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Lone Striker Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 20 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Portobello Town Hall Is that Mick McManus ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tazio Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Playhouse 1975 It still amazes me that it was built as a cinema. Imagine there being a demand for a 3,500 seat cinema nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lone Striker Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 53 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 1990 FIGHTS from Scotland Direct ? Were they an agency for Edinburgh neds ? 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Is that the old Ferranti building in Robertson Avenue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Is that Mick McManus ? Certainly looks like him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FWJ Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Binns’ Corner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lone Striker Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: What an amazing & beautiful building this was before it was "modernised" for Binns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, FWJ said: Binns’ Corner? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Is that the old Ferranti building in Robertson Avenue ? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Looks a bit like Craigmillar Castle. Did Dudddingston Loch extend further south that it does now ? Great Bonspiel photo though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: The Shakespeare where a certain, future, Guardsman and Policeman consumed alcohol illegally at the age of sixteen prior to giving the waiting girls at the Palais his full attention. One has to believe a teenage villain such as this would become a burden on society, I wonder what happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentworth jambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, JWL said: Eddie Carey mine host? Aye - Eddie - really nice guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentworth jambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 29/12/2021 at 11:22, Maroon Sailor said: Great Junction Street…Mill Lane in the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 28 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Is that the old Ferranti building in Robertson Avenue ? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentworth jambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 42 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Princes Street c1930 Moffat wouldnae get away with that sign today🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Sharpie said: The Shakespeare where a certain, future, Guardsman and Policeman consumed alcohol illegally at the age of sixteen prior to giving the waiting girls at the Palais his full attention. One has to believe a teenage villain such as this would become a burden on society, I wonder what happened to him. 😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 1990 👍🏻Ah...the memories. The city centre sign at the other side has never moved or wilted😀. (....Just as the buses leave the far end of the terminus to slip back onto the main road, there was a prime spot for the naughty boys in the scheme who’d congregate to shower Old Firm supporters buses with “gifts” as they left to head home West after games at Tynie. More an 80s pastime mind you😬....) Sorry for the slight diversion on a fantastic thread. 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTHCLYDE Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Poster on Twitter yesterday stated to be Edinburgh 1958. Maybe Dumbiedykes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, FORTHCLYDE said: Poster on Twitter yesterday stated to be Edinburgh 1958. Maybe Dumbiedykes? Possibly Arthur Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 46 minutes ago, Debut 4 said: 👍🏻Ah...the memories. The city centre sign at the other side has never moved or wilted😀. (....Just as the buses leave the far end of the terminus to slip back onto the main road, there was a prime spot for the naughty boys in the scheme who’d congregate to shower Old Firm supporters buses with “gifts” as they left to head home West after games at Tynie. More an 80s pastime mind you😬....) Sorry for the slight diversion on a fantastic thread. 👍🏻 My old house is just out of shot, the kitchen window more or less looked onto Burtons biscuit factory, ahhhh the smell of the biscuits getting made, can still remember it as if it was yesterday and I moved away in 1978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 29/12/2021 at 13:43, Jambo314 said: John D Kidd I think? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Debut 4 said: 👍🏻Ah...the memories. The city centre sign at the other side has never moved or wilted😀. (....Just as the buses leave the far end of the terminus to slip back onto the main road, there was a prime spot for the naughty boys in the scheme who’d congregate to shower Old Firm supporters buses with “gifts” as they left to head home West after games at Tynie. More an 80s pastime mind you😬....) Sorry for the slight diversion on a fantastic thread. 👍🏻 1950 Not a car show room in sight Bus advertising Weston's biscuits as well ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: 1950 Not a car show room in sight Bus advertising Weston's biscuits as well ! For some reason I would call these buses “Tin Lizzie’s.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: For some reason I would call these buses “Tin Lizzie’s.” They do look a bit Tinny Any idea what that is bottom right of the lampost? If you watch the On The Buses film they put a card in a machine when they got to the turnaround point. Not sure if that was a thing in Edinburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 47 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: 1950 Not a car show room in sight Bus advertising Weston's biscuits as well ! Brilliant. It must’ve been written in the stars that my family would move to the Calders once it was built....my Dad worked in Weston’s at one time way back then! Haha... I was only a few months old when we moved to the Calders from Watson Crescent in 1974👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Radio Ga Ga said: My old house is just out of shot, the kitchen window more or less looked onto Burtons biscuit factory, ahhhh the smell of the biscuits getting made, can still remember it as if it was yesterday and I moved away in 1978 Addictive smell it was, mate. Lol. I stayed in number 12 behind you to the right if you looked out your livingroom window into the square. 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterjohn Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, Debut 4 said: Brilliant. It must’ve been written in the stars that my family would move to the Calders once it was built....my Dad worked in Weston’s at one time way back then! Haha... I was only a few months old when we moved to the Calders from Watson Crescent in 1974👍🏻 It was a great place to stay I was born in the prefabs in 1956 at the Calders then moved to Broomhouse in 1961 till the flats were built.We moved back in 1965 I loved it there especially when the likes of Burtons biscuits,Milanda Bakeries,Golden Wonder crisps and Schweppes juice factories opened. We were (ahem)able to get our hands on lots of goodies I think its called theft these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, FORTHCLYDE said: Poster on Twitter yesterday stated to be Edinburgh 1958. Maybe Dumbiedykes? Arthur Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, otterjohn said: It was a great place to stay I was born in the prefabs in 1956 at the Calders then moved to Broomhouse in 1961 till the flats were built.We moved back in 1965 I loved it there especially when the likes of Burtons biscuits,Milanda Bakeries,Golden Wonder crisps and Schweppes juice factories opened. We were (ahem)able to get our hands on lots of goodies I think its called theft these days Milanda became Sunblest, if I remember correctly? My uncle worked there. It was a right family affair in the industrial estate. My Dad and 2 uncles worked in William Thynes, my Mum and a couple of Aunties worked in Burtons. 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Debut 4 said: 👍🏻Ah...the memories. The city centre sign at the other side has never moved or wilted😀. (....Just as the buses leave the far end of the terminus to slip back onto the main road, there was a prime spot for the naughty boys in the scheme who’d congregate to shower Old Firm supporters buses with “gifts” as they left to head home West after games at Tynie. More an 80s pastime mind you😬....) Sorry for the slight diversion on a fantastic thread. 👍🏻 Bathgate Hearts bus lost windows on at least 2 occasions in the 70s as we headed west amongst them, were the twats colourblind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 8 hours ago, 3fingersreid said: Thought so , it’s underneath George the 4th bridge , it’s also where the James Connolly society meet every year to celebrate his life . It’s called little Ireland given how many who came from Ireland settled there . If you look up as you walk past there is a sign saying For neither King nor Kaiser It's where my grand father was brought up after moving over from Ireland when he was 2 or 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, superjack said: It's where my grand father was brought up after moving over from Ireland when he was 2 or 3. 👍🏻 It’s always good to find out the info I’ve been told then posted is true . 😀 Edited December 31, 2021 by 3fingersreid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 hours ago, Debut 4 said: Milanda became Sunblest, if I remember correctly? My uncle worked there. It was a right family affair in the industrial estate. My Dad and 2 uncles worked in William Thynes, my Mum and a couple of Aunties worked in Burtons. 👍🏻 Our office football team used to be in a league with AC Milanda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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