Edinburgh History

[Lone Striker]

3 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Like some of the Vocation stuff.

In keeping with Edinburgh history, my father-in-law used to taste beer for a living at Drybrough's brewery in Craigmillar once upon a time.

Thats interesting.  My grandad was a cellarman at a brewery in Craigmillar. As part of his "pension", he got a monthly allocation of beer - he'd receive a  monthly voucher in the post for 2 dozen cans of McEwans.  He didn't like the stuff, so gave the vouchers to my Dad - he'd go to the brewery in Russell Road and pick up 2 dozen McEwans Export cans with it.  I vaguely remember going over with him in the car and  having to stand outside.  

 

 

[Dawnrazor]

Just now, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Fair enough. Do you get your drinks here?

 

🤣

[The Real Maroonblood]

13 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Like some of the Vocation stuff.

In keeping with Edinburgh history, my father-in-law used to taste beer for a living at Drybrough's brewery in Craigmillar once upon a time.

Drybrough's Keg.

[The Real Maroonblood]

12 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

Folk I'm out with usually take the piss because, if I'm in a pub with a good few different beers on draught, I'll drink half pints, just so I can sample more.

It's certainly a wise move doing that.

[Morgan]

On 02/07/2024 at 20:51, JWL said:

Which pub was that, JWL?

 

 

[Lone Striker]

7 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Which pub was that, JWL?

 

 

The caption for that photos is -

 

Eric Morecambe and (left) Ernie Wise enjoy a pint of Tennent's lager with Erica, one of the 'can models' when they visit the Heriot brewery at Roseburn, Edinburgh, December 1978.]]>

[Tazio]

7 minutes ago, Lone Striker said:

The caption for that photos is -

 

Eric Morecambe and (left) Ernie Wise enjoy a pint of Tennent's lager with Erica, one of the 'can models' when they visit the Heriot brewery at Roseburn, Edinburgh, December 1978.]]>

I’d imagine they had a ‘foreman’s bar’ in the brewery. I remember my old man taking me for a pint in the one in Scottish Newcastle at Fountainbridge when he worked there. 

[Stuart Lyon]

9 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

Thats interesting.  My grandad was a cellarman at a brewery in Craigmillar. As part of his "pension", he got a monthly allocation of beer - he'd receive a  monthly voucher in the post for 2 dozen cans of McEwans.  He didn't like the stuff, so gave the vouchers to my Dad - he'd go to the brewery in Russell Road and pick up 2 dozen McEwans Export cans with it.  I vaguely remember going over with him in the car and  having to stand outside.  

 

 

Can't recall McEwans having a brewery in Craigmillar! The brewery in Russell Road was Tennents brewery!

[Morgan]

10 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

The caption for that photos is -

 

Eric Morecambe and (left) Ernie Wise enjoy a pint of Tennent's lager with Erica, one of the 'can models' when they visit the Heriot brewery at Roseburn, Edinburgh, December 1978.]]>

Thanks.

[Morgan]

10 hours ago, Tazio said:

I’d imagine they had a ‘foreman’s bar’ in the brewery. I remember my old man taking me for a pint in the one in Scottish Newcastle at Fountainbridge when he worked there. 

I remember that too.

 

Was it called the Tartan Club?

[The Real Maroonblood]

9 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I remember that too.

 

Was it called the Tartan Club?

Yes.

[Tazio]

8 minutes ago, Morgan said:

I remember that too.

 

Was it called the Tartan Club?

No. The Tartan Club was the workers social club for all the workers. The foreman’s bar was just a small private bar for higher up staff. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 minute ago, Tazio said:

No. The Tartan Club was the workers social club for all the workers. The foreman’s bar was just a small private bar for higher up staff. 

👍

[Morgan]

10 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Yes.

 

9 minutes ago, Tazio said:

No. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

 

Phone a friend. 😁

[Lone Striker]

4 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said:

Can't recall McEwans having a brewery in Craigmillar! The brewery in Russell Road was Tennents brewery!

