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NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Why can't I find Henry Street on Google maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like The Pleasance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Looks like The Pleasance. St Leonards Street / Henry Street 16 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: Why can't I find Henry Street on Google maps. Seems to have disappeared - probably demolished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: St Leonards Street / Henry Street Seems to have disappeared - probably demolished 👍 Apparently that was the opening to Homebase. Before that Ushers Brewery was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Many thanks @Tazio @Maroon Sailor @Montgomery Brewster @Stuart Lyon @Ally Bee @NANOJAMBO @jb102 @south morocco for all your posts about the York Place photo which had me disorientated to the point of numptyism !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Many thanks @Tazio @Maroon Sailor @Montgomery Brewster @Stuart Lyon @Ally Bee @NANOJAMBO @jb102 @south morocco for all your posts about the York Place photo which had me disorientated to the point of numptyism !! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: 👍 Apparently that was the opening to Homebase. Before that Ushers Brewery was there. Castle o' Clouts pub became the car park for Homebase. Demolished 1969. Ushers Brewery was behind it Edited January 5, 2022 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 45 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: St Leonards Street / Henry Street Seems to have disappeared - probably demolished Cheers, had a wee look on streetview and it looks like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Is this Leith Walk, near McDonald Road (church in distance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Just now, NANOJAMBO said: Is this Leith Walk, near McDonald Road (church in distance). Shrub Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Castle o' Clouts pub became the car park for Homebase. Demolished 1969. Ushers Brewery was behind it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Shrub Place 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Shrub Place And the Halfway House pub next to the Lane up to the Masonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Shrub Place And the Halfway House pub next to the Lane up to the Masonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Tazio said: And the Halfway House pub next to the Lane up to the Masonic. The Masonic - Was that a watering hole back in the day for Jambos on the way to Easter Rd ? I seem to recall being absolutely battered there more than once. Edited January 5, 2022 by NANOJAMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 minute ago, NANOJAMBO said: Was that a watering hole back in the day for Jambos on the way to Easter Rd ? I seem to recall being absolutely battered there more than once. The Masonic certainly is. The Halfway House was demolished a long time ago. Early 80’s I seem to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Thats the view of the empty space where I took my fall, and the two housebreakers came back to see if I was alright. I guess in those days polis and bad guys had certain rules about how we treated each other, we could lay damege on the other but no outsider or even nature could attack us without reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 04/01/2022 at 09:51, Radio Ga Ga said: 1976 My having been a sergeant in the guards I would have been prompted to tell that man "get a haircut you scruffy man." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Parkside Street looking to StLeonards Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mister T Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 hours ago, argyjambo said: Jim Bowen, live, at the foot of the walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 44 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Thats the view of the empty space where I took my fall, and the two housebreakers came back to see if I was alright. I guess in those days polis and bad guys had certain rules about how we treated each other, we could lay damege on the other but no outsider or even nature could attack us without reaction. Salisbury Browns Street Square? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1968 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Janette Scott and Vernon Gray in Now and Forever (1956) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Banana Flats under construction 1966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckyBatistuta Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like a business selling gravestones on the left before Pilrig Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: 1968 That'll be the coal depot at St Leonards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 54 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said: Salisbury Browns Street Square? Yes that was it it was different levels like something had been demolished, I went down like a bag of .... and the guys came back and said are you alright Polis and when I said Aye fine, they took off at speed again. The one guy I ran into for years after, and he was the one when his wife offered me a cup of tea for recovering her stolen pram, and he saw me in his house, he said Is he the only f...ing Polis in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said: Looks like a business selling gravestones on the left before Pilrig Street. I lived for a short while in 1978/79 in Spey Terrace, just up behind via Middlefield. Now that you've mentioned it that seems vaguely familiar, on the side up the Walk of that plot was the St Cuthberts, where I'd collect the wee stamps by the 100s, and 1000s, mainly from folk who'd fling them away, and lick them into books for redeemable goods, goodness knows what! Not Frys peppermint cremes though, or a quarter of cola cubes, got them every Friday after school, at the wee paper sweetie shop right opposite Middlefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 39 minutes ago, Sharpie said: Yes that was it it was different levels like something had been demolished, I went down like a bag of .... and the guys came back and said are you alright Polis and when I said Aye fine, they took off at speed again. The one guy I ran into for years after, and he was the one when his wife offered me a cup of tea for recovering her stolen pram, and he saw me in his house, he said Is he the only f...ing Polis in Edinburgh. A well-kent face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said: That'll be the coal depot at St Leonards. Hugh Leckie & Sons, Hermits and Termits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said: I lived for a short while in 1978/79 in Spey Terrace, just up behind via Middlefield. Now that you've mentioned it that seems vaguely familiar, on the side up the Walk of that plot was the St Cuthberts, where I'd collect the wee stamps by the 100s, and 1000s, mainly from folk who'd fling them away, and lick them into books for redeemable goods, goodness knows what! Not Frys peppermint cremes though, or a quarter of cola cubes, got them every Friday after school, at the wee paper sweetie shop right opposite Middlefield. Best chocolate bar going😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Radio Ga Ga Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886 The Meadows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 A remarkable amount of photographers over the years seem to have been taken by people in the middle of the Grassmarket pointing their camera towards the castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen. General Register House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 22 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: When I was back recently a mate and I did a bit of a nostalgia tour of the old stomping grounds, drove down to the bottom of that hill. 22 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Also part of the "tour". 21 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Castle o' Clouts pub became the car park for Homebase. Demolished 1969. Ushers Brewery was behind it Ushers was my last employer before coming over here. 20 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: 1968 The aforementioned mate was brought up directly opposite Leckies coalyard. We both went to Preston Street Primary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, J.T.F.Robertson said: When I was back recently a mate and I did a bit of a nostalgia tour of the old stomping grounds, drove down to the bottom of that hill. Also part of the "tour". Ushers was my last employer before coming over here. The aforementioned mate was brought up directly opposite Leckies coalyard. We both went to Preston Street Primary. So you are still going back pretty regular Jim. I haven't been back in can't remember how long, don't miss it, and to be honest I would be a wee bit afraid whether I could handle all the changes. When I came to Canada I really worked at settling here, and not going back all the time, which was tempting, however when both parents were gone the need seemed so much less. I am happy for you that you obviously still get much pleasure from the old home grounds, I do have a wee bit of envy, sometimes feel disloyal. Now with life doing its thing and so many happy memories of life here, I guess to Canada I am like a bad smell, hard to get rid of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 7 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Where was this please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: Where was this please ? Leith - not sure of the exact location EDIT: Leith Walk - next door to where The Mousetrap is Edited January 6, 2022 by Maroon Sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Leith - not sure of the exact location It’s in this link along with a few other interesting ones. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/regions/16-lost-edinburgh-cinemas-are-gone-not-forgotten-146514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Leith - not sure of the exact location EDIT: Leith Walk - next door to where The Mousetrap is 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tazio said: It’s in this link along with a few other interesting ones. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/regions/16-lost-edinburgh-cinemas-are-gone-not-forgotten-146514 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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