Maroon Sailor Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Miss World 1977 - Abercorn Inn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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argyjambo Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Portobello Looks more like dalry Road, you can see the dormer windows of the Dalry Colonies above the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, argyjambo said: Looks more like dalry Road, you can see the dormer windows of the Dalry Colonies above the shops. It does look like that, with the tenement above the first tram being the one on the corner of Richmond Terrace. Another thing, you can see the roofs of buildings are stepped like they'd be if going up a hill; I thought Porty was pretty flat. Maybe they forgot to change the sign on the tram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 12 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said: No longer there , probably end up as student flats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: High Street 1931 Plough Bar was at 257 Canongate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Nobody was hurt as it was a lorry load of light ale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: I think this is outside Bennett's bar, next to the King's Theatre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Best place for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, argyjambo said: Looks more like dalry Road, you can see the dormer windows of the Dalry Colonies above the shops. Definitely agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 21 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Portobello 3 hours ago, argyjambo said: Looks more like dalry Road, you can see the dormer windows of the Dalry Colonies above the shops. 33 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said: Definitely agree. It is Dalry Road. I posted this ages ago about it... On 18/07/2018 at 14:48, been here before said: Ah now I posted that picture earlier in the thread. Those trams c1920 are opposite Haymarket heading up Dalry Road. It's in a book I have of old pictures of Old Dalry by local historian Malcolm Cant. The accompanying caption states 'This line of open cable cars, apparently crammed with male passengers only, was photographed on Dalry Road c1920, a few hundred yards west of Haymarket road junction. The first car has a destination board 'Portobello for Joppa' and an advertisement for Nubolic Soap; the second car is bound for Pilrig and advertises Zebra polish. The picture was probably taken on a Saturday afternoon when Hearts were playing at home at Tynecastle. Cable cars were first introduced to Edinburgh in 1893 when Edinburgh Corporation secured powers to convert the existing horse tramways to mechanised operation. The cars were hauled along the road by a moving cable, running in a slot below the level of the road surface between the rails. It was a cumbersome system which was prone to frequent breakdown'. As an aside if you're ever down at the brilliant Beamish Museum you can get a ride on one of those trams. Great fun as a novelty but would be brutal if that was your only option to get around- especially on wet or cold days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shanks said no Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 The corner of Lothian road and Morison St. Port Hopetoun, where you could get a boat all the way to Glasgow for 33p in new pence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 22 minutes ago, been here before said: It is Dalry Road. I posted this ages ago about it... 👍🏼 My mum and dad both Dalry natives so it’s very familiar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: That one took me a while to get my head round when I saw it elsewhere even though they said where it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 21 hours ago, been here before said: Aye? My mums family lived and grew up just along from there at Pitlochry Place in the 50s/60s. What was your mum''s family name? Chances are I'll recognise it, as that ties in with the time frame when I was growing up in Abbeyhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Tazio said: That one took me a while to get my head round when I saw it elsewhere even though they said where it was. Where is it ? Initially I thought it was by Greyfriars Bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 25 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Where is it ? Initially I thought it was by Greyfriars Bobby Bottom of the High Street if you were standing with your back to the parliament building. So the roundabout at the bottom of Abbeyhill and the palace to your right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Tazio said: Bottom of the High Street if you were standing with your back to the parliament building. So the roundabout at the bottom of Abbeyhill and the palace to your right. Would never have worked that out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpie Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Would never have worked that out ! Funny how things change, you don't recognise it, and its the only way I ever knew it. Always felt weird in that old police box always felt I was in a sitting target for a car going astray coming down the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Slog Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I didn't want to start a fresh thread for one little query. But can anyone inform us the name of the burger restaurant near woolies on the east end of Princes street during the seventies, where all the freebies for kids were beefeater themed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, Captain Slog said: I didn't want to start a fresh thread for one little query. But can anyone inform us the name of the burger restaurant near woolies on the east end of Princes street during the seventies, where all the freebies for kids were beefeater themed? Wimpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Wow that was quick, thank you, you settled a discussion while it was still ongoing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpie Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Merchiston Mews I remember working a night shift and a car came high speed along Melvile Drive, it was apparently I found later Jim Clark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Classic cars Superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart500 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 05/05/2021 at 08:43, Jambo314 said: Ritz .... my Saturday morning entertainment in the 60's😊 Mine too. Seem to remember we all sang a song about being the "minors of the ABC...". Words up on the screen and follow the bouncing ball. There were always 3 empty rows in the stalls immediately below the edge of the balcony. This was because anyone sitting there was likely to end up with kiora juice or a zoom ice lolly landing on their head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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