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Recollections
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John Stevenson
Trinity, |Edinburgh |
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Mending Nets
"I remember the net park,
with clothes poles, behind the school, near the Peacock Hotel, at
Newhaven.
The women mended the
nets, and we, children, earned 3d or 6d for cutting string into
short lengths for them."
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The Fishmarket
"I remember the steam boats
that used to berth on the eastern side of Newhaven fishmarket ,
before the breakwater was built to enclose Leith Western Harbour.
We used to go down to the fishmarket at
12 o'clock on a Saturday to be given a pauchle o' damaged fish.
by the market boys."
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John Stevenson, Trinity, Edinburgh - May
2005
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If you have comments to
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Recollections
2.
Sandra Maclean
Grosse Ile Michigan USA |
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Thank you to Sandra Maclean for leaving a
message in the EdinPhoto guest book. The notes below are based
on this message.
Sandra remembers:
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Newhaven Characters
"I was born and grew up in
magical Newhaven. Living there in the 1950s and 1960s was like
a visit to " Brigadoon".
The characters, the
fishwives, and the hustle and bustle kept a girl/woman with lots of
imagination always entertained."
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Travel from Newhaven
"I lived there with the
Workman, Muirs, Carnies and Brands. We never wanted to travel,
even to Annfield or Granton which were on either end of the small
fishing village of Newhaven."
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Family
"My
Dad was Murdo and my Mum had the hairdressing shop there called
Nancy's. I had one brother Murdo and we went to Victoria School.
It was magic."
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Sandra Maclean, Grosse
Ile Michigan USA, June 7 2007
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Reply to
Recollections
2.
Ian Thomson
Lake Maquarie, New South Wales, Australia |
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Thank you to Ian Thomson who wrote:
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Newhaven Harbour
"I recall Sunday jaunts to
Newhaven Harbour with jeely jars for sticklebacks. We
used to get on the tram outside the zoo, upstairs in the front compartment, then
back home, absolutely
starving.
Few
minnies survived the tram journey or the hike up to Carrick
Knowe Hill."
Ian
Thomson, Lake Maquarie, New South Wales, Australia: October 11, 2010 |
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Recollections
3.
Richard Easson
Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland |
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Thank you to Richard Easson
who wrote:
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Barnie Battle's Pub
"Here
is a photo of Barie
Battle's pub which stood looking onto the
harbour at Newhaven. Barnie himself had played for Scotland and
Hearts and was a nice man.
©
I lived on Main Street
behind this scene, above Mrs Thompson's
antique and junk shop, although I heard
later she did not own the shop or the
flats above. She just took the rent."
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Richard Easson, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland: April 20, 2011 |
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