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Recollections |
1. |
Bob Sinclair
Queensland Australia
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- The Green Door
- The West End Café
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2. |
Al Lorentzen
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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- Old Fleshmarket
Close
- Fleshmarket Close
- Anchor Close
- Warriston Close
- Advocate's Close
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3. |
Mike Cheyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
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- The New Yorker
- La Boheme
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4. |
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar. Lanarkshire, Scotland
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- The New Yorker
- Meals
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5. |
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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- The Green Door
- The Hungry i
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6. |
Terry McGuire
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
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- West End Café
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7. |
David Bain
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
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-
North St Andrew Street
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8. |
Bob Sinclair
Queensland Australia
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-
Lothian Road
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9. |
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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- Pied Piper
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10. |
Bruce Johnstone
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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- Pied Piper
- Others near the
West End
- Drinks
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11. |
Gus Coutts
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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-
The Hungry 'I'
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12. |
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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- Pied Piper
-
The Hungry i
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13. |
Frank Ferri
Newhaven, Edinburgh
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- Milk Bar Era
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14. |
Gus Coutts
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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-
The Hungry 'I'
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15. |
Dorothy Addison
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
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-
West End
café
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16. |
Dorothy Addison
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Milk Bar
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17. |
Jim Woolard
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-
The Hungry i
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18. |
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
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- The Conspirators'
café
-
The
Café
- Meals
- Customers
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19. |
Frank Ferri
Newhaven, Edinburgh
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- Austin’s Café / Restaurant
- Leith Street
- Waitresses
- Cakes
- Pictures
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20. |
Nick Swindale
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Conspirators
café
- Owners + Café Name
- Meals
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21. |
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
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- The Conspirators
café
- The Name
- Midnight Closing
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22. |
Gus Coutts
Duddingston, Edinburgh
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- The Continental
café
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23. |
Nick Swindale
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Conspirators
café
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24. |
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
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- The Conspirators
café
- Photos
- Back Yard
- Mouse
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25. |
Norman R Pope
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Continental
café
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26. |
Marie Johnson
Jamestown, Foothills of California, USA
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- The Manhattan
café
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27. |
David Sanderson
Lake Forest, California, USA
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- Mackie's Restaurant
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28. |
Keith Miller
Oban, Argyle & Bute, Scotland
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- Pied Piper Café
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29. |
Rob Fender
England
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- The Manhattan
Coffee Bar
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30. |
Rosemary Shariff (nee
Craig)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- The Sandwich Bar
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31. |
John Mills
Southside, Edinburgh
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- La Fiesta
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32. |
Allan Dodds
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
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- La Fiesta - Photo
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Recollections
1.
Bob Sinclair
Queensland, Australia: December,
2009 |
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Thank you to Bob Sinclair who wrote:
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The Green Door
"I
remember the Green Door.
I'm not sure if it was actually called
that. It was down some steps from Johnston Terrace. It
was popular for a while and followed the success of the song Green
Door - I wonder what's going on behind the Green Door."
The West End Cafe
"I remember the West End Cafe in Shandwick Place, almost directly
opposite the
Milk Bar.
A friend who worked in American Express, a few doors along from
Binns, took me there.
I saw
Johnny
Dankworth and Cleo Laine (now Sir John and Dame Cleo) there.
They were there quite frequently. Great talent!"
Bob Sinclair, Queensland, Australia:
December 7, 2009
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Bryan Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland:
May 7, 2006 |
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Recollections
2.
Al Lorentzen
Inverness, Illinois, USA |
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The Manhattan
Around 1960
©
Thank you to Al
Lorentzen for allowing me to reproduce this photograph of The
Manhattan, taken around 1960. The Manhattan was near the
West End of Princes Street. The car on the left in this
photo is a Morris Minor.
Al wrote:
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"The Manhattan was a great place for a
snack in the late 1950s. I don't know if it is still there."
Al
Lorentzen, Inverness, Illinois, USA: August 26, 2010 |
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Location
The Monseigneur
Theatre, with The Manhattan below it, was at 131 Princes Street.
