Recollections

2.

Meg Reilly

Niddrie, Edinburgh

Thank you to Meg Reilly who wrote:

Searching for People

"Does anyone know:

-  Jimmy Burstow?

-  Martha Stenhouse?

-  James McKay?"

Reply to Meg

If you know any of the people that Meg mentions above, and would like to contact Meg, please email me, then I'll pass on your message to her.

Thank you.

Peter Stubbs:  October 1, 2009

Meg posted another message about Jimmy Burstow in the guest book today

Peter Stubbs:  February 13, 2010

Update 1

Andrew Longmuir added this message to the EdinPhoto guestbook:

"I found Peter Stenhouse two months ago, after 50 years.  He is fine, and as far as I know, so are Martha and Jimmy Burstow.  Sadly, I was at James McKay's funeral about two years ago.

Alan Longmuir:  November 20, 2009

Update 2

Helen Stanton emailed me today and wrote:

"Jimmy Burstow is my husband's cousin; he still lives in the area today."

Helen Stanton, March 12, 2011

Meg:   If you email me,  I'll pass on Helen's email address to you.

Peter Stubbs, March 12, 2011

Update 3

Thank you, Meg, for emailing me today.  I'll send Helen's email address to you later today.

Peter Stubbs:  March 31. 2011

Meg Reilly: message posted in EdinPhoto guest book:  September 29, 2009
and sent email March 31, 2011

Recollections

3.

Liz Brownlie

Australia

Thank you to Liz Brownlie who wrote:

Searching for People

"I am trying to contact anyone that lived in my area of 50 Niddrie Mains Terrace, Edinburgh around 1956 to 1976.

I left for Australia in 1980"

Liz Brownlie, Australia:  May 4, 2010

Reply to Liz

If you would like to send a message to Liz, please email me, then I'll pass on your message to her.    Thank you.

Peter Stubbs:  May 4, 2010

Update 1

Thank you to Helen Stanton who wrote

"My granny Morrison and her family lived at 50 Niddrie Mains Terrace until she died in the year 1982."

Helen Stanton, March 12, 2010

I have passed on Helen's email address to Lix Brownlie.

Peter Stubbs, March 12, 2011

Recollections

4.

John Lawson

Niddrie, Edinburgh

Thank you to John Lawson who replied:

Neighbours

"I lived at 101 Niddrie Mains Terrace from 1957 to 1976.  It is almost directly opposite 50 Niddrie Mains Terrace (where Liz Brownlie lived).

I can’t recall the Brownlies living there but I do remember the rest of the tenants in the stair.  They were,  you look at the building:

-  bottom left:  Berwick

-  middle left-:  Mathieson

-  top left:  Shaw (before them, it was Black)

-  bottom right:  Brownlie?

-  middle right:  Simpson

-  top right-:  Morrison.

Mrs Morrison was the first person in the street to get a colour TV.  That was around 1970.  Grandson, Eddie, was a friend of mine.  (I never got to watch the TV  though). "

John Lawson, Niddrie, Edinburgh:  July 6, 2011

Recollections

5.

Roberta Graham

Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Roberta posted a message in the EdinPhoto guestbook, asking what he described as a long shot, going back to 1954:

Nora Graham

"Does anyone remember my mum. Nora Graham?  She worked in what she refers to as 'the rubber mill' in 1954.  She would have been about age 21 at the time.

My mum had three brothers:

-  Jimmy Graham,

-  George Graham

-  Lawrence Graham"

Friends and Neighbours

"I remember Mrs Morrison lived upstairs from us at Niddrie, and I remember playing with a girl called Maggie who was a couple of years younger than me.

The only strong memory that I have of Niddrie are of going for my gran's brown scone and a quarter of butter.  That was her treat."

Craigmillar School

"I went to Craigmillar Primary School, usually through the fence in the shared back gardens.  The fence railing were loose!"

Move from Niddrie

"I lived at 6 Hay Drive, Niddrie with her until I was aged seven in 1965.  Then we moved to Gracemount, then to Granton where I attended Craigmuir Primary School and then Ainslie Park High School.  We left Edinburgh when i was twelve or thirteen."

Roberta Graham, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Reply to Roberta

If you'd like to send a message to Roberta, please email me, then I'll give you her contact details.  Thank you.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  September 15, 2011 + February 16, 2012

Recollections

6.

Arch Stratton

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Arch Stratton wrote::

Niddrie Mains Drive

"I was born in Niddrie Mains in 1944.  I believe that the address was 61 Niddrie Mains Drive.  I remember that it was a 3-storey tenement-type building.  My 2 younger sisters Margaret (1946) and June (1948) were also born there.

I don't know when my parents moved there.  My older sister, Alice, was born in 1938, but I don’t know whether she was born there or not.  She passed on on  in 2012 in California.

My Dad and Mom

"My dad, Robert, was in the RAF at the time.  When he came home from the RAF, he went to work in the Rubber Mill.  He died in 1982.

My Mom was the cook in the Manhattan restaurant on Princes street for many years.  She died in 2002."

The Wauchope Estate

"I recall the Wauchope estate.  I was forbidden to go near it, but I did venture over there."

Move to Saughton then to Canada

"I went to Broomhouse primary School, then we moved in 1952 from Niddrie to 80 Calder Road, Saughton, Edinburgh, across the road from Saughton Prison.  I went to Pentland Secondary before emigrating to Canada in 1957 at the age of 12.

Do you remember me or any of my Family?

"I'd love to hear from anyone that knew any of us."

Arch Stratton, Brampton, Ontario, Canada:  December 19, 2012

Reply to Arch

If you'd like to send a message to Arch, please email me, then I'll pass on his email address to you.  Thank you.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  January 2, 2012

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