Maroon Sailor Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Canonmills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegranty Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Original tram tracks on Waterloo Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, been here before said: There used to be two papers, the News and the Dispatch. The News swallowed up the Dispatch in the early 60s I think. Might be worth also mentioning that the Evening Newspaper also had an edition every Saturday evening printed on pink paper containing the football results and reports and was known as the “Pink News.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 14/11/2022 at 18:42, Mark_Mywords said: The old ramps! Thanks for the reminder - ramps, covered walkways and happy memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 32 minutes ago, weegranty said: Original tram tracks on Waterloo Place. Why were they not lifted along with the rest of the tracks? Seem's odd to leave a few metres of track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegranty Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 minute ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Why were they not lifted along with the rest of the tracks? Seem's odd to leave a few metres of track. I don't have the answer to that,but is something I have always wondered about aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 minute ago, weegranty said: I don't have the answer to that,but is something I have always wondered about aswell. Aye, and inset in cobbles as well, its like the council decided to leave us a wee bit of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Never knew Edinburgh's Evening paper was known as The Evening Dispatch Golf geeks will have heard of the Dispatch Trophy, which was sponsored by the paper, for non course owning golf societies. It is still played annually at the Braids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 11 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Are they ever going to open the Playfair Steps again! 😪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Wonfiveone said: Might be worth also mentioning that the Evening Newspaper also had an edition every Saturday evening printed on pink paper containing the football results and reports and was known as the “Pink News.” Aye, that only stopped about 20 years ago. Im thinking perhaps the Dispatch one was green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, been here before said: Aye, that only stopped about 20 years ago. Im thinking perhaps the Dispatch one was green. I only go back to 1967 delivering papers so cannot say for sure. I do remember the Glasgow Evening Times having a green equivalent to the Pink News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 3 hours ago, weegranty said: Original tram tracks on Waterloo Place. Never noticed that before (not that I knew they were still there)- will look for it next time I'm up that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 There was a ‘pink news’ and a green newspaper at one point. Obviously, one was for the big team and the other, smaller publication, was for the wee ones from Lochend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 2 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Aye, and inset in cobbles as well, its like the council decided to leave us a wee bit of history. Anorak fact. There aren’t cobbles in Edinburgh, they’re setts. Cobbles are rounded and setts are brick shaped. Obviously we call them cobbles though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Wonfiveone said: I only go back to 1967 delivering papers so cannot say for sure. I do remember the Glasgow Evening Times having a green equivalent to the Pink News. The Glasgow "green" paper was the Citizen. It ceased publication in 1974. As a teenager, living in Fife, I remember that my dad used to bring papers home from the pub on a Saturday night, the Sporting Post, the Glasgow Evening Citizen, and the early editions of the Sunday Post and the Sunday Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 5 hours ago, been here before said: There used to be two papers, the News and the Dispatch. The News swallowed up the Dispatch in the early 60s I think. Correct. My pal (Wheatfield stand row 15 🙂 ) worked on the Dispatch up till it ceased production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tazio said: Anorak fact. There aren’t cobbles in Edinburgh, they’re setts. Cobbles are rounded and setts are brick shaped. Obviously we call them cobbles though. I didn't realise that !! Just had a look at Stockbridge and the Lawnmarket on Google maps street view - you're right !! Although some of the setts in the Lawnmarket look like they've been replaced by darker stones which look a bit more rounded (and smaller) than the originals. Cobbletts perhaps ? 😉 Edited November 17, 2022 by Lone Striker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Footballfirst said: The Glasgow "green" paper was the Citizen. It ceased publication in 1974. As a teenager, living in Fife, I remember that my dad used to bring papers home from the pub on a Saturday night, the Sporting Post, the Glasgow Evening Citizen, and the early editions of the Sunday Post and the Sunday Mail. Used to be able to pick up the Sunday Post and Sunday Mail after the "dugs" at Powderhall on a Saturday night, I think they were the very early edition and aimed at the English market as the football news was predominantly Newcastle and Sunderland. Also a seller at east end of Princes Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Opening of HMV on Princes Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JudyJudyJudy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 14 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: So it seems. News and Dispatch in this photo The woman in that pic was probably only 40 or so ! Everyone always looked so much older in these pics 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GinRummy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: is that the fort in leith? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroondevo52 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 56 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Opening of HMV on Princes Street The 3 Thompson Twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, GinRummy said: is that the fort in leith? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Siege!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, been here before said: Siege!!! Illegally trading weapons Turned in to Field and Stream Antiques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Illegally trading weapons Turned in to Field and Stream Antiques Siege!! https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-firearms-dealer-who-staged-25130111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Illegally trading weapons Turned in to Field and Stream Antiques I vaguely remember that story about dodgy goings-on at Field & Stream - back in the 70s possibly. Edit - just seen the posted link by @been here before 1985. The shop seems to be a tattoo parlour now. Talking of dodgy goings-on ....... this is from 3 months ago - Scottish Magnet Fishermen Find Samurai Sword and Large Caliber Rifle Ammo in City Canal The unusual finds were pulled from the Union Canal in Edinburgh, Scotland The three-foot samurai sword was pulled in by Eddie Wells on his first cast of the day A group of magnet fishers hauled in a “razor sharp” samurai sword and seven rifle bullets while plying the waters of the Union Canal in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh last weekend. The interesting finds, which were posted to the Magnet Fishers of Edinburgh Facebook page and published in the Edinburgh Evening News, were quickly turned over to local authorities. But not before magnet fisherman Eddie Wells posed with the Japanese sword for a photo, and another man snapped pictures of the seven large caliber bullets he’d resurrected from the waters of the canal. The sword measured three feet in length and was caught by Wells on his first cast of the day. Fellow magnet fishing enthusiast James Pearson posted the sword and the bullets to Facebook, saying that the finds came during “a fantastic few hours at Bullet Bridge…in the white-hot heat of Edinburgh.” Edited November 17, 2022 by Lone Striker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Opening of HMV on Princes Street But rather oddly they’re on Charlotte Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tazio said: But rather oddly they’re on Charlotte Square. No way were they twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: No way were they twins. ...... nor were any of them called Thompson 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: ...... nor were any of them called Thompson 😜 I bloody thought as much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 3 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: The woman in that pic was probably only 40 or so ! Everyone always looked so much older in these pics 😂 must have got her gnashers removed nae teeth in that heid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 56 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: ...... nor were any of them called Thompson 😜 Possibly named after the Thompson twins on, I think, the Tin Tin cartoons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said: Possibly named after the Thompson twins on, I think, the Tin Tin cartoons? Correct - I wonder if they were on Charlotte Square with the intention of the pipe band marching round to the shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 56 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said: must have got her gnashers removed nae teeth in that heid 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: 😂😂 safe for a blow job as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 38 minutes ago, SectionDJambo said: Possibly named after the Thompson twins on, I think, the Tin Tin cartoons? Thompson and Thomson so they might not be twins either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 I wonder if that clock was ever the right time in those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: I wonder if that clock was ever the right time in those days I know someone that could have answered that, but the daftie has lost his account on here🤪A lot of posters would have said his time on here was up anyway😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Ga Ga Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Dalry Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: I wonder if that clock was ever the right time in those days I was in town yesterday and looked up at the clock. A thought came to me. If I remember correctly, it was traditionally set 2 minutes fast so that train travellers would hurry up and not miss their train. But if everyone knows about the time setting, they’ll know the real time. Probably effective in times long past, but everybody has a watch or phone now, so not any more. I don’t know how these things come into my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthing Jambo Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said: Dalry Road Lovely pint of McEwans 80 bob👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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