The shop next door on
the right, at No 130, with the Royal Coat of Arms (by Appointment
to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth) is Jamieson & Sons,
fruiterers. |
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Today
Now (in 2010), Gap clothing store is at 131 Princes Street, and
HMV CD and Record store is next door at 130 Princes Street. |
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Recollections
3.
Mike Cheyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Northumberland, England |
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Mike Cheyne replied to
Al Lorentzen's comments in 2 above:
Mike wrote: |
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"Reading Al Lorentzen's reminiscences
of The Manhattan remind me of other haunts of my mis-spent youth
in the late- 1950s and early-1960s
The New Yorker
- In Shandwick Place there was
The New Yorker, a kind of American diner, and The Stafford cafe.
La Boheme
- Down in Stockbridge,
there was the La Boheme. As suggested by the name, it was
full of groovy people like me!"
Mike
Cheyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England:
Message posted in EdinPhoto guestbook, September 4, 2010 |
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Recollections
4.
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Thank you to Bryan
Gourlay who wrote: |
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The New Yorker
"I can remember making a good number
of visits to the New Yorker restaurant in Shandwick Place,
mentioned by Matthew Cheyne (3 above).
It was a US diner type of place, opened with a great fanfare in
1961 or 1962.
The waitresses took your order, then
plugged a microphone into the end of the table and conveyed your
order to the kitchen by some sort of audio link, way too high tech
for Edinburgh at the time. After a period of time they dispensed
with the audio link and reverted to writing on order slips."
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Meals
"My favourites were Haddock and Chips
(2/6d) or Lemon Sole and Chips for 3/6d." |
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Bryan Gourlay,
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland: September 7, 2010 |
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Recollections
5.
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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Thank you to Jim
Cairns who wrote: |
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The Green Door
"My memory was jogged by Bob
Sinclair’s mention of the Green Door. I’m reasonably sure that it
was run by the church, St Columba’s by the Castle; aiming to
attract young folk and give them somewhere to go, I suppose."
The Hungry i
"Does anyone remember 'The Hungry i'
in Queensferry Street? It had a diner upstairs, and
downstairs was a less formal coffee bar. It had a great
atmosphere, and a terrific juke box with an unusually wide
selection of records.
To keep trouble in check, they
employed a bouncer from London who had a big black moustache which
made him look Spanish. He was referred to as ‘Don Carlos’, but
that wasn’t his name.
He carried a little wooden coffin with
his calling card - no doubt copied from the TV series ‘Have Gun,
Will Travel'. He never had to raise his voice to keep order.
Unfortunately, he liked a drink, and it was said that he was in a
nearby pub, instead of being in the coffee bar, when somebody
modified the juke box with a well-aimed kick. End of Don
Carlos!"
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Meals
"My favourites were Haddock and Chips
(2/6d) or Lemon Sole and Chips for 3/6d." |
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Jim Cairns,
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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Recollections
6.
Terry McGuire
Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
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Thank you to Terry
McGuire who wrote: |
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West End Cafe
"I was taken to the West End cafe by a
nurse from Leith hospital, after having had an ear operation.
Edmundo Ross was playing his hit of the time:
'Bongo, Bongo, Bongo,
I don't want to leave the Congo,'
I thought the nurse fancied me, but
she was just using me as an excuse to take another patient, a
Royal Marine. I was just a teenage cover for her ploy !!"
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Terry McGuire,
Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
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Recollections
7.
David Bain
Rotherham, South Yorkshire,
England |
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Thank you to David
Bain who wrote: |
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North St Andrew Street
"Does anyone else remember the cafe
downstairs on the east corner of North St. Andrew Street and Queen
Street? I can still smell the atmosphere of cigarettes and
burger grease.
It was run by a bloke called Bill who
was very pleasant but big enough not to be messed with."
Arrow Motorcycle
"I remember throwing my Ariel Arrow
motorbike up St Andrew Street showing off in the rain; it
was more slippery than I thought!
©
The occupant of the top flat, over the
cafe, was forever calling the police because of the noise
the various bikes made."
