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Tram
"As a youngster in Arthur Street, Dumbiedykes,
I remember getting the No 7 or
37 tram to Libby
Dams. It seemed like going to the other side of the world."
Tram and Bus
"Then we moved to Burdiehouse and for three whole years I travelled
on the same tramcars from the Liberton terminus to Holy Cross
Academy in Ferry road. What a great journey it was with the
No 18 bus given the menial task of ferrying us back and forth
between Burdiehouse and the top of Libby Brae."
Train and Walk
"It was an even greater adventure to get the train to Davidson's
Mains and then walk down Lauriston Farm road to Cramond.
That was a real day out with my mother, her four sisters, her
brother and all their spouses and children, all laden with enough
provisions to feed a battalion of squaddies for the day.
Whilst the ladies got the soup pot and the tatties and of course a
brew of tea on, the men folk and children, given a favourable tide,
would be off to Cramond Island to collect buckies and mussels. These
too would be cooked on the beach. There was always plenty of
driftwood at Cramond in those days.
That was only one possible excursion the same train would take you
to within easy walking distance of almost anywhere in the city. What
a wonderland Edinburgh was in those days."
Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh: December
5, 2007 |
