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Cantering
"I was talking with an old friend today and he
asked me if I remembered getting a canter up Holyrood Road. I said,
of course I did.
A 'canter'
to us meant hanging on the back of a brewers, or in the case of Holyrood
Road, a chemical works drey. The drivers used to chase us, of
course, but this just made it more exciting.
Some of the drivers, in the interests of
safety, would stop and let us climb aboard if they were empty, then drop
us off at the top of the road just before the Pleasance crossing where we
would cross the road and wait for our next canter down the way.
Cantering was also done on tram cars, where we
would jump on the step as the car was leaving the stop and jump off whilst
it was still moving to escape the wrath of the conductress or conductor."
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