Cigarette Lighter
"This was in about 1967, and gas
lighters had recently appeared. I remember a friend turning up the
flame on a fellow rocker's lighter so when he went to light his
cigarette it set his overhanging hair on fire. My, how we
laughed!"
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David Bain,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Edinburgh: September 15, 2010 |
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Recollections
8
Bob Sinclair
Queensland, Australia |
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Thank you to
Bob Sinclair who wrote: |
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Lothian Road
"I remember a cafe in Lothian Road where you
could sit on stools looking out to the Usher Hall and Lothian Road.
The food there was snack type. It was not all that great,
but it filled a space.
Nearby, there was
the Railway Canteen, at the back of the Caledonian Hotel.
It was a great place for good food at a low price."
Bob Sinclair, Queensland, Australia:
October 27, 2010
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Recollections
9.
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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Thank you to Bryan
Gourlay for sending me this photograph of the Pied Piper Coffee
Bar in South Charlotte Street in the early-1960s. |
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The Pied Piper
©
"The 'Pied Piper' in South
Charlotte Street was a favourite Coffee Bar in Edinburgh. It
was quite large, but always very busy.
The National Provincial
Building Society later took over the premises. Now it is
occupied by the Dunfermline Building Society."
Jim Cairns, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland:
November 28, 2010 |
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Recollections
10.
Bruce Johnstone
Haddington, East Lothian,
Scotland |
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Thank you to Bryan
Gourlay for sending me this photograph of the Pied Piper Coffee
Bar in South Charlotte Street in the early-1960s. |
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The Pied Piper
"Jim Cairns' comments,
above, reminded me of the 'Pied Piper'. I frequented it,
mainly on a Sunday evening in 1962/63 when it was very busy. The
basement was the busier area."
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Other Clubs near the West End
"There was also the 'New
Yorker' in Shandwick Place and another cafe in Shandwick Place,
beyond Melville Street. What was that called?
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Drinks
"Coke floats and coffees
were the order of the day - a simple life!"
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Bruce Johnston, Haddington, East
Lothian, Scotland: November 28, 2010 |
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Recollections
11.
Gus Coutts
Duddingston, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Gus
Coutts who replied to Bruce Johnstone's question in 10 above.
Gus wrote: |
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The Hungry I
"I think the café
in Queensferry
Street was The Hungry I.
I believe it was named after a café
in the US; San Francisco rings a bell in my memory."
Gus Coutts, Duddingston, Edinburgh:
November 29, 2010 |
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Recollections
12.
Jim Cairns
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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Thank you to Jim
Cairns who replied: |
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The Pied Piper
"It's nice to hear that other people
remember 'The Pied Piper' fondly."
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The Hungry i
"Bruce
Johnston asked about the coffee bar beyond Melville Street. It
was 'The Hungry i'.
I wrote about it a few
weeks ago. (See 'Recollections 5'
above.)"
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Jim Cairns,
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
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Recollections
13.
Frank Ferri
Newhaven, Edinburgh |
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Frank Ferri wrote: |
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Milk Bar Era
"Does anyone remember
the Milk Bar era?
There was one in South St David Street
and another in Shandwick Place on the left.'
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Frank Ferri,
Newhaven: November 29, 2010 |
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Recollections
14.
Gus Coutts
Duddingston, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Gus Coutts who added: |
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The Hungry I
"On googling 'The Hungry I', I see that it was a nightclub in San
Francisco back in the 1950s/1960s, but the name is now used by a
strip club."
Gus Coutts, Duddingston, Edinburgh:
November 29, 2010 |
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Recollections
15.
Dorothy
Addison (nee
Jenkins)
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
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Winton replied to Bruce Johnston's question in 'Recollections
10' above. |
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The West End Cafe
"I
believe that the 'other cafe' in Shandwick Place that Bruce Johnston
mentions was called 'The West End Cafe'.
Every Sunday evening, it
was packed with young people as they played wonderful music there.
That's the only other cafe
that I remember being there. (If I'm wrong, I'm sorry.)
