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Brown Street - 2006
A short street leading off Dalkeith Road towards
Holyrood Park. Salisbury Crags are in the background
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Copyright:
Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken April 1 2006 at 10.53am
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Recollections
1.
Billy McCuaig
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Thank you to Billy McCuaig, who used to live at 119 Dumbiedykes Road,
for the following details: |
Billy wrote:
Soot
"In one of the photos of
Brown Street, there was a sort of wooden hut just at Salisbury
Square that belonged to George Lamb, the chimney sweep.
He
would keep the soot in there that he collected, and sell it to
gardeners. I don't know why."
Billy McCuaig, April 15, 2006 |
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Recollections
2.
Joyce Ritchie (nee
Croal)
London, England |
Thank you to Joyce Ritchie, now living in London, who saw this photo
of Brown Street, as it is now
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and replied: |
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The Iron Gates
"I'm sure the iron gates to the
right of the picture, are the ones that led down into the church hall,
where I had the honour of playing the lead part in Cinderella, when I was
about 7 or 8 years old.
I always remember seeing my
picture on the front page of the Evening News, next to one of the queen!
- lol. |
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The Iron Gates
"Billy McCuaig
(1 above)
mentioned George Lamb. Well he was my great uncle (my grandmother's
brother) and he lived at the foot of the Dumbiedykes for many years with
his father Robert, who was a sweep before him.
I
remember regularly visiting their top flat house with my sister and my
grandmother Mary Lamb. The house was full of clocks, all shapes and sizes,
including at least two grandfather clocks
My sister and I would make our
escape early so we could have some time to play outside before we got
called up for school the next day." |
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Joyce Ritchie, London, England: March 9 + 10, 2009 |
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