http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Corstorphine ‘looks like a slum’ " en Thu, 21 May 2026 20:32:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77745 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:46:41 +0000 Nelly 77745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was in The Guildford Arms on monday and was reminded of the self same character - remember the 'pint glass casually chucked over the shoulder from the upstairs bar' scene?</p> <p>Echoes of some of the 'characters' from my misspent teen years in dodgy Gilmerton pubs...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77744 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:42:02 +0000 kaputnik 77744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Corstorphine's gone to the dogs ever since Francis Begbie held up the jewellers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77743 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:27:30 +0000 Nelly 77743@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am not a corstorphine fan, but this does fall into 'lazy journalist' category.</p> <p>Reminds me of when tv journos down south try (and fail) to pronounce place names outside the M25. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77742 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:01:36 +0000 kaputnik 77742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Is this the same Costorphine that was against the drive through Costa,as they wanted to support local businesses? </em></p> <p>No. The Corstorphine to which you refer is actually in Corstorphine! The one in the article is not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77739 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:56:11 +0000 SRD 77739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Most developing countries don't have problems with tarmac freezing etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77737 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:49:26 +0000 Dave 77737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair, I *have* travelled a little, and while we don't have mountains of trash in the streets and most of the children seem to have parents, I can otherwise confirm that the road surfaces in Edinburgh are worse than in at least some parts of the third world.</p> <p>Third world drivers* are also much less angry than Edinburgh drivers, although I'm not convinced they're less likely to hit you as a result.</p> <p>* the irony of this intentionally enormous generalisation is not lost on me... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77711 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:13:01 +0000 custard 77711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this the same Costorphine that was against the drive through Costa,as they wanted to support local businesses? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77692 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:37:14 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 77692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And Trinity Belle has never been to a third world country: "<em>The whole city is starting to look as if it belongs in a third world country...</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77690 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:34:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 77690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clearly those people have never seen a 'slum'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77677 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:46:05 +0000 kaputnik 77677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Western Corner is <em>not</em> Corstorphine. It's on the Corstorphone Road - the Road that goes to Corstorphine, not the road that is in Corstorphine. You're only in Corstorphine once you're on the St John's Road.</p> <p>Not that Corstorphine isn't ruined by the main road running through it full of lorries, buses and cars and a complete and utter lack of any shops or places you might want to mill around and spend a few hours. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7591#post-77670 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:23:35 +0000 chdot 77670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Allegedly -</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/corstorphine-looks-like-a-slum-1-2404698" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/corstorphine-looks-like-a-slum-1-2404698</a></p> <p>Once upon a time it had two railway stations. </p>