Dorothy Addison, Tsawwassen, British
Columbia, Canada: December 7, 2010 |
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Recollections
16.
Dorothy
Addison (nee
Jenkins)
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
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Dorothy Addison responded to Frank Ferri's message in
'Recollections 13' above: |
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Milk Bar
"The milk bar in Shandwick Place that Frank refers to was a
wonderful place. If I remember correctly, we had to go up some
steps to it.
I loved all those lovely
fresh filled rolls they sold. There was a queue at lunch time
every day.
It was 1954, and I worked
in the dog salon at Gibbs in Shandwick Place at that time, washing
and doing all these things to make the dogs look beautiful.
This was done upstairs in the store."
Dorothy Addison, Tsawwassen, British
Columbia, Canada: December 7, 2010 |
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Recollections
17.
Jim
Woolard
Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Jim Woolard wrote: |
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The Hungry i
"The
best bacon rolls in town
were to be had at .The Hungry i'.
It was also very handy for the bus stop to get me back to Granton."
Jim Woolard, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Recollections
18.
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui,
North Island, New Zealand |
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Joyce Lamont Messer wrote: |
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The Conspirators'
Café
The
Café
"I wonder if anyone
remembers the Conspirators, Cafe. It was just along from the
King's Theatre, towards Bruntsfield. I worked there, evenings
and weekends, in early/mid-1950s after my day job in a law office.
I
thought I was 'very cool' in today's parlance. It must have
been one of the first in the then 'new cafe culture' scene. It
was much more laid-back than the more formal restaurants in the
city.
It was around then that
some students made off with the Destiny Stone from Westminster
Abbey. I think that was why the cafe was so named."
Meals
"We served mostly coffee
and omelettes, both of variable quality since no-one seemed to know
much about cooking. I certainly did not, though I became
reasonably good at omelettes."
Customers
"I think the owner was
related to the broadcaster, Franklin Englemann, of Housewives Choice
fame.
The cafe was always very
busy and popular with students, especially after Edinburgh
Festival productions at the King's Theatre when the place used to be
packed out.
I've served up my omelettes
to several famous conductors, singers and actors, mostly now dead -
but not because of my cooking."
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Joyce Lamont Messer, Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand:
April 15, 2011 |
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Recollections
19.
Frank Ferri
Newhaven, Edinburgh |
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Frank Ferri wrote: |
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Austin’s Café / Restaurant
Leith Street
"I remember
Austin’s Café. It was located on the left hand side of Leith
St going up towards
Princes St, set back off the pavement, just before Halfords and
Jackson’s the Tailors."
Waitresses
"The waitress staff wore
uniforms of black dress, white collar, white bib pinafore and a
little tiara. The furnishings and layout were just like an
Agatha Christie film set, so 1920s. Each table had a triple
lair cake stand with fancy cakes on display."
Cakes
"I remember being taken
there as a kid by my mother, eager to
get my hands on the cakes, but
being warned they cost a tanner each so keep your hands to
yourself."
Pictures?
"I think it was still there
in the early-1960s. I wonder if anyone has got any data or
pictures of it."
Frank Ferri, Newhaven, Edinburgh: May 18, 2011 |
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Recollections
20.
Nick Swindale
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Nicholas replied to
'Recollections 18' above |
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The Conspirators'
Café
Owners and Cafe
Name
"The Conspirator's Cafe was
owned jointly by my father, Owen Swindale, and his brother-in-law,
Ian Engelmann (whose
uncle was the broadcaster Franklin Engelmann).
The name of the cafe
had nothing to do with the Stone of Scone, but was inspired by an
18th century poem with that title."
Meals
"In addition to making
omelettes, my mother, Tessa, made a chocolate gateau which she said
was always very popular.
Another attraction
was that the cafe was open until midnight - unheard of in Edinburgh
at that time. I still remember the smell of the Expresso coffee from
when I was about four or five years old." |
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Nick Swindale, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: August 5, 2011 |
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Recollections
21.
