Boris Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Lone Striker said: Then you've got the big visible corner site at the Drum Brae roundabout which has changed ownership 4 times in the last 30 years. Currently Lidl, previously PC World, prior to that Tesco, and prior to that Safeway. Not sure if there was an owner prior to Safeway..... Edit - its where the Timex clock used to be !! Securex? Evening News used to list the times supporters buses were leaving certain points and iirc this was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Boris said: Securex? Evening News used to list the times supporters buses were leaving certain points and iirc this was one. Aaahhh, I think you may be right.👍 Maybe they had one of the offices in that area then. At least I got the "ex" bit right, so a few brain cells might still be working 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lone Striker said: Then you've got the big visible corner site at the Drum Brae roundabout which has changed ownership 4 times in the last 30 years. Currently Lidl, previously PC World, prior to that Tesco, and prior to that Safeway. Not sure if there was an owner prior to Safeway..... Edit - its where the Timex clock used to be !! I worked in the Safeway. We were the bad boys of retail. So much so when booking a function we had to pretend we were Tesco 🤣 Edited July 26, 2023 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Toxteth O'Grady said: I still have to stop myself from asking for a Black Man at the ice cream van. 33 minutes ago, Marvin said: No had one of them in ages. @JudyJudyJudy type answer, if you were to ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Lone Striker said: By the way @Morgan, I hope you don't get a ban for starting a "thread wars" rival to @Maroon Sailor's excellent Edinburgh History thread 😀 😜 I should be ok, LS. 👍 Our missing friend @Maroon Sailor has sadly stopped posting now after taking a wee bit stick for a pretty innocuous comment he made. Anyway, his thread is still the best on Kickback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 42 minutes ago, Marvin said: I was talking about the Burnt Post to my mate the other day. For me it will always be the Burnt Post? You’ll remember Anderson’s Bar, almost next door to the Burnt Post? It wasn’t my cup of tea, but was really popular with some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Toxteth O'Grady said: I still “dial” a phone number. I still have to stop myself from asking for a Black Man at the ice cream van. Oh I’ve no had a black man in ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Morgan said: @JudyJudyJudy type answer, if you were to ask me. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 7 hours ago, Morgan said: We were chatting with a friend over coffee this morning and she said she'd heard something on the radio about folk still calling things and places by their 'old' names. Examples were 'taping' something from the TV and the Huxley at the West End still being called 'The Rutland'. We still cal the St James Quarter the St James Centre and various pubs by their old name, like The Waiting Room which we still call The Belhaven. We still call the Hanging Bat the Burnt Post and that pub on Brougham Place The Illicit Still. I'm sure there are plenty others. I used to slag my old man for calling pubs like the Tynecastle Arms “Campbells”, now I do it 🤦🏽🤪?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pasquale for King said: I used to slag my old man for calling pubs like the Tynecastle Arms “Campbells”, now I do it 🤦🏽🤪?!?! It’s a sure sign that one is not as young as one thinks one is! When Robbos was Robbos I called it the Green Tree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Mikey Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 My favourite is to continue to refer to The Tilted Wig. What say you, @PaddysBar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 4 hours ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Remote control=doo daa Hand unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Marvin said: No had one of them in ages. Edit: the pic is not quite how I remember because our icey used to do two scoops of ice cream. Not a Black Man in my experience. A BM had a single plain wafer on top. Maybe that was a poor man's BM in Pilton and Drylaw in the 50s & 60s! This is what is sometimes referred to as a double nougat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 20 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Not a Black Man in my experience. A BM had a single plain wafer on top. Maybe that was a poor man's BM in Pilton and Drylaw in the 50s & 60s! This is what is sometimes referred to as a double nougat. Yep, a Black Man was a chocolate covered nougat wafer on the bottom, two scoops of plain ice cream in the middle and a single wafer on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 24 minutes ago, Stuart Lyon said: Not a Black Man in my experience. A BM had a single plain wafer on top. Maybe that was a poor man's BM in Pilton and Drylaw in the 50s & 60s! This is what is sometimes referred to as a double nougat. Totally agree - that’s a double nougat. A black man must have been a local term because I once asked for one in an ice cream shop in Gourock and they were genuinely mystified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: How many remember the Caley railway station at the foot of Lothian Road? Supporters' trains invariably left from there on a Saturday afternoon. I remember it after it was shut and pretty derelict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 7 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Oh I’ve no had a black man in ages I've no had one of them twin cone things wi a cherry on each in ages, #gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Pretty sure we used to call the ice cream thing a ‘slider’. A friend from up north had never heard of a ‘99’. I thought that was known all over Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, FWJ said: Pretty sure we used to call the ice cream thing a ‘slider’. A friend from up north had never heard of a ‘99’. I thought that was known all over Scotland. A slider was two single wafers and two scoops of ice cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 17 hours ago, Morgan said: Dave Clunies boozer. Do you remember the Galloping Major, also in Rosé Street? Aye Daves pub, dont remember the GM bud, 😕. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the posh bit Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 I still call pornos 'blueys.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 My folks still refer to Cameron Toll as SavaCentre or 'The Centre'. I think it's been Cameron Toll for 25+ years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 44 minutes ago, Harry Potter said: Aye Daves pub, dont remember the GM bud, 😕. It was a downstairs boozer, Harold. Almost opposite the Kenilworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 The Apple shop is still Woolies. