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This photo is around 150 years old, I often wonder what our future generations will think when they look back 150 years to the 2020’s and even further three hundred years!

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Just now, Radio Ga Ga said:

Trinity College Kirk

A great early example of a civic cock up. Go to all the effort of dismantling a church to rebuild and never get round to doing it properly. 

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Just now, Tazio said:

A more recent one. West Approach Road from Lothian Road. 

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Great photo, can see my old office, SSEB Dewar Place, happy days, if only I could write a book...

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26 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

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Never seen this before, you sure this is Edinburgh?

23 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Grassmarket roughly 1959

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Looks more like 1859

23 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

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Seen a few pictures of the prison, but not this, a really good one 👍

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luckyBatistuta
53 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Bruntsfield Place

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Never knew the tram went into Merchiston Place

37 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Did this become The Odeon or am I mistaken?

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Certainly looks like it

20 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

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Used to go to the Lord Darnley pub, but not that one. Where is that?

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1 hour ago, Sharpie said:

Horse back riders were quite common in the day. There was a Riding School not far away and they used to bring their learners on their mounts to the Park.  Boy that park was something, horses, sheep, kids all over the area, older folks out for walks, a few cars, parkies who had houses at some of the gates keeping order, The names, the wee hill,echo rock, the gutted haddie, the basin. the crags, the bog, the valley, the high road, the low road, if you were a local kid and didn't know them all you were probably a candidate for Duncan Street School the place for the slow learners.

 

Used to play fitbaw in "the basin", there and the Meadows at (not in) the tennis courts.

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J.T.F.Robertson
1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

This photo is around 150 years old, I often wonder what our future generations will think when they look back 150 years to the 2020’s and even further three hundred years!

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That's a rather big assumption you're making there. ;)

 

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1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Dumbiedykes 1959

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  I think its the end of the buildings at East and Middle Arthurs Place. or Street, memories totally gone which surprises me because I spent a lot of my early police days right among them. The I went to the Craigmillar areas and lo and behold who joined me but some of those same people to the new Niddrie Mill scheme. 

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11 minutes ago, J.T.F.Robertson said:

 

That's a rather big assumption you're making there. ;)

 

 

 They certainly will not look at the open spaces there are in some of these old pictures, and the lack of vehicles. It really makes you feel old when you realise that so much of what is in some of these old photos was part of your childhood.

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5 minutes ago, Sharpie said:

 

 They certainly will not look at the open spaces there are in some of these old pictures, and the lack of vehicles. It really makes you feel old when you realise that so much of what is in some of these old photos was part of your childhood.

 

Aye, just meant thinking that far ahead assumes a lot of "things" don't happen.

That aside, Bob, I can't imagine how tough it will be for you this "festive" season but we both wish you the best. 

If you were here we'd have you up in a minute, Covid or no ****ing Covid.

 

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1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said:

Never knew the tram went into Merchiston Place

Certainly looks like it

Used to go to the Lord Darnley pub, but not that one. Where is that?

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A lovely shot of the Lord Darnley Tavern that used to sit on the Canongate, circa 1930. Note the sign advertising to interested ( and thirsty ) passers-by that there was a waistcoat on view inside that had purportedly belonged to the scheming fellow himself! He came to a bad end waistcoat or not. He was found strangled in the grounds of Kirk o’ Field in 1567 having avoided being blown up when his house mysteriously exploded. Anyone remember this watering hole?

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5 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said:

Never seen this before, you sure this is Edinburgh?

Looks more like 1859

Seen a few pictures of the prison, but not this, a really good one 👍

Thinking St Mary's Street but doesn't look right.20201219_065440.thumb.jpg.b5fc59ce2b2141fef8bed7afc3b26ddb.jpg

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