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alwaysthereinspirit Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Looks like Niddrie House/Greendykes burn but I don't know the buildings. Love this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 50 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: That Toni's chippy (or Roundhouse to guve it its Sunday name) in Westburn Gardens with blocks I on the left and 2 on the right. Behind the photographer would be the first stair in block 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: High flats at Dumbryden. Looks like it was taken from Hailesland Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 41 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: The polis taking an interest in the finest bar in Broomhouse. Who'd have thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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All roads lead to Gorgie Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Looking through this whole thread makes you realise how much industry and working class housing have been lost in Edinburgh as more and more is given over to offices and expensive homes! It is a different place to how it was when I was growing up, in some cases for the better but not always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 44 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Mr Lees as was. Or might be again... Rumours of a card game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawasakijambo Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 18/09/2018 at 10:04, NANOJAMBO said: M&G had a social club in a basement at Canonmills. It made the Winchester Club look like Vegas. That defo wasn't crumpet central.? Had many a pint in there, we called it "Saddams Bunker". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, kawasakijambo said: Had many a pint in there, we called it "Saddams Bunker". I'm amazed at how many JKBers have been in that place because I remember it as being full of Hobos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: I used to drink in there if Friday was a pay day. I thought it was full of nutters, and then I went to the Gauntlet . Once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: This is grim. Where is/was it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Saughton Mains Gardens, before they built the shops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: This is grim. Where is/was it ? I don't know where it is but looks pretty normal from my childhood. Laddies all in shorts, that was 365 days a year. Lots of happy memories of these austere looking times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Is that a path going across the pitch ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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¼½¾ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: 29 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: This is grim. Where is/was it ? It's St John's Hill, off the Pleasance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMC 12 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Sighthill green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 42 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Watson Crescent from Harrison Park? Looks a bit like North Merchie's clubhouse to the left of the flats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUTOL Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said: Is that a path going across the pitch ?! Harrison Park. And yes, the path is still visible on Google earth! https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9347259,-3.2244324,144m/data=!3m1!1e3 Edited September 19, 2018 by SUTOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 49 minutes ago, SUTOL said: Harrison Park. And yes, the path is still visible on Google earth! https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9347259,-3.2244324,144m/data=!3m1!1e3 I remember playing a game their in the early 80s and the ref had to stop the game to allow an old women to walk by with a couple of bags of shopping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Lemongrab said: It's St John's Hill, off the Pleasance. I thought I recognised it and was looking at Drummond Street. I had never heard of St John's Hill so checked it on Google maps - unrecognisable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, SUTOL said: Harrison Park. And yes, the path is still visible on Google earth! https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9347259,-3.2244324,144m/data=!3m1!1e3 Don't remember the path, but I am sure I have scars left from the cinder pitches there. Greatest memory from that park was hearing the crowd roar at a Wullie Bauld goal. After the game I think it was East Fife went to tynecastle and got in free after the gates had been opened after half time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NANOJAMBO Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Lemongrab said: It's St John's Hill, off the Pleasance. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maroon Sailor Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Notice how the road bends round under the the railway bridge. Now it's a junction and straight ahead for the West Approach Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, SUTOL said: Harrison Park. And yes, the path is still visible on Google earth! https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9347259,-3.2244324,144m/data=!3m1!1e3 On that picture, just up from the football pitches, there's an area of rougher looking ground, to the right of the kid's playground. Do you know if that's where the cycle track was? You can see outlines in the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambothump Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Stenhouse stadium ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUTOL Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Lemongrab said: On that picture, just up from the football pitches, there's an area of rougher looking ground, to the right of the kid's playground. Do you know if that's where the cycle track was? You can see outlines in the grass. I don't know anything about a cycle track in Harrison Park, but can see what you mean from the image. It does look like i could have been. I'm trying to recall what the fenced off area was previously, was it a bowling green? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, SUTOL said: I don't know anything about a cycle track in Harrison Park, but can see what you mean from the image. It does look like i could have been. I'm trying to recall what the fenced off area was previously, was it a bowling green? It was this photo I was thinking of. The tenements look kind of close, but maybe they've been foreshortened by the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hansel Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Is that craigour Grove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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¼½¾ Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Superunknown said: Is that craigour Grove Wow, they look like it mate, they're the same post war Orlit prefabs as the ones in Saughton Mains Gardens, and the layout is pretty similar. However, if you look at the houses in that photo, they have two wee windows on the the ground floor of gable end. The Orlits in Craigour Grove's gable ends have an upstairs and a downstair window. I didn't think there were so many of that house type in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 7 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said: 7 hours ago, The Frenchman Returns said: Robertson Avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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