PaddysBar Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 And one of the few demolitions that actually improved things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Looking at the far right of pic - which I think I recognise : is this the site of the (now) Playhouse ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 8 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Looking at the far right of pic - which I think I recognise : is this the site of the (now) Playhouse ? Going by the windows of the building in the left then yes. The Playhouse opened in 1929 so is young compared to other Edinburgh theatres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 9 minutes ago, Tazio said: Going by the windows of the building in the left then yes. The Playhouse opened in 1929 so is young compared to other Edinburgh theatres. And the castellation above the door of the old church/Glasshouse hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Daktari said: As my previous post, but defeating my attempts to load a screen shot! Building on the left is 94 George Street, now occupied by Cruise. 👍 After further review, I think that it could be in Frederick St. I had a look at the PO directory for 1910/11. There is a David Gardiner & Co listed at 18 Frederick Street. https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/85922611 Approximate location in Frederick St. of where Gardiner's shop may have been. In the old photo, is it a typewriter in the window and does the star relate to the "Star Brand ribbons"? Drop in roofline to the right looks ok, chimneys look right, windows partly ok. Building on the left probably post dates the old image. Edited January 16 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 20 hours ago, Daktari said: It's George Street, but one building to the left of the one suggested above where Slaters is now. The old shop in the photo is now the site of the Masonic Lodge. I can't get my screen shot to load unfortunately! Building on the left is 94 George St, Now occupied by Cruise. 20 hours ago, Daktari said: As my previous post, but defeating my attempts to load a screen shot! Building on the left is 94 George Street, now occupied by Cruise. 👍 20 hours ago, Daktari said: Got the screen shot to load! Well spotted on #94, it's a fairly intricately crafted building. Thanks, Dak. Apparently Freemasons' Hall (#96) was built between 1911-12, and houses a museum of masonic treasures. 19 hours ago, PaddysBar said: And one of the few demolitions that actually improved things. But of course it wasn't the 60/70s so there's your validation, correct imo. Though I do like the typically George St shop fronts that were removed. #94 seems to have perhaps originally been the outlier in that section, strangely enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 15/01/2024 at 22:19, tightrope said: wee Rab Ramsay and Craig Dickson and loads of other mates from back then. Shit days indeed. Recognise a few other faces - Phottie, Scoonie, Magoo, Jacko, Pod, Craig Dickson was he aka as big Dumbo? And Wee Rab, some boy he was, played juvenile football with him, one of those boys that could have made it if didn’t have all the other stuff going on. Don’t see our resident poster that starts with ‘Tow’ and ends in ‘zer’ in the photo, but most likely waiting outside big Jo Munro’s office after he’s finished heeding the baw with Mackay or getting extra French ‘oral’ lessons from Miss Doyle😜……”Bonjour, Bonjour, nous sommes le Gorgie garçons”😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 The original Theatre Royal being demolished to make way for the GPO. The photo dates from 1859. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Great photo FF. somewhere on this thread is a photo of I think the royal mint in the canongate area and I think a reference to hearts on the wall. If I ever have a spare day or so I’ll try to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 8 minutes ago, PaddysBar said: Great photo FF. somewhere on this thread is a photo of I think the royal mint in the canongate area and I think a reference to hearts on the wall. If I ever have a spare day or so I’ll try to find it. The story of the mint can be found here along with some old photos. https://threadinburgh.scot/2022/10/31/the-thread-about-the-royal-mint-of-scotland-what-connects-it-to-a-pioneering-school-for-the-citys-poorest-children-and-how-it-has-continued-to-serve-marginalised-people-in-the-city/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 21 hours ago, Footballfirst said: The original Theatre Royal being demolished to make way for the GPO. The photo dates from 1859. Thanks for posting that - I dont think I have seen that image before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 17 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said: Thanks for posting that - I dont think I have seen that image before. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said: Thanks for posting that - I dont think I have seen that image before. 