So do I but nowadays with the price of meat nowadays people would be bringing their own knives would have that coo butchered waiting on a pun o mince 😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
I can just remember Cochranes shops. Brings back memories of simpler times. But buildings do look bit drab and basic compared to now. Great research thanks.
Very interesting viewing Eddy, good job on pulling it together. One in particular caught my eye and that was Advocates Close in Edinburgh. As an architecture student, I was involved in the restoration of this back in the mid-late 80's, when it had been lying derelict for the preceding 50 years and had an almost-flat, corrugated steel 'roof'. I remember going inside to survey the place - some of the floors were missing and the whole place was riddled with pigeon carcasses & guano. We did a lot of research to try and determine the 'original' design, as it was a highly monitored project from a heritage perspective. It was some task to get all the various interested parties and consultees to buy in to our proposals. The finished article was actually pretty good from what I remember but I've not seen it in a number of years now. The flats that were recreated, although mostly really tiny in order to fit the convoluted and complex floor plan at each level, are probably worth a king's ransom now!
Thanks for that Fraser. It's only in putting some of these videos together that I've come to realise how many of Edinburgh's old buildings, particularly in and around the Royal Mile, were almost completely renovated/rebuilt mid-twentieth century, and while it all feels old, much of it isn't that old at all.
The building to the right of picture 26 was the warehouse for J F McFarlane, who were a Pharmaceutical manufacturer specialising in anaesthetics such as chloroform and ether. The factory was on the site now occupied by Dynamic Earth. My father worked for the company as the factory manager before and during WW2. The lady in the centre of picture 30 is selling cockles from the baskets on the pavement. They were a great favourite of my Grandfather who owned a Lemonade Factory at the bottom of the Pleasance.
I found this video extremely interesting Ed. Being a signwriter by trade, I enjoyed the signage on the buildings' walls and store fascias and windows. I can imagine the effort put into erecting scaffolding away back then without the modern equipment we have available today. It was indeed a specialized craft back then, and even in my younger days. Computerised equipment is used today that spits out the lettering made of vinyl. You don't see a signwriter at work with brush, paint and maul stick any more.
Hi Ed, It was great to see all the old shops, I was expecting to see a shot of the old Maypole dairy, I think there were a few of them in Glasgow. Like a few of those old shops they had a barrel shaped lump of butter sitting on a slab of marble to keep it cool.
Thanks Ed I really enjoyed that, living in Glasgow. Rationing ended in 1954 when I was born, and I still have the ration book issued for me, although it was never used. I guess the wooden figures denoting a tobacconist reflect the high number of people who couldn't read nor write. Similarly the red and white poles that used to indicate a barber.
Cheers. Even after rationing ended I think there were still certain healthy measures in place to keep the country's citizens, and especially children, in fine fettle. I recall tins of National Health powdered milk, bottles of fresh orange, desert spoons of malt extract, and the ghastly taste of a teaspoon of cod-liver oil.
Your work is so wonderfully atmospheric, your voice and your music, your music, so touching, moving fitting. TH-cam sent you here, for which, for once, I am most grateful.
The photos of old Scotland are a marvel. I was last in Bo'ness in 2015 the shop shown is not out of place with the buildings in that town. My mum in 1973 used to get 'a quarter of Ayrshire rindless unsalted ham (bacon). At the time supermarkets did not dominate and small shops offered choice.
Really enjoying theses videos Ed, thanks. Agree that so many of our buildings are bland and uninspired and it's sad to see so many independent retailers gone. The joys of globalism.
Fascinating! From my 3x great grandfather to my uncle they were all John Laing. Although they all lived in or around Coldingham, the man in this picture does greatly resemble one of them and the timing would be right so now I’ll have to research this further!
Just found the video about Partick. Made me laugh. I remember the hurricane of 68 although I was only 6. I remember the rubble and the thousands of tarpaulins on the roofs and my sister and I huddling up in our Mum and Dad's bed
Thanks James. There's actually quite a lot of work goes into these videos, and I'm using really very fiddly software (I'm trying not to use the word 'crap') that's almost putting me off. But let's see how we go.
Interesting comment you made about the steel pillar supports looking bland today.... I wonder how, originally, the craftsmen achieved the fluted finish? I think we've lost a lot of skills and lovely buildings over the years.....