 It may well have been Fountainbridge  to pick up the McEwans  (my memory isn't the greatest after 50-odd years !!).   From family info, Grandad worked at Maclachlan's  Castle Brewery in Craigmillar after demob from WW1.  He may have gone on to work at other breweries too after getting married. He lived in Dundee Place

 

 

An interesting  wee note about Craigmillar -

 

Craigmillar (not then part of Edinburgh) supported no fewer than 8 breweries. It lay on the line of an underground channel of water-bearing strata which ringed the city, known colloquially as "the Charmed Circle" because  it produced an abundant supply of pure water suitable for brewing.

 

 

[Stuart Lyon]

4 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

 It may well have been Fountainbridge  to pick up the McEwans  (my memory isn't the greatest after 50-odd years !!).   From family info, Grandad worked at Maclachlan's  Castle Brewery in Craigmillar after demob from WW1.  He may have gone on to work at other breweries too after getting married. He lived in Dundee Place

 

 

An interesting  wee note about Craigmillar -

 

Craigmillar (not then part of Edinburgh) supported no fewer than 8 breweries. It lay on the line of an underground channel of water-bearing strata which ringed the city, known colloquially as "the Charmed Circle" because  it produced an abundant supply of pure water suitable for brewing.

 

 

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Maclachlans_Ltd

This bit of history was new to me so thanks for mentioning Maclachlan's Castle Brewery.

[maroondevo52]

On 03/07/2024 at 22:39, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Like some of the Vocation stuff.

In keeping with Edinburgh history, my father-in-law used to taste beer for a living at Drybrough's brewery in Craigmillar once upon a time.

I painted the inside of a chimney in that brewery when I was an apprentice painter.

[J.T.F.Robertson]

6 hours ago, Chief Miekelson said:

Back in the 70s I had a mate who worked at S&N and he had a monthly freebie of a couple of cases. Apparently the idea was that if they gave the staff something for free it might stop them thieving. It didn't, obviously. 

As did I.

He had a monthly allocation which we walloped on our third and last holiday to Newquay.

Previous to that, in ‘67, he wangled a ride down to London for our first Wembley trip.

Dropped us off on a foggy morning on Waterloo Bridge, coincidentally when the Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” was a biggie.

Reminiscing again. 

[Mister T]

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 minute ago, Mister T said:

[JWL]

 

 

I was actually in The Baillie on Monday afternoon. Wee bit different outside now.

Edited July 11, 2024 by JWL

[The Real Maroonblood]

8 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

 

I was actually in The Baillie on Monday afternoon. Wee bit different outside now.

It’s quite a decent pub.

[JWL]

2 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

It’s quite a decent pub.

 

It's a great wee bar. Would never class myself as a regular but always pop in for a couple if I'm down Stockbridge way.

[The Real Maroonblood]

2 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

It's a great wee bar. Would never class myself as a regular but always pop in for a couple if I'm down Stockbridge way.

Same here.

Funny enough I’m liable to be paying a visit tomorrow.🍺

[JWL]

18 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Same here.

Funny enough I’m liable to be paying a visit tomorrow.🍺

 

Well I may be in myself as I'm getting bored shitless sitting in the house after my knee op. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

17 minutes ago, JWL said:

 

Well I may be in myself as I'm getting bored shitless sitting in the house after my knee op. 

Enjoy your refreshment and get well soon.

[Daktari]

[Daktari]

[John Findlay]

5 hours ago, Daktari said:

Bottom picture from 1974 onwards, when Fettes opened as the HQ for Lothian and Borders police.

[The Real Maroonblood]

5 hours ago, Daktari said:

Be lucky if theirs 6 speed cops nowadays.

[Daktari]

2 hours ago, John Findlay said:

Bottom picture from 1974 onwards, when Fettes opened as the HQ for Lothian and Borders police.

