Maroon Sailor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Market Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 1908 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Duke of Edinburgh attending the opening of a children’s playground at Mount Lodge, Windsor Place 1972 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Passengers on the last tram to run from Portobello to the GPO, Waterloo Place 1956 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Hay Avenue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: 1955 Looks like a detective heading for the old police HQ with a big case. Even one of them could solve that one.😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Hay Avenue? Another place another story. One Saturday night shift two or three in the morning, a dog, a sort of Pit Bull type started walking about with me like he was mine. It lasted for close to half an hour. We got to Hay Avenue and I checked the wee shop at the tunnel. We then headed for Hay Avenue. A cat appeared on the street and the dog bolted right after it. The cat ran into a stair in Hay Avenue and the dog followed, the next thing there was the most horrible almost scream and I knew he had got the cat. I took off away out of there. The next night John Castle and I are stepping out of Box 30 Wauchope Avenue and we see a car weaving down the street. We step out and get the driver out of the car, he is a well known Niddrie hard man, and the fight is on, the windae vultures are out on the sills in force ,and yelling like a Celtic crowd at the polis. We get him to the police box put hm in the corner seat, and start to get our breath back. Meanwhile the hard man is bawling and crying, I'm only like this because a dug killed my cat last night. Of course compassionate policemen would offer him a break if he cooperated, but it just wan't his time the two he was dealing with weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamishMcGonagall Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Deanhaugh street, just where the bridge goes over the water of leith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 36 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Looks like a detective heading for the old police HQ with a big case. Even one of them could solve that one.😇 19 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Another place another story. One Saturday night shift two or three in the morning, a dog, a sort of Pit Bull type started walking about with me like he was mine. It lasted for close to half an hour. We got to Hay Avenue and I checked the wee shop at the tunnel. We then headed for Hay Avenue. A cat appeared on the street and the dog bolted right after it. The cat ran into a stair in Hay Avenue and the dog followed, the next thing there was the most horrible almost scream and I knew he had got the cat. I took off away out of there. The next night John Castle and I are stepping out of Box 30 Wauchope Avenue and we see a car weaving down the street. We step out and get the driver out of the car, he is a well known Niddrie hard man, and the fight is on, the windae vultures are out on the sills in force ,and yelling like a Celtic crowd at the polis. We get him to the police box put hm in the corner seat, and start to get our breath back. Meanwhile the hard man is bawling and crying, I'm only like this because a dug killed my cat last night. Of course compassionate policemen would offer him a break if he cooperated, but it just wan't his time the two he was dealing with weren't. I’m starting to get the impression you were like one of my mates Bob, he’d book his own granny😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 North Bridge 1935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: 56 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Hay Avenue? Yes it is Hay Avenue - totally changed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 South Clerk Street 1948 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said: 1955 1340. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, graygo said: 1340. 😄 through all this nonsense, you’ve not lost your sense of humour bud 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I love this photo. Maule’s in 1902;decorated for the coronation of Edward VII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 U 2 minutes ago, Tazio said: I love this photo. Maule’s in 1902;decorated for the coronation of Edward VII. Looks like it’s straight out of an old Hollywood movie set😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Lemongrab said: The road going up the left is Curriehill Road and the road going up and round to the right is Weavers Knowe Crescent. So the picture is possibly taken above the school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 42 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Yes it is Hay Avenue - totally changed now Its like a picture of my life now, all what it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 22 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: All Rose Street, 1957 The first photo in this set shows The 110 Bar. This shop unit is part of the much bigger Element bar in Rose St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) No idea what the chickens are all about Edited December 28, 2020 by JWL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, inspector said: So the picture is possibly taken above the school? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, JWL said: No idea what the chickens are all about Not 100% but looks like the corner of William Street and Stafford Street with Alva Street in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Peffermill 1954 My first school, for a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Double wedding at St Giles Cathedral 1946…a double wedding😱 obviously times were harder and they tried to cut down the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Craig and Rose paint factory Leith Walk That's remarkable, another of my late mum''s places of employment, before it relocated to Fife ( I think) she worked there with coleagues Mary Waters & Jack Burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Double wedding at St Giles Cathedral 1946…a double wedding😱 obviously times were harder and they tried to cut down the cost. Was probably more common than you'd think. One of my Uncles & Aunts got married (not to each other) in a double wedding just like the above, this was in 1958. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: 👍 Edited December 28, 2020 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 John Codona one-man band playing along Dumbiedykes Road 1954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Was probably more common than you'd think. One of my Uncles & Aunts got married (not to each other) in a double wedding just like the above, this was in 1958. I assume it was related to cost. The thing I hope for more than anything posting some of these old pictures, is that one of the people in the photographs is someone on here, or a relative to someone on here. That would be a special moment🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 A group of teenagers 42 Dumbiedykes Road, the new flats in background 1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Outside Waterstones paper shop in Dumbiedykes 1955 you remember this shop @Sharpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Coronation Day street parties at Dumbiedykes 1953 The Greens The Brickies Hen’s Dyke Edited December 28, 2020 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 12 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Danube Street 1955, Dalkeith Street 1955, Newhaven 1965 Where was Dalkeith street in Edinburgh at that time? The only Dalkeith Street I know of is in Joppa, it runs parallel to Joppa road between Brunstane Road and Morton street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just now, argyjambo said: Where was Dalkeith street in Edinburgh at that time? The only Dalkeith Street I know of is in Joppa, it runs parallel to Joppa road between Brunstane Road and Morton street. It is Joppa bud 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Double wedding at St Giles Cathedral 1946…a double wedding😱 obviously times were harder and they tried to cut down the cost. Looks more like a quadruple wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just now, obua said: Looks more like a quadruple wedding. Got to have a bridesmaid, they don’t have veils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Kirkgate 1965 That's not the Kirkgate in Leith, is it? Doesn't look like it to me, looks much too suburban and affluent an area to be the old Kirkgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, argyjambo said: That's not the Kirkgate in Leith, is it? Doesn't look like it to me, looks much too suburban and affluent an area to be the old Kirkgate. Liberton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: It is Joppa bud 👍 I'm a tad sceptical about it being the Joppa Dalkeith street, as I live very close to it and all the current buildings in that street would all have been there in 1955. It looks more like an area of old Edinburgh or perhaps could it be a street in Dalkeith? My wife, a Portobello girl, thinks Dalkeith Street in Joppa was re-named from something else, but not sure when. Edited December 28, 2020 by argyjambo Adding material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Outside Waterstones paper shop in Dumbiedykes 1955 you remember this shop @Sharpie No I suspect I was still a soldier in Egypt when that was taken. Don't remember the shop at all. I started in Dumbiedykes probably mid 1956. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, argyjambo said: That's not the Kirkgate in Leith, is it? Doesn't look like it to me, looks much too suburban and affluent an area to be the old Kirkgate. 10 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Liberton For some reason, this picture has been reversed as it should be... Edited December 28, 2020 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: For some reason, this picture has been reversed Thanks for that Maroon Sailor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Coronation Day street parties at Dumbiedykes 1953 The Greens The Brickies Hen’s Dyke I find these photographs particularly interesting because I remember it quite well coming from that area. I doubt I'm in any of them but great memories. Thanks LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 36 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: I assume it was related to cost. The thing I hope for more than anything posting some of these old pictures, is that one of the people in the photographs is someone on here, or a relative to someone on here. That would be a special moment🤞 Probably cost was the reason, I know my lot had their reception both at the same hotel & time, my dad even made both of their wedding cakes, so that wouldn't have cost them anything for that, maybe for the ingredients at most. As for posting a photo with someones relative in it, it's bound to happen, sooner or later, it'll happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, argyjambo said: I'm a tad sceptical about it being the Joppa Dalkeith street, as I live very close to it and all the current buildings in that street would all have been there in 1955. It looks more like an area of old Edinburgh or perhaps could it be a street in Dalkeith? My wife, a Portobello girl, thinks Dalkeith Street in Joppa was re-named from something else, but not sure when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: I find these photographs particularly interesting because I remember it quite well coming from that area. I doubt I'm in any of them but great memories. Thanks LB. Maybe a family member in there somewhere 🤞🤞🤞 love this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Probably cost was the reason, I know my lot had their reception both at the same hotel & time, my dad even made both of their wedding cakes, so that wouldn't have cost them anything for that, maybe for the ingredients at most. As for posting a photo with someones relative in it, it's bound to happen, sooner or later, it'll happen. My mum and dad married quite young and didn’t have much. They lived in the flats at the bottom of Calton Road (all gone) At their wedding, they supplied the alcohol, but all the presents that they received on the day were stolen whilst everyone celebrated their big day😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Maybe a family member in there somewhere 🤞🤞🤞 love this thread 👍 I'm on the phone but once my tablet is charged up I'll be able to have a closer look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: I find these photographs particularly interesting because I remember it quite well coming from that area. I doubt I'm in any of them but great memories. Thanks LB. More Dumbiedykes images, Top one, 30 Dumbiedykes Road 1963 Middle one, back green 38 Dumbiedykes Road 1950 Bottom one, front door 38 Dumbiedykes Road 1950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: 👍 I'm on the phone but once my tablet is charged up I'll be able to have a closer look. And a few more Top two are the corner of Dumbiedykes Lane and Dumbiedykes Road, and another John Codona, the one-man band All 1954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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