12 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Same here. The image was apparently held in Canadian archives according to a Facebook post on Lost Edinburgh. I checked on the "Susan Pyne" whose name was advertised on the theatre. It seems that she was one of three operatic singing sisters. https://www.englishromanticopera.org/singers/Pyne_Sisters.htm Edited January 31 by Footballfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daktari Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Tailors Hall, Colgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Byyy The Light Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Daktari said: Tailors Hall, Colgate. Always wish I could hit play and listen to them talk when I see pics like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Daktari said: Would love a print of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Daktari said: It took me ages to realise this is Candlemaker Row and not the top of Leith Walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 30 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said: Always wish I could hit play and listen to them talk when I see pics like this "In 100 years time, there will be random Hearts fans wondering what it is we are saying. If only they knew we were talking about the transfer window...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said: Would love a print of that From 1907 apparently..... Edited January 31 by Daktari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 37 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said: Would love a print of that You might be able to order one from here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rcahms/23910609823/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 South Bridge, from the south. 1910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, Daktari said: Tailors Hall, Colgate. Even in that day and age its disgraceful that children had no shoes to wear. The rich were rich and the poor were poor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, Daktari said: Tailors Hall, Colgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 8 hours ago, Daktari said: You might be able to order one from here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rcahms/23910609823/in/photostream/ Top man. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, Doctor FinnBarr said: Even in that day and age its disgraceful that children had no shoes to wear. The rich were rich and the poor were poor! I agree, only slightly better when I was a bairn, as most of us had either a pair of rubbers or wellies. Changed days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 42 minutes ago, Wonfiveone said: I agree, only slightly better when I was a bairn, as most of us had either a pair of rubbers or wellies. Changed days. I'm 'only' 59, and I have an old photo of my gran, her cousin and my great grandmother and it looks like that photo. The wee boy has no shoes, and the whole thing looks positively Dickensian, yet in her lifetime, she experienced flying abroad on holiday. Huge societal change in a comparatively short space of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, Daktari said: I'm 'only' 59, and I have an old photo of my gran, her cousin and my great grandmother and it looks like that photo. The wee boy has no shoes, and the whole thing looks positively Dickensian, yet in her lifetime, she experienced flying abroad on holiday. Huge societal change in a comparatively short space of time. And I expect even more enormous changes in the next decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 23 hours ago, periodictabledancer said: It took me ages to realise this is Candlemaker Row and not the top of Leith Walk. I’ve had a few but I’m struggling to see why you’d think this is the top of leith walk😀 All good though. Shanks staying and looking at cracking old photos of Edinburgh 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 4 minutes ago, PaddysBar said: I’ve had a few but I’m struggling to see why you’d think this is the top of leith walk😀 All good though. Shanks staying and looking at cracking old photos of Edinburgh 👍 He means Leith Street with Calton Road going down to the left at the Black Bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 58 minutes ago, PaddysBar said: I’ve had a few but I’m struggling to see why you’d think this is the top of leith walk😀 All good though. Shanks staying and looking at cracking old photos of Edinburgh 👍 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Get your Edinburgh Rock here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 4 hours ago, Footballfirst said: Get your Edinburgh Rock here. I like how they feel justified to be advertising the 'safest' sweetmeats..... there's clearly places where the sweet meats are not quite as safe then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 7 minutes ago, Daktari said: I like how they feel justified to be advertising the 'safest' sweetmeats..... there's clearly places where the sweet meats are not quite as safe then! I don't think that every food preparation place would have the highest cleanliness and hygiene standards in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Footballfirst said: Get your Edinburgh Rock here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundermann Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 This guy sounded like some character. Willie Ross of the Oxford Bar. https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/feared-edinburgh-landlord-who-banned-26020774 When Willie was in charge of The Oxford back in the late 1900's, the Duke of Atholl visited the bar upon a trip to Edinburgh and asked for a pint of their best bitter. Back then, to ask for such an English pint was frowned upon, and Willie politely told the Duke to “**** off”. When it became clear to Willie that he had told that to a strand of royalty, Willie politely corrected himself and said to the Duke; “oh I am sorry, please **** off my grace!” https://medium.com/writerontherun/retracing-anthony-bourdain-in-scotland-3b9031c978f0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 hours ago, Gundermann said: This