weegranty Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 51 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Yikes - where were those houses ? House builders didn't bother doing the geology/subsidence risk analysis ? I think it was Ferniehill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Dawnrazor said: I remember it opening, I can just about remember the shops in it, I used to love going for fish and chips in the balcony. There was a decent record shop too. Can't remember if it was virgin or hmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Mister T said: There was a decent record shop too. Can't remember if it was virgin or hmv HMV I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 70’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weegranty Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 1975 I used to go for pint in the pub next to the bingo,The Port Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Heriot Bridge, Grassmarket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Heriot Bridge, Grassmarket? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo314 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 70’s Craighouse Road with bus turning into Craighouse Gardens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: 1982 North side of Calder Road, at the fire station. What is that big tower thing in the left ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: North side of Calder Road, at the fire station. What is that big tower thing in the left ? It's for Firemen's training. There's similar ones at Crewe Toll and Kirk Brae fire stations and probably elsewhere. Edited July 26, 2022 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, Footballfirst said: It's for Firemen's training. There's similar ones at Crewe Toll and Kirk Brae fire stations and probably elsewhere. 👍 Thanks - makes perfect sense.. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, jonesy said: Didn't realise my missus was a tram driver in a previous incarnation. To be fair, she probably tried swerve to avoid those idiots standing in the middle of the road, and having that crowd standing around was probably a bit off putting. Fair play to the tram company though, they got the alternative service bicycles there quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 18/07/2022 at 22:35, Radio Ga Ga said: Gilmerton, all demolished by 2000 along with others in Hyvots. Old mines below gave way. Lived in Hyvots all my life. Was travelling America at the time when we were told to leave. Came back to a new house for the first time in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 10:56, Dawnrazor said: HMV I think. Nah. I think it was something like Coda. I'm sure the name will come to me. It was next door to Thorntons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 8 hours ago, Footballfirst said: It's for Firemen's training. There's similar ones at Crewe Toll and Kirk Brae fire stations and probably elsewhere. I always thought they were for drying their hoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, jonesy said: Ha! In all seriousness, what actually happened? And when was the accident? 1st June 1929. Apparently someone left at the terminus and didn't appy the handbrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 St Andrew’s Sq 1950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1895 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Tony’s chippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 28/07/2022 at 19:23, Radio Ga Ga said: Tony’s chippy Wester Hailes, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Pap said: Wester Hailes, no? Westburn Gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 07:08, Mister T said: There was a decent record shop too. Can't remember if it was virgin or hmv On 19/07/2022 at 10:56, Dawnrazor said: HMV I think. It was called Our Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: It was called Our Price. That was it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pap said: That was it 👍 I bought The Wedding Present Bizarro (reduced to £3.99) and St Etienne Fox Base Alpha there, both on cassette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: I bought The Wedding Present Bizarro (reduced to £3.99) and St Etienne Fox Base Alpha there, both on cassette. I got Killers by Iron Maiden 🤟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Pap said: I got Killers by Iron Maiden 🤟 🤘 Edited July 31, 2022 by Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Pap said: I got Killers by Iron Maiden 🤟 I used to work in produce department at Savacentre. Four hours after school on a Friday and another four on Sunday (double time). I was loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: It was called Our Price. That's right, I'd completely forgotten about Our Price👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: I used to work in produce department at Savacentre. Four hours after school on a Friday and another four on Sunday (double time). I was loaded. Funny enough, around 2000, i worked in the produce dept in Sainsburys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankland Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 28/07/2022 at 19:23, Radio Ga Ga said: Tony’s chippy Wester Hailes has to be the worst area in Edinburgh. My family are from there originally so I'm not being stuck up. The buildings (especially the high flats) are pretty terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamishMcGonagall Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 28/07/2022 at 19:18, Radio Ga Ga said: St Andrew’s Sq 1950 5 years before the Gladstone Memorial was moved along to Shandwick Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Pap said: Funny enough, around 2000, i worked in the produce dept in Sainsburys Small world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 5 hours ago, Shankland said: Wester Hailes has to be the worst area in Edinburgh. My family are from there originally so I'm not being stuck up. The buildings (especially the high flats) are pretty terrible. Is Wester Hailes in Hailesland? Or is it its own area. Never known this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Pap said: Is Wester Hailes in Hailesland? Or is it its own area. Never known this. Wester Hailes was originally a farm, with the farm buildings where Clovenstone Terrace is today (part closest to Clovenstone Road). Edited July 31, 2022 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Destroyed by fire May 1962, demolished and Exchange Tower built in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Destroyed by fire May 1962, demolished and Exchange Tower built in its place. Canning House was the original name of what is now called Exchange Tower. It opened in 1968 and house BT staff when the PO and BT split into separate businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 12:38, Shankland said: Wester Hailes has to be the worst area in Edinburgh. My family are from there originally so I'm not being stuck up. The buildings (especially the high flats) are pretty terrible. Did you, or your family, play cruel ‘pranks’ there too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankland Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Morgan said: Did you, or your family, play cruel ‘pranks’ there too? Get over it kidda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Jambo Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Destroyed by fire May 1962, demolished and Exchange Tower built in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Shankland said: Get over it kidda. Kidda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 26/07/2022 at 18:51, Radio Ga Ga said: The painted sign on the Black Bull reminds me of the old licensing law in Scotland relating to the serving of alcohol on Sundays. I think it was only bona fide travellers who could be served a drink - possibly only along with a meal, not sure - up until the late 60s or early 70s. Maybe even later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Lone Striker said: The painted sign on the Black Bull reminds me of the old licensing law in Scotland relating to the serving of alcohol on Sundays. I think it was only bona fide travellers who could be served a drink - possibly only along with a meal, not sure - up until the late 60s or early 70s. Maybe even later. Think it finished about 70, not 100% though. Pretty certain you didn't need a meal though. Heres how it was explained to me by old guys (mostly all gone now) in Blackburn who had "bona fide" pubs, it had to be in a different county to where you lived and you needed a return bus ticket to....lets say Bellshill. You were allowed to leave the bus en route to seek refreshment before continuing to your destination. Everyone in Blackburn used Harthill and Harthill went to Whitburn/Blackburn/Bathgate. No one ever reached their final destination. All seems a bit mental nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Think it finished about 70, not 100% though. Pretty certain you didn't need a meal though. Heres how it was explained to me by old guys (mostly all gone now) in Blackburn who had "bona fide" pubs, it had to be in a different county to where you lived and you needed a return bus ticket to....lets say Bellshill. You were allowed to leave the bus en route to seek refreshment before continuing to your destination. Everyone in Blackburn used Harthill and Harthill went to Whitburn/Blackburn/Bathgate. No one ever reached their final destination. All seems a bit mental nowadays. Yeah, seems quite odd. Its almost as if the scheme had been dreamt up by the SMT bus companies to increase their revenue !! 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Yeah, seems quite odd. Its almost as if the scheme had been dreamt up by the SMT bus companies to increase their revenue !! 😃 No sure how it worked if you were one of the few (fewer than nowadays) car owners who were willing to drive others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 When I first started going out drinking, in the early 70s, only hotels could serve drink on a Sunday. There was usually one establishment in each town or village which had hotel status by having a couple of rooms available to have occupied by guests. Most of them hardly ever actually attracted any guests, but it allowed them to open on a Sunday, and have their busiest day of the week. It was all, of course, to allow us to go to church without the temptation of alcohol preventing this. I think the licensing laws changed, to allowing public houses to open on Sundays, when the 10pm chucking out time was ditched but it could have been before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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