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Edinburgh Recollections
Newington
and The Bridges |
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Paul SUTHERLAND
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
and a reply from
Irene BEAVER
Kirkliston, Edinburgh |
Newington Station
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2. |
Irene Beaver
Kirkliston, West Lothian,
Scotland |
St Cuthbert's
Store: fire!
- Question
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3. |
Ron Dingwall
Edinburgh |
St Cuthbert's
Store: fire!
- Answer
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4. |
Susan McLeod
Edinburgh |
William Thorburn, Grocers |
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Recollections
1.
Paul Sutherland
Glasgow, Scotland |
Thank you to Paul Sutherland who wrote: |
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Newington
Station
"I
was passing Newington Station today and thought you might like to
see all that's left of it.
©
I think it was 1962
when my entire primary school - Inch (now Liberton) Primary - filed
down the steps from Mayfield Gardens on to the station platform
before cramming on to the TV Train which took us for a day trip to
Pitlochry
Paul Sutherland, Glasgow,
Scotland: July 28, 2008 |
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Reply to
Recollections
1.
Irene Beaver
Kirkliston, Edinburgh |
Thank you to Irene Beaver
who wrote: |
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Newington
Station
"The building to the
right of this photo is now owned by Edinburgh People's Theatre, the
drama club to which I belong.
©
We build our sets and
rehearse our plays there. Entering through the front door, is like
going into the Tardis, as once downstairs, the whole place extends
out through the back.
Irene Beaver, Kirkliston,
Edinburgh: January 18, 2009 |
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Recollections
2.
Irene Beaver
Kirkliston, West
Lothian, Scotland |
Thank you to Irene Beaver who asked: |
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Question
St
Cuthbert's Store - Fire!
"Would you or any of
your contributors know in which year there was a serious fire in St
Cuthbert's Nicolson Street Store?
My mother bought a
fire-damaged fridge (our first) in the sale afterwards.
It had to be before 1963 as
we lived in South Oxford Street at the time of the fire. We moved
to the new Cornbank Estate in Penicuik in 1963."
Irene Beaver, Kirkliston, West
Lothian, Scotland: January 8, 2010 |
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Recollections
3.
Ron Dingwall
Edinburgh |
Thank you to Ron Dingwall who replied: |
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Answer
St
Cuthbert's Store - Fire!
"I think the fire in St
Cuthbert's must have been about 1960 or 1961.
I had my photograph, along with my pal Alan Mitchell,
on the front page of the Evening Dispatch.
My mother worked in the St
Cuthbert's warehouse behind the main shop. They were told to go home
when the fire started.
I remember,
a few days later, waiting for my mother to
finish work, and being
given a bundle of KitKats that were, so
called,
'smoke damaged'.
Not to youngsters, they weren't.
So they were enjoyed with great
gusto.
We stayed in Lutton Place
at the time. The fire was during a
school holiday period and in the morning."
Ron Dingwall, Edinburgh:
January 15, 2010 |
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Recollections
4.
Susan McLeod
Edinburgh |
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Here is a
message that Susan McLeod posted in the EdinPhoto guest book: |
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William Thorburn
Grocers
"There used to be a
grocers/wine merchants in Salisbury Place, Newington, called Wm
Thorburn. Does anybody remember this shop or the people who
worked there?"
Susan Mcleod: Message posted
in EdinPhoto guest book: January 4 2011 |
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