Here's another one John - I hope the Chief Superintendent tucked in the side stand before the first left hander on Turnhouse Road.....

  

Edited July 26, 2024 by Daktari

[il Duce McTarkin]

8 hours ago, Daktari said:

 

Love the Third Reich style jodhpurs and jackboots.

A uniform that commands respect.

We could do with some more of that timeless style nowadays.

[Daktari]

1 hour ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Love the Third Reich style jodhpurs and jackboots.

A uniform that commands respect.

We could do with some more of that timeless style nowadays.

And very abrasion resistant when you went down the road on your arse.... not!  Same kit as the police horse riders got basically.

[Lone Striker]

10 hours ago, Daktari said:

 

 

[Daktari]

[ArcticJambo]

North Bridge at Princes Street, New GLO?  I assume it's a painting, from what date?

[Footballfirst]

48 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said:

North Bridge at Princes Street, New GLO?  I assume it's a painting, from what date?

1861, I believe.

[ArcticJambo]

7 hours ago, Footballfirst said:

1861, I believe.

Nice one, thanks FF.

[Morgan]

13 hours ago, Chief Miekelson said:

That became the GPO, didn't it?

[JWL]

[JWL]

[Footballfirst]

19 minutes ago, Chief Miekelson said:

That's the site of it but I'm not sure if that's the same building, or whether a new  GPO replaced it. 

It came from an article in The National about a Post Office fraud scandal in Scotland in the 1830s. 

The GPO was built between 1861 and 1865 and replaced the old Theatre Royal that previously occupied the site.

 

From a reverse image search on Google, I came up with this:

 

https://www.mediastorehouse.com/fine-art-finder/artists/english-school/new-general-post-office-erected-edinburgh-22851834.html

 

Fine Art Finder Photo Prints and Wall Art

The New General Post Office, about to be erected at Edinburgh (engraving)

1619896 The New General Post Office, about to be erected at Edinburgh (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New General Post Office, about to be erected at Edinburgh. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 9 November 1861.
English School (19th Century)); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection

Media ID 22851834

Edited August 19, 2024 by Footballfirst

[Morgan]

3 hours ago, Chief Miekelson said:

That's the site of it but I'm not sure if that's the same building, or whether a new  GPO replaced it. 

It came from an article in The National about a Post Office fraud scandal in Scotland in the 1830s. 

Thanks.

 

I did a spot of archiving and latterly, did an audit in General Register House a number of years ago.  I remember seeing that site from some of the windows I looked out from.

 

I, of course, remember also the GPO from my youth. I thought that the building looked one and the same. 

[Morgan]

21 minutes ago, Chief Miekelson said:

Is it true, @dannymack ?

 

Please say it is.  🤞

[Ked]

34 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Is it true, @dannymack ?

 

Please say it is.  🤞

😄

Blazing saddles.

It's twue it's twuuue

😆

Sorry mate Monday night.

 

[Footballfirst]

3 hours ago, Chief Miekelson said:

That's the site of it but I'm not sure if that's the same building, or whether a new  GPO replaced it. 

It came from an article in The National about a Post Office fraud scandal in Scotland in the 1830s. 

Further to the GPO site, here is an illustration of the Theatre Royal that previously stood on the site.

 

 

Also while looking for that image, which was from a British Library collection, I came across several others of Edinburgh building that have been digitised by the British Library from old books. I will upload them in a separate post. 

[Footballfirst]

British Library digitised illustrations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Footballfirst]

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[dannymack]

11 hours ago, Morgan said:

Is it true, @dannymack ?

 

Please say it is.  🤞

Danny Mack no 🙂

Danny Paton yes 👍

Don't know if this is from a  Newtongrange Star line up or Hearts but judging from the contrast in top and socks it looks like Nitten.

Danny on the ball (No10) for Atlanta Chiefs. 

Danny Paton sitting 2nd from left.

Danny Paton sitting 4th from right.