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Tazio Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Many a dodgy haircut from there in the 80's. Only place that the barber has asked how much do you want left as opposed to how much do you want off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, Tazio said: Many a dodgy haircut from there in the 80's. Only place that the barber has asked how much do you want left as opposed to how much do you want off. Been there over 120 years apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, Radio Ga Ga said: Been there over 120 years apparently I think the old boy that ran it when I went there had been there since well before WWII I reckon as he was about 80 in those days. You used to try and engineer the queue to make sure he didn't cut your hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said: India Place, my Mother was born here at number 35 in the 1930's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Demolition of India Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Princes street is a complete waste of time now. does anyone from edinburgh actually still go there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: Princes street is a complete waste of time now. does anyone from edinburgh actually still go there? Why are you bothered,did the pot noodle shop close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, obua said: Why are you bothered,did the pot noodle shop close. HMV closing was the final straw for me, to be fair. It's a fecking sports direct now is it not? Piss take and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 And don't get me started on the millions wasted on trams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 15 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: The Odd Spot pub on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 The Yellow Carvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jambo-Jimbo Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: The Odd Spot pub on the left. Which I'm certain my maternal Grandfather knew well. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: The Yellow Carvel North Sea Gas at the White Cockade in Rose Street around 1981 (I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Postcard from 1920's states The Register showing Copenhagen, GPO and Register House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, FORTHCLYDE said: Postcard from 1920's states The Register showing Copenhagen, GPO and Register House. I am a wee bit curious about the date given my mother was a conductress on the trams after WW1, and the ones in the picture seem more modern than what she described, she reffered to them as trolley cars and I am sure had open tops. I admit to possibly being totally wrong. Edited July 30, 2021 by Sharpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Littlewoods, Princes Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Real Maroonblood Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Salisbury Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 58 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: That ground on the right is where I had my fall chasing the two bad guys, you see how flat it is in that view, hard to believe there is a substantial drop to allow for the foundations for whatever had been there. I went down like the proverbial bag of .../ and the two guys were concerned enough to come back and see if I was Ok. I was fine but just let them go felt that I owed them something for their interest. A while ago now some time around middle off 1956. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Sharpie said: I am a wee bit curious about the date given my mother was a conductress on the trams after WW1, and the ones in the picture seem more modern than what she described, she reffered to them as trolley cars and I am sure had open tops. I admit to possibly being totally wrong. Here's a photo of a tram supposedly taken during or just after WWI. The site it came from also has some photos of female tram staff from around the same period. It's a hell of a long shot...but you never know. http://www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page149/page366/page366.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: The stair top left , ground flat right, was the exact location where my fall mentioned in another post commenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Here's a photo of a tram supposedly taken during or just after WWI. The site it came from also has some photos of female tram staff from around the same period. It's a hell of a long shot...but you never know. http://www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page149/page366/page366.html Thanks for that checked no sign of Mum in any of the pictures. When about sixteen she left her job in service and travelled by train from Inverness to Hereford where she worked in an ammunition factory during WW1. At the end of the war she got a job as a nanny to an army officer and moved with he and his family to Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh. The officer then got a promotion and a transfer to India, my mother was offered to go with them but declined, I suspect that was when she got on the trams. She quit that at some point and went back to being in service. She remained good friends with her tram driver Bill Morris, who later drove a #7 bus, Surgeons Hall to Newcraighall. When I was seven or eight I used to visit Bills family in Iona Street, he had three daughters, and they used to make a fuss of me, all in their teens. My hair was as straight as a tram track, and they teased me by calling me Curly. It was worth it I always came away with a pocket of pennies in reward for taking their nonsense. Like the trams a simple form of transport, so was life for a wee boy of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, Sharpie said: That ground on the right is where I had my fall chasing the two bad guys, you see how flat it is in that view, hard to believe there is a substantial drop to allow for the foundations for whatever had been there. I went down like the proverbial bag of .../ and the two guys were concerned enough to come back and see if I was Ok. I was fine but just let them go felt that I owed them something for their interest. A while ago now some time around middle off 1956. The ground on the right was known as "The Bowling Green." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, The Real Maroonblood said: The ground on the right was known as "The Bowling Green." Was it till stepped like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Was it till stepped like. Can't remember if it was. There was definitely no bowling when I lived there in the 50's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Can't remember if it was. There was definitely no bowling when I lived there in the 50's. I always thought the way it had been levelled and as I described it stepped there had been buildings there, never knew it as the bowling green, but as kids did they just called things what they thought they looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joondalupjambo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 29/07/2021 at 16:12, Radio Ga Ga said: Great to see all these pics of Stockbridge and surrounds you posted. Could this be a photo of the Beddies by chance? That was what we called the folk that lived in Bedford Street, they were all moved out in the 60's I think perhaps to West Lothian somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joondalupjambo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 29/07/2021 at 16:14, Radio Ga Ga said: Jeez forgot that you could park your car down that bit, bottom of a wee lane off main drag in Stockbridge opposite Leslie Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 St James looked classy but still got knocked down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 29/07/2021 at 16:04, Radio Ga Ga said: Tiffany's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said: Tiffany's? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Seaforth Terrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Real Maroonblood Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 hours ago, Sharpie said: I always thought the way it had been levelled and as I described it stepped there had been buildings there, never knew it as the bowling green, but as kids did they just called things what they thought they looked like. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seymour M Hersh Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Seaforth Terrace Ah, the memories. We moved there in 66. Mum eventually sold in 96. Obviously this pic is decades before we got there. The furthest away awning was Millers the butchers.Then a bakers that became a hair salon and finally the nearest shop in the picture was the Gainsburgh Cafe, now a Chinese restaurant/take-away. Salad days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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¼½¾ Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 54 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like Stenhouse Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Radio Ga Ga Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 59 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Looks like Stenhouse Road. Calder Road near the prison entrance?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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