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui,
North Island, New Zealand |
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After reading 'Recollections 20' above, Joyce emailed me again
to follow up her comments in 'Recollections 18' above. She
wrote: |
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The Conspirators'
Café
The Name
"I am obviously wrong about
how the cafe got its name.
Several Edinburgh students
were involved in planning the removal of the Destiny Stone from
Westminster Abbey. One of them was a vet student at the Dick.
I thought he went to jail
because there was much discussion about him continuing to study
while inside - but Mr Wikipedia says that charges were not laid,
which does ot tie up with my memory of events.
I knew some of the students
and they certainly came into the cafe, which is where I guess I got
the idea about the name. The stone business must have
pre-dated the opening of the cafe."
Midnight Closing
"Owen's son, Nicholas,
is right about the cafe closing at midnight. Reeking of
cigarette smoke and fried food, I used to walk back to Morningside
across Bruntsfield Links, for a few hours' sleep before heading off
early the next morning for another day as Shepherd & Wedderburn,
confounding the legal fraternity with my creative shorthand
and typing."
Joyce Lamont Messer, Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand:
April 15, 2011 |
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Recollections
22.
Gus Coutts
Duddingston, Edinburgh |
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Gus Coutts who wrote: |
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The Continental Cafe?
"In the early 1960s
myself and friends used to occasionally go. in the early hours. to a
cafe/restaurant which was open all or nearly all night. If I
recall correctly, it was about the only place open after midnight in
the city.
I remember eating Wiener
Schnitzel there.
We knew it as The
Continental Cafe, but I don't know if that was its correct name.
It was upstairs in a
building near the top of Morrison Street, on the Princes St. side of
the street, about opposite Semple Street, or perhaps a bit further
down."
Question
"Does anybody out there
remember this place and have more information about it?"
Gus Coutts, Duddingston, Edinburgh:
August 7, 2011 |
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Recollections
23.
Nick Swindale
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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The Conspirators'
Café
Thank you to Nick
Swindale for writing again, enclosing these two photos of The
Conspirators Cafe.
Please click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them:
©
©
Acknowledgement: Nick Swindale, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada: August 10, 2011 |
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Recollections
24.
Joyce Lamont Messer
Whanganui,
North Island, New Zealand |
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Joyce Lamont Messer
replied |
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The Conspirators'
Café
Photos
"Thanks
for adding the photos. The
café looks so 1950s - restrained
and neat! Seeing the photos certainly brought back memories."
Back Yard
"There was a small
back yard, enclosed in an ancient brick wall. These days, it
would be tarted up and turned into an 'alfresco dining' area.
Then, it was just a place to store things."
Mouse
"I
can remember a mouse running through the
café, much to the horror of the diners, some
of whom got on their chairs.
Someone in the kitchen managed to hit it
with something, slightly stunning it as it staggered into the yard
where I finished it off with a brick while trying not to look at the
result."
Joyce Lamont Messer, Whanganui,
North Island, New Zealand: August 13, 2011 |
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Recollections
25.
Norman R Pope
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada |
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Norman wrote: |
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The Continental Café?
"Yes, we remember the
Continental. I cannot remember its exact address, but the
description above of where it is, sounds right.
That
was where my girl friend and I (now my wife of 47 years) learned to
eat 'real' spaghetti. I mean spaghetti that did not come out
of a can.
Her favourite meal was the
pineapple omelette and I had to have chips with my spaghetti.
Our favourite waitress was called Margaret. She always looked
after us very well."
Norman R Pope, Sidney, British Columbia,
Canada |
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Recollections
27
David Sanderson
Lake Forest
California, USA |
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Thank you to David Sanderson, who wrote: |
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Mackie's Restaurant
"I grew up in the little
town of Tranent in East Lothian. Every other Saturday we
all came into Edinburgh for an afternoon of shopping in Princes
Street. Usually, it was my mum, granny and myself. My
dad usually went off to Tynecastle.
Part of the routine was
always afternoon tea in Mackies. We usually went upstairs to
the proper restaurant with tablecloths and uniformed waitresses
where we would have tea and toast, although I always had some juice,
usually Hendrys red cola!