guy sounded like some character. Willie Ross of the Oxford Bar. https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/feared-edinburgh-landlord-who-banned-26020774 When Willie was in charge of The Oxford back in the late 1900's, the Duke of Atholl visited the bar upon a trip to Edinburgh and asked for a pint of their best bitter. Back then, to ask for such an English pint was frowned upon, and Willie politely told the Duke to “**** off”. When it became clear to Willie that he had told that to a strand of royalty, Willie politely corrected himself and said to the Duke; “oh I am sorry, please **** off my grace!” https://medium.com/writerontherun/retracing-anthony-bourdain-in-scotland-3b9031c978f0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 16 hours ago, Daktari said: Does anyone know what happened to the old original building on the corner, and when was the new one built? Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) 8 hours ago, Heart of Darkness said: Does anyone know what happened to the old original building on the corner, and when was the new one built? Ta. Before the hotel that's there now, it was the Lothian Region HQ, which was built in 1967 as the headquarters for Midlothian Council - Work started on the £1 million project in June 1967, with a string of historic buildings swept away, including the upper portion of Victoria Street's original terrace and the Melbourne Place buildings that had once housed Alex Ferguson's confectioners, famous for their iconic Edinburgh rock. Here's another later view of the same corner. You can still see the 'ghost signs' where Ferguson's was as per the older photo above. The same ar*e (Sir Robert Matthew) responsible for this also did the David Hume Tower at the University and BHS on Princes St. He was 'renowned for his love of modernism and uncompromising style'. Yes, we noticed that.... He also did the Commonwealth Pool. What a mess they made of the city in the 1960's. So many lovely buildings lost. Edited February 10 by Daktari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Here's the gap site when the Lothian Region building came down in 2007. Looking from the south. Edited February 10 by Daktari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 42 minutes ago, Daktari said: Before the hotel that's there now, it was the Lothian Region HQ, which was built in 1967 as the headquarters for Midlothian Council - Work started on the £1 million project in June 1967, with a string of historic buildings swept away, including the upper portion of Victoria Street's original terrace and the Melbourne Place buildings that had once housed Alex Ferguson's confectioners, famous for their iconic Edinburgh rock. Here's another later view of the same corner. You can still see the 'ghost signs' where Ferguson's was as per the older photo above. The same ar*e (Sir Robert Matthew) responsible for this also did the David Hume Tower at the University and BHS on Princes St. He was 'renowned for his love of modernism and uncompromising style'. Yes, we noticed that.... He also did the Commonwealth Pool. What a mess they made of the city in the 1960's. So many lovely buildings lost. Thanks Daktari, I appreciate your reply and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 28 minutes ago, Daktari said: Here's the gap site when the Lothian Region building came down in 2007. Looking from the south. That fence is back up as they have been doing work on this corner building for the last couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 25 minutes ago, Heart of Darkness said: That fence is back up as they have been doing work on this corner building for the last couple of years. Aye, they've had a load of the cladding off the hotel. Not sure what the issue with the building has been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 minute ago, il Duce McTarkin said: Aye, they've had a load of the cladding off the hotel. Not sure what the issue with the building has been. Thank the lord the Festival and xmas is over, the tight squeeze for buses at the lights caused massive traffic jams when busy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Heart of Darkness said: Thanks Daktari, I appreciate your reply and pics. No bother. I enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 12 hours ago, Daktari said: No bother. I enjoy it! ♥️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On 10/02/2024 at 21:49, Daktari said: Before the hotel that's there now, it was the Lothian Region HQ, which was built in 1967 as the headquarters for Midlothian Council - Work started on the £1 million project in June 1967, with a string of historic buildings swept away, including the upper portion of Victoria Street's original terrace and the Melbourne Place buildings that had once housed Alex Ferguson's confectioners, famous for their iconic Edinburgh rock. Here's another later view of the same corner. You can still see the 'ghost signs' where Ferguson's was as per the older photo above. The same ar*e (Sir Robert Matthew) responsible for this also did the David Hume Tower at the University and BHS on Princes St. He was 'renowned for his love of modernism and uncompromising style'. Yes, we noticed that.... He also did the Commonwealth Pool. What a mess they made of the city in the 1960's. So many lovely buildings lost. A couple of later developments on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Found on another site - apparently Leith area around 1915 and may be whisky bond workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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