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Restalrig Road South
©
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken 20 Feb 2004
"This photo of the bottom of
Restalrig Road South brings back memories of the late-1940’s
and early-1950’s. We
used to call it 'The Village'
- why, I have no idea.
On the
Left
"On
the left, where the cars are parked, is
the church and the graveyard.
There
used to be shops. The
one that I remember was the barber,
Peter Easton and his son. They cut
my hair and my Dad’s many a time over the years.
Moving
down, there was the church hall, where the cubs,
scouts etc use to meet. I was one of those cubs, at least for a short
time.
Moving
further down, there
was the fish and chip shop, then Rintouls.
If I remember correctly, they were
something to do with whisky.
Then,
there was the doctor’s surgery, Dr. Ferguson, or at least it was
his when I was a lad.
Then, there was the newsagent.
I
remember using my sweet coupons there at the weekend,
the only time I had any money.
Round
the corner from Kemps was Marionville Road and I lived just a couple of
entries (remember that word?) along there."
On the
Right
"Across the road from the Doctor's surgery, there were
the allotments. There’s
a housing estate there now.
At about this point,
there is a road leading to the Loganlea area,
then there was a pub, 'The Bunch of
Grapes', I think. It was owned by the Dodds.
Past
the
pub, there was a small parade of shops:
- The Dairy.
-
The
Greengrocer's, Mrs Lea.
-
Kemp's
the off-licence. I remember Charlie Kemp well."
Play
"No doubt things have changed, but I have still
memories of playing kick the can, hide and seek etc.,
and playing on the swings and roundabout in the park opposite.
I
don’t get back that often now and the lads I used to knock around with
have gone their separate ways, but I am still in touch with a few of them,
even though one is now living in New Zealand. They were happy days."
Robert Fender, England: July 29,
2011
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