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Looking down on the basaltic rock built into the wall of The Peacock Inn Newhaven |
© Peter Stubbs peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: March 8, 2008
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Recollections 1. Background |
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Peacock Inn The building on the right in this picture is now occupied as private flats, but it used to be the eastern end of the Peacock Inn at Newhaven, Edinburgh. The remainder of the inn has survived and is still in business today, but cannot be seen in this picture as it is hidden behind the former eastern end of the inn. The Old Entrance The entrance to the inn used to be at the SE corner of the inn, facing to the south, where the grey wall is in the picture above. Here is how it looked around the 1920s: The Sea Wall The sea wall, defending the Peacock Inn from the Firth of Forth was beside the inn at the far end of the small lane on the right of the picture. |
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Basaltic Rock There was a large basaltic rock embedded in one of the walls of the inn. This was used by the local children as a slide. This rock can still be found. It's now enclosed within a garden fence. It is in the centre of this picture. Please click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them and get a better view of the basaltic rock:
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Recollections 2. Roy Cummings Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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Thank you to Roy Cummings for posting a message in the EdinPhoto guest book. Roy wrote about: - the shops in New Street (here) - the Peacock Inn (below): |
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"I was born in 252 Newhaven Road and could see the Peacock Inn from my window. My wife, Isabel Smith, was raised in 255 Newhaven Road. |
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Peacock Inn What you see in the picture is certainly what used to be the Peacock Inn's main entrance. It is now painted gray A passageway ran along the back of the hotel to what is now the Peacock Inn. The houses at the left of the hotel were houses then. A friend, Jim Hunter, lived in one of them. All the empty beer and liquor bottles were kept at the back near his front door. I too took many slides down the black rock, close to the entrance."
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Roy Cummings, Burlington, Ontario, Canada: May 12, 2009 |
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