http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Harlaw Road history question en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:16:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144021 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:43:44 +0000 gembo 144021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes a papier mâché bing, nice</p> <p>The paper bing is closer to the foot of the road, just after the river.( The garages are small with red or blue doors)</p> <p>And a row of houses known as piano cottages </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144019 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:36:54 +0000 Arellcat 144019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is (or was) a covered water reservoir about two-thirds of the way up Harlaw Road. I don't recall any garages though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144018 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:36:44 +0000 Charterhall 144018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So its a papier mache bing ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144015 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:22:41 +0000 gembo 144015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Drive to get the stuff up once it got high?</p> <p>The lip thing possibly landscaping?</p> <p>The wise man wouldn't build his house on this paper rock </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144013 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:15:41 +0000 Charterhall 144013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But why has it been levelled off below the top of the bank and why was a drive built into it ? It's so flat it looks like it has been prepared for a building, or has been the site of a building that has been demolished. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144011 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:04:27 +0000 gembo 144011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is a hill made out of residue from either snuff or possibly paper mill.quite popular with rabbits at the top </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12315#post-144003 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 17:33:25 +0000 Charterhall 144003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can anyone tell me, what is the history of the apparently ex-industrial site on the left as you climb Harlaw Road ? From fhe road all you can see are a flight of steps up a steep bank but at the top it opens out to a large flat area with an earth bank around its border and a concrete drive down to the road to the rear of a row of garages. </p>