Thank you to Cathy Banks (now Gray) who recalls the Embers in
Edinburgh.
Cathy wrote:
Chums
"I went to most, if not
all, of the venues where 'The Embers' played. My chum was Mags.
Some of my other chums
were, and still are:
-
Janet Grieve (now Kirk) who lived in Lochview Court and who sent me
this link up. In those fabulous day Janet's chum was Helen
Flannigan.
-
Helen Campbell. Helen lived at the foot of the Canongate.
-
June Archer (now Pickles)
We were all Embers'
daft!!! At that time they were as popular
as the Beatles - at least
in Edinburgh!"
Portobello
"I remember going to a
dance, one summer's evening in June, at the swimming pool in
Portobello. Also in Portobello the group played at a small
club called 'The Scene', now and again."
'The 209'
"After the group had
finished a gig, usually at weekends, they would go to 'The 209'.
It was a cafe in Torphichen Street in Edinburgh. But I recall,
the first time they asked Mags and me if we would like to go, we
said 'no' because we thought it was a bus !!! - and we did not
know what or where its was !!!!
Daft or what !!!!!
Portobello
Mags and I used to chat to
Alan and Jimmy in our lunch hour, on the days they were in Leith at
Ferranti's training school in Couper Street , Leith. They
would tell us when and where they were playing on different nights -
great stuff."
Cathy Banks (now Gray), Portobello, Edinburgh:
May 27, 2007 |