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 6 minutes ago, Morgan said: It was a downstairs boozer, Harold. Almost opposite the Kenilworth. Was probably pished when in it lol, been in the Kenilworth. Was always in westwoods (haymarket), Olivers, Scotts, mostly a friday night then stayed local in corstorphine on a saturday, Harp, Oak , corstorphine inn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padrone della casa Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 13 hours ago, Dawnrazor said: Yep, a Black Man was a chocolate covered nougat wafer on the bottom, two scoops of plain ice cream in the middle and a single wafer on top. That’s how I remember them from the Polar Ices van more than sixty odd years ago who also sold bongos that where a single scoop of ice cream on a stick dipped in chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Talking about ice cream can you still get a basher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Here's an official one - Getting an 'MOT' for your car? MOT stands for Ministry of Transport, which hasn't existed since 1970. The Ministry of Transport introduced the compulsory tests in 1960, but changed to the Department for the Environment and the Department for Transport which is what it is today I think. MOT still exits as official government terminology for the tests, but the 'MOT' that the letters stand for is long gone, effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 54 minutes ago, Morgan said: The Apple shop is still Woolies. 😎 Burger King to me 1 hour ago, Samuel Camazzola said: My folks still refer to Cameron Toll as SavaCentre or 'The Centre'. I think it's been Cameron Toll for 25+ years. I still call it Save-a-centre Others for me would be the Picture House on Lothian Road is and always will be Century/Century 2000 meeting anyone at the west end will always be at Frasers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 12 minutes ago, Ribble said: Burger King to me I still call it Save-a-centre Others for me would be the Picture House on Lothian Road is and always will be Century/Century 2000 meeting anyone at the west end will always be at Frasers SavaCentre and Frasers for me. The hotels at either end of Princes Street are still The Caley and the NB. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 How about MacArthur Glen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portable Badger Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: Not a Black Man in my experience. A BM had a single plain wafer on top. Maybe that was a poor man's BM in Pilton and Drylaw in the 50s & 60s! This is what is sometimes referred to as a double nougat. That’s my recollection of a BM as well. Chocolate nougat wafer on the bottom and a plain wafer on the top. That’s what I would be served at Luca’s when I ordered a BM. People remembering Binns - what about ”Forsyth’s” department store on Princes Street - still have an old school scarf with a Forsyth’s label on it Edited July 27, 2023 by Portable Badger Sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, Portable Badger said: That’s my recollection of a BM as well. Chocolate nougat wafer on the bottom and a plain wafer on the top. That’s what I would be served at Luca’s when I ordered a BM. People remembering Binns - what about ”Forsyth’s” department store on Princes Street - still have an old school scarf with a Forsyth’s label on it Yes, Forsyths. Or Aitken and Niven on George Street for school uniforms and rugby jerseys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portable Badger Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 40 minutes ago, Morgan said: Yes, Forsyths. Or Aitken and Niven on George Street for school uniforms and rugby jerseys? Didnt Aitken & Ni en pack up on George Street and open two smaller stores. I know one was in Blackhall but I can’t remember where the other one was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 18 hours ago, Morgan said: @JudyJudyJudy type answer, if you were to ask me. How goes it Morgs? Hope you all well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonfiveone Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Surprised that no one has mentioned that well used description "fud", or am I just lowering the tone of the conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 What is Robertson's the bar nowadays? Funeral directors or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padrone della casa Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 23 minutes ago, Jeff said: What is Robertson's the bar nowadays? Funeral directors or something Lying empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) Just now, Padrone della casa said: Lying empty. Eery Edited July 27, 2023 by Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 “ the broo.” “ the nab” “ the cooperation” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Marvin said: How goes it Morgs? Hope you all well Not so bad, Marv. Living in Edinburgh for the past 7 weeks, moving on in a fortnight. Not sure when we will be back in France. How are you doing yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Portable Badger said: Didnt Aitken & Ni en pack up on George Street and open two smaller stores. I know one was in Blackhall but I can’t remember where the other one was That rings a wee bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padrona della casa Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 54 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: “ the broo.” “ the nab” “ the cooperation” The nab being the old National Assistance Board that handed out grants to the poorer members of society pre the current social security system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 58 minutes ago, Morgan said: Not so bad, Marv. Living in Edinburgh for the past 7 weeks, moving on in a fortnight. Not sure when we will be back in France. How are you doing yourself? I'm alright. I'm visiting Edinburgh, well Livingston to be precise on 16/8; just in time for our home leg in the Conference qualifier 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Portable Badger said: Didnt Aitken & Ni en pack up on George Street and open two smaller stores. I know one was in Blackhall but I can’t remember where the other one was There was one on Falcon Road West, Morningside. It was demolished maybe 3 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Jeff said: What is Robertson's the bar nowadays? Funeral directors or something Mind when it was The Green Tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: “ the broo.” “ the nab” “ the cooperation” Was the "broo" (or "buroo") a uniquely Scottish way of saying "bureau" ? I've always wondered about that since the expression was in the context of picking up your unemployment benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 13:16, Lone Striker said: I still describe any shop location which used to be a Woolworths as Woolies. Similar with Binns corner at the West End - it'll always be Binns corner to us oldies. Miller & Carter as you come in from Queensferry - nah, its the Cramond Brig. The Jade Chinese restaurant opposite the zoo - nah, its the Struan The Binn's building has a big capital B carved in the corner, above the clock. If it's not B for Binn's then what is it? Of course it's the Binn's corner. Anyway... O-pal Fruits Made to make your mouth water. Oy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Was the "broo" (or "buroo") a uniquely Scottish way of saying "bureau" ? I've always wondered about that since the expression was in the context of picking up your unemployment benefit. Oh, that's a good one. I hope you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, I P Knightley said: The Binn's building has a big capital B carved in the corner, above the clock. If it's not B for Binn's then what is it? Of course it's the Binn's corner. Anyway... O-pal Fruits Made to make your mouth water. Oy! 😀 Always Opal Fruits. 👍 They can stick their Starbust up their ercce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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