, Boston Jambo said:

Was there fan segregation back then?

 No, I left 1n 1966 and was not aware of segregation then. Rangers and Celtic fans always had their songs, I honestly don't remember other than little smatterings of noise Hearts or Hibs fans being big into singing. Half times could be interesting as the fans changed ends to get behind their teams goal.  Fights weren't unusual but it was often so packed it stayed in a small area, and usuallly just a couple of guys getting at it. I certainly do not remember Hearts ever having a singing section or even in any strength singing religious songs. Most of the adult support in my days had fought in a war, WW1, WW2, Korea, so fighting was all used up. When Celtic and Rangers were visiting we were either according to them rotten papes, or f...... orange *******s.

Line ups like the two there  could be seen at both grounds when tickets for all ticket games went on sale, stood in a few of them, then one of the benefits of being in the police was the benefit of getting a couple of tickets from the clubs..

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Governor Tarkin
7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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Morningside Station.

 

I've crossed that wee bridge a thousand times.

 

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