Garvock jambo Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Just now, Garvock jambo said: Anybody know when this picture was taken ? Seem to remember queues like that when yehudi menuhin played there early 60s ,was at ainslie Park then and some of us had the chance to see the maestro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Mister T said: Fantastic photo. St Andrews Square? It's Princes Street mate, the buses left from beside the art galleries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, Garvock jambo said: Anybody know when this picture was taken ? Seem to remember queues like that when yehudi menuhin played there early 60s ,was at ainslie Park then and some of us had the chance to see the maestro It’s showing The Bridge On The River Kwai so that makes it 1957. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvock jambo Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 30/12/2021 at 18:12, wentworth jambo said: Aye - Eddie - really nice guy Doing well tonight, was taxi driver with Eddie in City cabs, and prior to that with Walter Prentice on the buses at leith walk depot ,both good guys,and got my hair cut by "Kenny " at North Fort St, where in the name of the wee man have the years gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 45 minutes ago, Tazio said: Not finding it on this pretty good database site. http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/edinburgh/include.php?filen=indexn.html#other I found this photo captioned as 'Tower Cinema, Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1920'. Doesn't look like Princes Street to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Lemongrab said: I found this photo captioned as 'Tower Cinema, Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1920'. Doesn't look like Princes Street to me. I’d be very tempted to say that may be another Edinburgh outside the UK. The young man at the front looks more North American in his outfit, also the horse and cart parked outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Tazio said: Not finding it on this pretty good database site. http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/edinburgh/include.php?filen=indexn.html#other I googled it and that picture came up with Tower Cinema Princes Street Edinburgh. Having implicit trust in Taz, I entered it as Princess Street, a common mistake, but wondering if there may have been such a street, but the subject picture and Princes Street address were all that was given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Lemongrab said: I found this photo captioned as 'Tower Cinema, Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1920'. Doesn't look like Princes Street to me. It's the Tower Cinema, 116 Rye Lane, London. https://goo.gl/maps/J6KV6o675dkuSVJv5 http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/89230/1386114147/large.jpg?1386114147 Edited January 4, 2022 by Mark_Mywords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart Lyon Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Weird Only cinema in Princes St with Palace in the name- can't see any ref to Tower Palace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Only cinema in Princes St with Palace in the name- can't see any ref to Tower Palace Another website went with the same photo though it doesn't say it's Princes Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Radio Ga Ga Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 1976 Edited January 4, 2022 by Radio Ga Ga Wrong photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Radio Ga Ga Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Just now, Radio Ga Ga said: Goodness knows what’s happening when I’m uploading photos, extra ones being added to the last two posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) Tony's chippy - Westburn Edited January 4, 2022 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jb102 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 54 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Conan Doyle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, jb102 said: Conan Doyle? The building looks plausible for the Conan Doyle's predecessor - but the street beyond would have to be Queen Street which is straight. But in the photo its angled to the right. I can't make out the street signs. Could be an optical illusion, but it looks like the street on the left goes downhill. Looking at Google Maps street view, the buildings at the corner of York Place & Easter Road - and the downhill junction at Broughton Street don't quite match the photo either. Stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: The building looks plausible for the Conan Doyle's predecessor - but the street beyond would have to be Queen Street which is straight. But in the photo its angled to the right. I can't make out the street signs. Could be an optical illusion, but it looks like the street on the left goes downhill. Looking at Google Maps street view, the buildings at the corner of York Place & Easter Road - and the downhill junction at Broughton Street don't quite match the photo either. Stumped. It’s the Conan Doyle on the right. The rest of the buildings no longer exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Brewster Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) https://pin.it/1eq7eVt The photo above was taken from where the buses are (as in the Conan Doyle pic above ) Edited January 4, 2022 by Montgomery Brewster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Montgomery Brewster said: https://pin.it/1eq7eVt The photo above was taken from where the buses are (as in the Conan Doyle pic above ) Interesting. So you reckon the light-coloured buildings behind the trams (which appear to be at an angle to the darker buildings nearer the trams) are not really at an angle ? Or did Queen Street have some kind of "kink" in it where the Bus Station was ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bee Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Lone Striker said: Interesting. So you reckon the light-coloured buildings behind the trams (which appear to be at an angle to the darker buildings nearer the trams) are not really at an angle ? Or did Queen Street have some kind of "kink" in it where the Bus Station was ? The old photo is taken from York Place looking towards Calton Hill. The light coloured buildings are on Greenside Place or Leith Street, just up from where the Omni cinema is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: It is indeed the Conan Doyle previously called The Bar on the opposite corner was Alex's Bar previously called Pithie's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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argyjambo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Jim Bowen, live, at the foot of the walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, argyjambo said: Jim Bowen, live, at the foot of the walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Mark_Mywords said: deleted Edited January 5, 2022 by NANOJAMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 16 hours ago, Lone Striker said: The building looks plausible for the Conan Doyle's predecessor - but the street beyond would have to be Queen Street which is straight. But in the photo its angled to the right. I can't make out the street signs. Could be an optical illusion, but it looks like the street on the left goes downhill. Looking at Google Maps street view, the buildings at the corner of York Place & Easter Road - and the downhill junction at Broughton Street don't quite match the photo either. Stumped. The buildings to the left of the tram were demolished as part of a wacko scheme to build a road tunnel under Calton Hill. The gap that was left became the huge roundabout at the top of Broughton St. In the 70s it had tha awful neon pschydelic art scultpure that hardly ever worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south morocco Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: The buildings to the left of the tram were demolished as part of a wacko scheme to build a road tunnel under Calton Hill. The gap that was left became the huge roundabout at the top of Broughton St. In the 70s it had tha awful neon pschydelic art scultpure that hardly ever worked. Yeah , it taken from the top of Broughton St looking towards Leith St. Only the what's now the Conan Doyle pub on York Place on right hand remain Edited January 5, 2022 by south morocco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: The buildings to the left of the tram were demolished as part of a wacko scheme to build a road tunnel under Calton Hill. The gap that was left became the huge roundabout at the top of Broughton St. In the 70s it had tha awful neon pschydelic art scultpure that hardly ever worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) They've never known what to do with the Picardy triangle. As for that Kinetic thing - no idea what that was all about. Edited January 5, 2022 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 15 hours ago, Ally Bee said: The old photo is taken from York Place looking towards Calton Hill. The light coloured buildings are on Greenside Place or Leith Street, just up from where the Omni cinema is now. The attached OS map from 1952 shows Broughton St continuing southwards after the junction at York/Picardy Places. The 2 pubs are clearly marked on the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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