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3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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Okay, okay.

 

We know you’ve got the best thread on Kickback.  No need to rub it in.

 

Jumping on the ‘snow’ theme’?  :facepalm:

 

:wink: 

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7 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Okay, okay.

 

We know you’ve got the best thread on Kickback.  No need to rub it in.

 

Jumping on the ‘snow’ theme’?  :facepalm:

 

:wink: 

 

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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Both wonderful.

 

In different ways.  :) 

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39 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

1979 - That was a cold winter. The streets were like ice rinks

 

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3 minutes ago, Janbo1874 said:

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Strange how the pavement on the right bends in the old photograph but is straight in the one below

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3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

 

Strange how the pavement on the right bends in the old photograph but is straight in the one below

Taken from the corner with Comiston Drive.

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14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

No idea where this is

 

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the old lamp might suggest an ex lord provosts house unless that was the normal street lighting at that time.

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59 minutes ago, Ray has bus pass hooray said:

the old lamp might suggest an ex lord provosts house unless that was the normal street lighting at that time.

What is the white thing next to the lamp? 

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8 minutes ago, Boston Jambo said:

What is the white thing next to the lamp? 

Looks like old fashioned weighing scales.

Next door is a confectionary shop.

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16 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

1979 - That was a cold winter. The streets were like ice rinks

 

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I remember walking 2 miles to school as the buses couldn’t run only to get there to be told it was closed as the heating was broken. 

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11 minutes ago, Boston Jambo said:

What is the white thing next to the lamp? 

Not sure old parking meter, but the building next door has a sign saying ………. Waters, Confections and Cigarettes strange one.

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On 12/11/2019 at 17:40, Morgan said:

 

Both wonderful.

 

In different ways.  :) 

They are both wonderful.

The black and white isn't bad either.

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9 hours ago, obua said:

Looks like old fashioned weighing scales.

Next door is a confectionary shop.

 

When I was wee my local chemist had a set of scales like that. 2p a shot. Once you stepped off the dial would go baclk to zero and the next person would have to put in 2p. We werent well off so when we went to get weighed we would have to wait until one of our siblings stood on it before we could get off so that we could all get weighed for 2p. 

 

Could the thing in the photo be an outdoor version? Dont think i ever saw an outdoor one other than at farms to weigh animals. 

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44 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

 

When I was wee my local chemist had a set of scales like that. 2p a shot. Once you stepped off the dial would go baclk to zero and the next person would have to put in 2p. We werent well off so when we went to get weighed we would have to wait until one of our siblings stood on it before we could get off so that we could all get weighed for 2p. 

 

Could the thing in the photo be an outdoor version? Dont think i ever saw an outdoor one other than at farms to weigh animals. 

I’ve not seen them outdoor before but that’s what it looks like.

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4 minutes ago, obua said:

Could it be an entrance at a rail station with a shop next to it ?

 

Don't know - still trying to work out where it is !

 

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12 hours ago, Ray has bus pass hooray said:

Not sure old parking meter, but the building next door has a sign saying ………. Waters, Confections and Cigarettes strange one.

Aerated Waters.

 

It looks like some young scamps have been chucking snowballs at the shop, and the woman's come out to chase them.

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It certainly looks like a weigh scale but they were never that I remember outside in the weather. Although there is snow on the ground it looks like there is a break in the stone edge where it is located and it could even be set into the ground permanently. It and purely suggestion may have been c onverted into a contemporary gate light or ornament. It is not in the confectionary garden but in the neighbours and may be something to do with a business there.

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It was mentioned that it may be the entrance to the railway station - i would tend to agree with this or similar idea as it falls outwith the fences for both properties. To me it looks like a path between the houses leading somewhere and it could be a sign or notice related to wherever the path goes. 

 

What is the source of the photo - is it definitely in Edinburgh? 

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14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Don't know - still trying to work out where it is !

 

Liberton Drive/Alnwick Road?

 

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