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Recollections
Granton
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Newhaven
Since 1970s
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Recollections
1.
Shaun Hanlon
Middlesbrough, Teesside, England
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Newhaven
I have been looking at the old photos of
Newhaven. I went to Vicky Primary. I remember them digging the
foundations for the new houses, There were thousands of sea shells,
I remember trying to look for dinosaur bones,
not that i found any.
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Granton
I lived at 12 Lower Granton Road. I
remember Granton beach as the Costa Bravo, golden sands.
Can you remember the railway
line right past our house? It's gone. Why? Me and my
mates used to wait till the train came with rocks, and try and smash the
lantern at the back of the guard's coach.
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Shaun Hanlon: Middlesbrough, Teesside, England;
March 17, 2006
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Recollections
2.
Shaun Hanlon
Middlesbrough, Teesside, England
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Another World
I left Lower Granton Road in 1975 to go live in
Middlesbrough. It was like going to live
in an other world, never mind another country. Everybody lived in
semi detached houses with a garden. I had lived in a tenement slum
all my life.
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Return Visit
I came up to Edinburgh a few years ago.
It was the first time I had been up for years. Our houses are
still there in Lower Granton Road. Why haven't all those tenements
been demolished?
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Parks
I went into Starbank Park and Victoria Park.
How come there are no people about. In Middlesbrough, any park has
hundreds of kids in it. Don't people have kids in Edinburgh?
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Houses
The house prices are so
expensive there as well, You can buy a 3 bedroom, detached house
here for the same price as a 2 bedroom tenement house,
I suppose you have more better paid jobs there though.
We have a lot of unemployment here.
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Ocean
Terminal
I cant believe Ocean Terminal
- pity about the air traffic tho'. It spoils a beautiful view
with a noisy plane every 30 minutes. We
used to go down there to collect washed up bottles, to get the deposit of
them.
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Schools
All the shops past Starbank have been turned
into homes and Ainsley Annex at Trinity has gone, and the main school at
Pilton is shut down, Where have all the school kids gone? At
least Vicky school is still there.
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Shaun Hanlon: Middlesbrough, Teesside, England;
March 17, 2006
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Recollections
3.
Shaeron Averbuch
Edinburgh |
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Thank you
to Shaeron Averbuch for contacting me. Shaeron is an artist who was
based at The Lighthouse, West Harbour Road, Granton, until recently.
She created
the 'Cavorting Sailors' sculpture that stood on the land at the
corner of Ferry Road and North Junction Street, Leith, for a few years
from 2002.
Shaeron wrote: |
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No. 161 Lower Granton Road
"We moved from The
Lighthouse at Granton to No.161 Lower Granton Road a couple of
months ago. We will be participating in Doors Open Day on September
24-25 from our new address.
Question
The Tap
No.161 Lower Granton Road is another of the old properties
that I am
trying to gather information on. I
believe it was formerly know as 'The Tap'. Does
anybody know why it was built originally?" |
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Reply to Shaeron
If you know
anything about the history of 161 Lower Granton Road,
please email me, then I'll pass on the information to Shaeron.
Thank you.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: September 19, 2011 |
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