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On 13/11/2019 at 19:56, Maroon Sailor said:

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The main lines to/from Glasgow on the left, the main lines to/from Fife on the right with the old Corstorphine branch line veering off behind the Jenners Depository. Only have vague memories of trains running on that line as it closed in 1967 when I was 4.

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46 minutes ago, JT1959 said:

 

Potterrow or Pleasance?

Is it not looking in to Bristo Street basically from the corner where Parkers old store would have been. The shop on the corner I think is at Marshal Street. But if I was wrong it will not be the first time'

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On 13/11/2019 at 20:36, Maroon Sailor said:

No idea where this is

 

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Has anyone nailed this one yet?

Kind of think i should know it but wouldn't be surprised if it is somewhere i have never been.

Help me out as it is keeping me awake at night furtively searching Google Maps and eating into my data allowance while i should be working.😫

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4 minutes ago, Janbo1874 said:

Has anyone nailed this one yet?

Kind of think i should know it but wouldn't be surprised if it is somewhere i have never been.

Help me out as it is keeping me awake at night furtively searching Google Maps and eating into my data allowance while i should be working.😫

 

I'm thinking Alnwickhill Road

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On 13/11/2019 at 19:56, Maroon Sailor said:

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There were a lot of allotments back then , I guess a good number were moved for the Carrickvale and Carricknowe golf clubs clubhouses

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15 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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Canongate 

 

14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

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George Sq or possibly Rutland Sq (looks too big to be the second choice tho)

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been here before
Just now, 3fingersreid said:

Where’s the shows and the German market 

 

Judging by the rough age of the picture its probably invading the Polish market.

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1 minute ago, been here before said:

 

Judging by the rough age of the picture its probably invading the Polish market.

I actually just posted something similar on another thread 😂😂

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35 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said:

George Sq or possibly Rutland Sq (looks too big to be the second choice tho)

 

Think it's George Square

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48 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said:

There were a lot of allotments back then , I guess a good number were moved for the Carrickvale and Carricknowe golf clubs clubhouses

 

I didn't even know there was a railway line that went behind the depository.

 

I am assuming that line went through Pinkhill and Barnton

 

 

 

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33 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

I didn't even know there was a railway line that went behind the depository.

 

I am assuming that line went through Pinkhill and Barnton

 

 

 

I think the line went through Pinkhill and terminated at Corstorphine station. It's a cycle path now.

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20 hours ago, bobsharp said:

Is it not looking in to Bristo Street basically from the corner where Parkers old store would have been. The shop on the corner I think is at Marshal Street. But if I was wrong it will not be the first time'

Yes your right 

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19 hours ago, Janbo1874 said:

Has anyone nailed this one yet?

Kind of think i should know it but wouldn't be surprised if it is somewhere i have never been.

Help me out as it is keeping me awake at night furtively searching Google Maps and eating into my data allowance while i should be working.😫

 

19 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

I'm thinking Alnwickhill Road

Nothing on google earth looks anything like it being there 

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2 hours ago, obua said:

 

Nothing on google earth looks anything like it being there 

Here's another photo from the same collection. Maybe it's somewhere round wherever this is?

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43 minutes ago, Lemongrab said:

Here's another photo from the same collection. Maybe it's somewhere round wherever this is?

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Thanks,I think you have just doubled the mystery.I will keep looking👍

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9 hours ago, Lemongrab said:

I think the line went through Pinkhill and terminated at Corstorphine station. It's a cycle path now.

You say cycle path , I say footpath used by bikes 😉😂

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55 minutes ago, Lemongrab said:

Here's another photo from the same collection. Maybe it's somewhere round wherever this is?

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Hermitage Drive ? 

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1 hour ago, John mcCartney said:

Bob`s cop car skirting round Arthur`s Seat

   Good guess, but actually my transportation was a pair of size 11 boots  from Millets on Leith Street.

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