Occasionally we went
downstairs to the self-serve café where I would take childish
pleasure in sliding the tray along the rails to the cashier at the
end.
I think Mackie's closed in
the early-1970s. I remember being a bit surprised by this as
it always seemed busy."
David Sanderson, Lake Forest,
California, USA: September 1, 2011 |
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Recollections
28
Keith Miller
Oban, Argyle
& Bute, Scotland |
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Thank you to Keith Miller, who wrote: |
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The Pied Piper Café
"On
reading the contributions from
Gordon Rule (Hi Gordon, long time...) and others on the Pied
Piper cafe in Charlotte Street, I was transported back to the heady
days of Edinburgh in the mid 1960s."
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Fashions
Mid-1960s
"I spent time - maybe
too much time - in the Pied Piper, downstairs in the great melting
pot of mods, faces and fashionistas from Edinburgh's vibrant club
scene of the early/mid-1960s. I think the Pied P was at it's
trendsetters peak around 1966.
I have fond
memories, as the explosive mod fashions from Carnaby Street hit the
provinces and began to eclipse the established 'scene':
- High collared polka
dot or paisley shirts, tab collars, bell bottomed jeans, when all
around were drainpipes, high-heeled zip sided boots, crew necked
striped t-shirts, shiny black plastic oilskin coats ... and that was
the guys.
-
Girls
in the Mary Quant mode.
I think most of the
'Pied P' clientele in the mid-1960s were probably in their mid-teens
and effectively excluded from the pub scene, which gave the place
such energy and atmosphere."
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Later-1960s
"And the music!
- Small Faces, Chris Farlow, etc. It was great while it
lasted, but I think it was a short interlude - maybe 18
months or so - before fashions rolled towards the hippy
era and the summers of love of the later-1960s."
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Later-1960s
"Happy times!
Does anyone have any photos of the fashions or of the Edinburgh's
'street scene' from that time?"
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Keith Miller, Oban, Argyle & Bute,
Scotland: September 4, 2011 |
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Recollections
29.
Rob Fender
England |
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Robert Fender, now living in England, wrote:
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The Manhattan Coffee Bar
"The Manhattan Coffee Bar was
owned by a friend of my aunt who used to work there. I used to visit
fairly regularly
in the 1950s.
It was one of the few places
that was open on a Sunday.
I seem to recollect that
down one side of the interior, there was a large mirror showing the
Manhattan skyline." |
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Robert Fender, England, September
5, 2011 (2 emails)
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Recollections
30.
Rosemary
Shariff (nee
Craig)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Thank you to Rosemary Shariff for responding to one
of Bob Sinclair's recollections in 8 above.
Rosemary wrote |
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The Sandwich Bar
"The very small cafe
opposite the Usher Hall was called The Sandwich Bar.
I believe that the cafe actually
belonged to the railway, but was leased for many years by the Armstrong
family."
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Rosemary Shariff (nee Craig), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 20, 2011
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Recollections
31.
John Mills
Southside, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to John Mills, Southside,
Edinburgh, who wrote:
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La Fiesta Cafe
"Does
anyone remember the cafe, La Fiesta, which was part of the Rutland Hotel?"
It was popular with American
soldiers from the Kirknewton Base who frequented it after the Berkley Bar
emptied at 10 PM. It also had a very good jukebox.
Happy days!"
John Mills, Southside, Edinburgh:
December 19, 2011
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Recollections
32.
Allan Dodds
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
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Thank you to Allan Dodds who replied
sending me this photo of La Fiesta cafe that he took in the 1960s.
Allan wrote
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La Fiesta Cafe
©
"Here
is a photo that I took of 'La Fiesta' cafe in the 1960s.
Sorry about the quality of this photo but
that's what you get when you push Royal-X Pan to 3200 ASA!"
Allan Dodds, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
England: January 19, 2012 |
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Please click on the thumbnail image above
to enlarge it, and read the large sign hanging in front of the middle
window that reads:
'La Fiesta' |
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