http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Edinburgh in the 1960s en Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347325 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:59:44 +0000 SRD 347325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>was going to start a new thread, but this seems apt:</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/25/set-children-free-are-playgrounds-a-form-of-incarceration" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/25/set-children-free-are-playgrounds-a-form-of-incarceration</a> </p> <p>"Set children free: are playgrounds a form of incarceration?" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347324 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:57:22 +0000 gembo 347324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@aken yes the Union was a Smokey old place but in this instance all smoke and no fire.</p> <p>In the mid 80s I often frequented Bewleys in Dublin. The west Moreland street branch had a nice red velvet loving seat you could hide away all day in and the waitresses were like your kindly mum or auntie and looked after you and let you SkIneos there all afternoon just as you were reading a book,</p> <p>Was Smokey but mostly as had coal fire for the heat </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347323 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:48:31 +0000 AKen 347323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I really love the photo of students in Teviot Row - obviously this was the place to go for a cigarette and a coffee in the 1960s.</p> <p>Looks like the Union didn't waste money on fripperies like heating in those days - despite it being indoors, <em>everyone </em>has still kept their big coats on.</p> <p>(Also looks like the guy on the far right has brought his bike pump in with him!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347321 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:36:18 +0000 gembo 347321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That one is my favourite of his photos</p> <p>That section down from the Pleasance to Dumbiedykes was/is very steep.? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347320 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:35:41 +0000 Frenchy 347320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm - I think it's roughly where New Arthur Place is now, off the Pleasance. The area between there and Brown Street was redeveloped in (I think) the 70s.</p> <p>The Salisbury Street mentioned above was in between Brown St and Arthur St. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347318 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:25:20 +0000 fimm 347318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is "Arthur Street"<br /> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/feb/23/vintage-photographs-edinburgh-in-pictures-robert-blomfield-photography#img-5" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/feb/23/vintage-photographs-edinburgh-in-pictures-robert-blomfield-photography#img-5</a><br /> but it looks a lot steeper than this Arthur Street...<br /> <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Arthur+St,+Edinburgh/@55.9654503,-3.1773293,17z/data=" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Arthur+St,+Edinburgh/@55.9654503,-3.1773293,17z/data=</a>!4m5!3m4!1s0x4887b80a660819e3:0x4e60f6886ee10724!8m2!3d55.9651823!4d-3.1776267<br /> Does anyone have an idea where the photo was taken? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347313 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:54:20 +0000 slowcoach 347313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot "Play street signs in Edinburgh into the 80s" -<br /> still a sign for at least one in 2019, in <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/faYfNgo36sEzy1Xh6">Thorntree Street</a>, albeit very faded.</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13487#post-166547" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13487#post-166547</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347281 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:53:41 +0000 crowriver 347281@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Greenroofer, nicotine and tannin work together to suppress appetite... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347279 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:34:56 +0000 chdot 347279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“that sign is in a couple of the pictures“</p> <p>Play street signs in Edinburgh into the 80s</p> <p>Hard to do with all the parked cars and probably neither adhered to or enforced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347278 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:25:11 +0000 Greenroofer 347278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ARobComp - that sign is in a couple of the pictures. Clearly a common thing...</p> <p>Notable also the dreadful air pollution indoors and out and the low BMI of the majority of subjects. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347276 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:28:13 +0000 Cyclops 347276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I went to the exhibition of his photos at the City Art Centre (galleries - remember those?) a few years back and it was fascinating. Hours spent figuring out where each photo was taken and what's there now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347273 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:54:55 +0000 crowriver 347273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great to see these. The Edinburgh I was born into (at least the later photos)... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347267 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:01:01 +0000 ARobComp 347267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting sign in one of the streets (Salisbury street I think)</p> <p>"CHILDRENS PLAYGROUND - NO VEHICLES PLEASE 4PM TILL SUNDOWN" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347265 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:34:15 +0000 chdot 347265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More Edinburgh photos (and more) in the video on this page -</p> <p><a href="https://www.robertblomfield.co.uk/bio/" rel="nofollow">https://www.robertblomfield.co.uk/bio/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20506#post-347259 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:24:48 +0000 fimm 347259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fascinating photos.<br /> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/feb/23/vintage-photographs-edinburgh-in-pictures-robert-blomfield-photography" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/feb/23/vintage-photographs-edinburgh-in-pictures-robert-blomfield-photography</a></p> <p>Notice how the streets have always been full of cars and children kept safely away and not allowed out on their own &lt;/sarcasm&gt; </p>