The Real Maroonblood Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Sharpie said: The old New Victoria certainly became the Odeon. It was actually the Odeon before it became The New Victoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 7 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Never seen this before, you sure this is Edinburgh? 2 hours ago, Janbo1874 said: Thinking St Mary's Street but doesn't look right. I thought maybe looking up the High Street toward the corner of North Bridge from around John Knoxs house or sort of looking up Hanover Street toward Queen Street. Edited December 19, 2020 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Real Maroonblood Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: St. John’s Road Corstorphine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Montgomery Brewster Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: The sign in the foreground. said something like bbc Scotland new broadcasting centre/house this was to be the site of the bbc in Edinburgh on the back of the assembly up at Calton hill. Both failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 40 minutes ago, been here before said: I thought maybe looking up the High Street toward the corner of North Bridge from around John Knoxs house or sort of looking up Hanover Street toward Queen Street. The High Street just down the hill from the junction with North Bridge/South Bridge (according to the site I got the picture from) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Another view of the monstrosity Although it did spawn “Sinatra’s” 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Montgomery Brewster said: The sign in the foreground. said something like bbc Scotland new broadcasting centre/house this was to be the site of the bbc in Edinburgh on the back of the assembly up at Calton hill. Both failed. Couldn't have BBC Glas...... err Scotland in Edinburgh. No surprise it failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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obua Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 20 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: East Broughton place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, obua said: East Broughton place. Didn't recognise it myself She's about to run out of pavement. I can feel the pain in her back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 39 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: St Johns Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 That shop on the left. Is that a bandage maker ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: St. John’s Road Corstorphine. The old litter bin Edited December 19, 2020 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Such a good picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: The old litter bin That's the first thing that caught my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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obua Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 46 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Didn't recognise it myself She's about to run out of pavement. I can feel the pain in her back Heading up union street I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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joondalupjambo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Stockbridge, Stockeree to the locals. Bus heading up to towards Circus Place and Howe Street with Hamilton Place left at the lights and Saunders Street to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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¼½¾ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: That shop on the left. Is that a bandage maker ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 57 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Don't see many of those shops now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Another area that has become a complete mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Sharpie said: 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. It's East & Middle Arthur Place's, and my lot were one of the families which left here and moved to Niddrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 11 hours ago, J.T.F.Robertson said: 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. Since the kids grew up its been quieter, but it will be the first time in eighty five years I have been alone during the Christmas and New Year holidays, but I don't look at it as a negative, not everyone has spent those times for so long with people they loved and loved so strongly back. I have been blessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: It's East & Middle Arthur Place's, and my lot were one of the families which left here and moved to Niddrie. I know a woman whose family moved, from going by her description near slum like conditions in a tenement in Drummond Street, out to a new house in Niddrie and regretted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: It was actually the Odeon before it became The New Victoria. I didn't know that It was always the New Vic to me starting around 1939, attended there every Saturday morning at the GB club which Gaumont British the then owners ran for kids during the war years. I know the name change to Odeon caused some disappointment to a number when it happened and it to my memory was never mentioned as such. I have seen considerable comment about the beautiful building being allowed to deteriorate. Of course my first main picture house being the old Salisbury on S Clerk Street where my poor big sister had to drag her wee brother so Mum could have a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: I love this pic. I've never seen a pic of Fettes like this ie complete absence of trees. And this would be about 70 years before the council estates like Boswall/Pilton would appear in the background today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: The High Street just down the hill from the junction with North Bridge/South Bridge (according to the site I got the picture from) It's an amazing photo for me anyway; think it's the first I've seen from that era time that seems to show a regular street scene with regular folks, as opposed to those promenading down Princes Street/New Town. Full-on business day going on in that scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jambo-Jimbo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 43 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: I know a woman whose family moved, from going by her description near slum like conditions in a tenement in Drummond Street, out to a new house in Niddrie and regretted it. I can honesty believe that. On the now very rare occasions that we drive through Niddrie, I sometimes wonder how my life would have panned out if we had stayed in Craigmillar and hadn't moved out to the Borders. I somehow doubt I would have the same lifestyle as I do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Hailes Quarry. Bus garage to the right of where the building with the white roof is. Murrayburn Road cutting across and Parkhead middle top. Edited December 19, 2020 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, been here before said: Hailes Quarry. Bus garage to the right of where the building with the white roof is. Murrayburn Road cutting across and Parkhead middle top. I don't see any shops at the top of Parkhead across the road from The Silver Wing. Thought they had been there for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, been here before said: Hailes Quarry. Bus garage to the right of where the building with the white roof is. Murrayburn Road cutting across and Parkhead middle top. I can see my old flat in Dumbryden Gardens. That building with the white roof is now MKM building supplies, where the guid takeaway van sits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: I don't see any shops at the top of Parkhead across the road from The Silver Wing. Thought they had been there for years. The Co-op was there before they made the dual carriageway, which is there. It must be in the beige area across from the Wing; just not clear in the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: The Co-op was there before they made the dual carriageway, which is there. It must be in the beige area across from the Wing; just not clear in the pic. Id concur with that. The Wing and the good bakers (Murdo McLeod ex snooker player) n white and that biege square is where the co-op is. Edited December 19, 2020 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Hailes Quarry stone was used to build the New Town. It used to be about 300ft deep and there is a tale there is an elephant is buried in it having died in the zoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 52 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: I can see my old flat in Dumbryden Gardens. That building with the white roof is now MKM building supplies, where the guid takeaway van sits. That building used to be Bowens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: The Co-op was there before they made the dual carriageway, which is there. It must be in the beige area across from the Wing; just not clear in the pic. Flat roof by the looks of it Chemist (McKinnon's off the top of my head ....... Mc something) and Scotmid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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