ando1504 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Anyone know what that chimney in the background is? Oliver and Boyd Print Office was here from 1810, don't know if a printworks required a huge chimney though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Princes St Station (1890) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 37 minutes ago, ando1504 said: Oliver and Boyd Print Office was here from 1810, don't know if a printworks required a huge chimney though. No idea, but it’s right in line with the chimney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 36 minutes ago, ando1504 said: Princes St Station (1890) Always wondered what that looked like. Think that’s the clock that’s still in the hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Would appreciate any photos of Jamaica Street for the father in law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Would appreciate any photos of Jamaica Street for the father in law Try here; https://canmore.org.uk/collection/512106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Shandwick Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Shandwick place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 People just standing in the middle of the road without fear of getting hit by a bus ! How good was the West End then ? 1955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 07/07/2018 at 22:56, The Frenchman Returns said: Grassmarket Cowgate - I think St Patrick’s just visible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckyBatistuta Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) Trinity Kirk, demolished to make way for the Waverley station. A view looking down on Holyrood, from the rubble of the Kirk, which was to be rebuilt. Most of these stones were stolen. It was finally rebuilt and still stands today. Edited July 8, 2018 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Edited July 9, 2018 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Would appreciate any photos of Jamaica Street for the father in law India place at Mackenzie place India street India place Saunders street Local boys in Jamaica street 1950’s ? Harold Wilson visiting Jamaica street Jamaica stree Girls in Jamaica street, 1950’s ? Edited July 9, 2018 by luckyBatistuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Jamaica Bar - better known as Kerr's Bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 11 hours ago, ando1504 said: Is this 'The' Fountain Bridge? (1920) I think I once read that the Union Canal was longer than it is now and that the canal basin would have been around Semple Street/Morrison Street. Would this bridge have been over the canal towards there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 To see the attached OS map from the late 1800s Port Hopetoun was where the cinema is now and the Port Hamilton Basin is also shown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 @Stuart Lyon Thanks for the illustration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 9 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Above is where my ex-wife was working when we first met. Board of Education building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaymarketJambo Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Shandwick place. It's Atholl Place Edited July 9, 2018 by HaymarketJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 8 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: India place at Mackenzie place India street India place Saunders street Local boys in Jamaica street 1950’s ? Harold Wilson visiting Jamaica street Jamaica stree Girls in Jamaica street, 1950’s ? The dog has a name that you couldn't get away with these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said: The dog has a name that you couldn't get away with these days. The same name from The Dam Busters movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: The same name from The Dam Busters movie? I think you could be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said: The dog has a name that you couldn't get away with these days. Well spotted, never noticed it. I started to type how you know the dogs name, then thought I better have another wee look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, HaymarketJambo said: It's Atholl Place Some of those hefalumps are still on Shandwick place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: The same name from The Dam Busters movie? I had a black dog with that name. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 14 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: My working career started with Lothian Regional Council and on a Thursday I had to take the cash bag from Cockburn Street to the cashroom at the LRC HQ. Always took my time, especially on a nice sunny day. One of the old boys in my office said that there was a tunnel from the LRC HQ to the court offices over the road. Unsure if he was winding me up (over 30 years ago) but could be easily believable as Edinburgh has a lot of stuff under our streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said: I would have believed that too. I remember not being happy when I found out they were knocking that down and building a hotel. Looking at this picture now, I don’t know why I was angry about it, not exactly a great bit of architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robroy1874 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 On 7/7/2018 at 22:56, The Frenchman Returns said: Grassmarket Cowgate - I think Fantastic photos - is it possible that's St Mary's Street at the corner of Cowgate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Corner of Ferry Road and North Junction Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Foot of Easter Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpie Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 6 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said: The same name from The Dam Busters movie? I just watched the Dambusters movie last week, I was amazed the dogs name had been left in there, an was used so frequently, usually you get a wee blip when such words were usd and cannot hear them. Especially in North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 18 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: From memory was called Melbourne Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, bobsharp said: I just watched the Dambusters movie last week, I was amazed the dogs name had been left in there, an was used so frequently, usually you get a wee blip when such words were usd and cannot hear them. Especially in North America. I’ve not watched that movie for a while but I suspect it will be blipped in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Tanfield Edited July 9, 2018 by ando1504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Ritz, Rodney Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: Always wondered what that looked like. Think that’s the clock that’s still in the hotel. From another angle Edited July 9, 2018 by ando1504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The new building in the third picture is that the site of the Ritz. I used to go there sometimes after visiting relatives in Heriothill Terrace across from the Ritz. In my police days also used to take our vehicles in the area behind the Ritz to the police garage in Brandon Terrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, bobsharp said: The new building in the third picture is that the site of the Ritz. I used to go there sometimes after visiting relatives in Heriothill Terrace across from the Ritz. In my police days also used to take our vehicles in the area behind the Ritz to the police garage in Brandon Terrace. It is Bob yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, ando1504 said: It is Bob yes. I was last in Edinburgh for three days in 2007, stuck to places I knew, if I went now I would need a street map to find places, as I don't think I would recognise anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Brandon Terrace, Canonmills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Barnton Station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 59 minutes ago, ando1504 said: The Ritz, Rodney Street The first pic - one of the founders of the Waverley Biscuit Factory (If you've had a "black man" you've eaten their products ) was the proud owner of a piano that once belonged to Adolf Hitler. Or so he claimed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Fire and Police Stations, Hamilton Place, Stockbridge. Now a public toilet and an Indian restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Gayfield Square Didn't know that this was Abbeyhill Police Station at some point in its previous Edited July 9, 2018 by ando1504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ando1504 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Didn't know this was a Police Station too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1959 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 14 hours ago, pablo said: I think I once read that the Union Canal was longer than it is now and that the canal basin would have been around Semple Street/Morrison Street. Would this bridge have been over the canal towards there? That's my understanding too. The canal ran all the way through to Port Hamilton. The old Dance Hall front is in the original pic, this I believe is the scene today. The bridge was moved to Leamington Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1959 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Pleasance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biko Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, JT1959 said: That's my understanding too. The canal ran all the way through to Port Hamilton. The old Dance Hall front is in the original pic, this I believe is the scene today. The bridge was moved to Leamington Road. Edited July 9, 2018 by Biko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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