It's a very good question, and one I've wondered about myself. When I visited the pub recently I was surprised to see plain iron support columns. I had assumed that those shown in the old photo were all iron. How, indeed, did they add that decorative plaster coating and, more importantly, why on earth was it removed?
Excellent stuff Ed. Your commentary said "Sheeps Heid", probably a slip of the tongue as I'm sure that a man of your knowledge knows that it is "Sheep Heid".
Hi Eddie could you please do a part 3 but this time do a mix of Irvine and the old bridge and Girvan through out the 1970s and before as I find those documentary style videos interesting thanks
Ed, you refer many times to “bland modern buildings”, that have replaced the older establishments. That rings so true with me too. Those old buildings had character and a human dimension that made them look welcoming and interesting. Today so many buildings are lifeless and flat.
Absolutely. We seem to be living in a world of rectangular boxes with windows. It is the variety of shape and form in the structures all around us that makes our lives a tad more interesting. Many thanks for your comment.
My dad was born in 1906 on Easter road, edinburgh. He used to work at willy youngers brewery with his dad, at the age of 14 he got fired for drinking beer at the brewery. His father was a delivery driver for the brewery using a horse and cart.
I worked at McEwan's in Fountainbridge in the 70s (actually Scottish & Newcastle), and in some areas there were always guys drinking beer that they shouldn't. Instant dismissal.
My grandfather owned and ran a grocery store in the area of Devonside, Tillicoultry, Clackmanan, Scotland. Thomas Arnott .Was not able to locate it would be about 1920.
John, I'm sorry I can't help. Here's a link to the National Library of Scotland's excellent online map facility. It shows Tillicoultry and Devonside in 1920. Your grandfather's shop's in there somewhere. You can use the '+' sign or the mouse wheel to zoom in to Devonside. All the best. maps.nls.uk/view/82875147
Great selection - but it does drive home just how crushingly poor and run-down many Scottish streets were till after WWII. I'm from Duddingston, by the way, and that shop opposite the Sheep Heid Inn (which claims to the the oldest pub in the land - patronised by Mary Queen of Scots) is still there, as a private house.
I can remember standing in the butchers shop with the side of a cow hanging right next to me with sawdust on the floor. Ah, memories!
So do I but nowadays with the price of meat nowadays people would be bringing their own knives would have that coo butchered waiting on a pun o mince 😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
I also remember my mum buying a pound of whale meat and asking the fish monger for the hied for the cat😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴
My gran's Butcher in Leuchars did that!
Wow, what a look back in history, the shops, the clothing and styles! Thank you so much for sharing these amazing photos!
Cheers Jean.
Love your videos.
Ed you're a right legend mate
Much-appreciated. Your commentaries add greatly to the presentation.
Cheers. 👍
So good to view this little collection of photos. Oh how most high streets have changed. Not a soul standing about with a phone glued to their lugs
Excellent thanks Ed, good watch & listen.
Regards
very interesting enjoyed your video thank you for showing
Great job on this video. The music was perfect all the way to the end. Thanks for sharing your passions. Best wishes, Lynn in Naples FL. ☺️
Thanks again Lynn.
Great look at the past, so very different to today.👍
Absolutely.
I can just remember Cochranes shops. Brings back memories of simpler times. But buildings do look bit drab and basic compared to now. Great research thanks.
Cheers Alan. I always keep my eyes peeled for shop renovations. Any number of glimpses into the past, if we just look.
Very interesting viewing Eddy, good job on pulling it together. One in particular caught my eye and that was Advocates Close in Edinburgh. As an architecture student, I was involved in the restoration of this back in the mid-late 80's, when it had been lying derelict for the preceding 50 years and had an almost-flat, corrugated steel 'roof'. I remember going inside to survey the place - some of the floors were missing and the whole place was riddled with pigeon carcasses & guano. We did a lot of research to try and determine the 'original' design, as it was a highly monitored project from a heritage perspective. It was some task to get all the various interested parties and consultees to buy in to our proposals. The finished article was actually pretty good from what I remember but I've not seen it in a number of years now. The flats that were recreated, although mostly really tiny in order to fit the convoluted and complex floor plan at each level, are probably worth a king's ransom now!
Thanks for that Fraser. It's only in putting some of these videos together that I've come to realise how many of Edinburgh's old buildings, particularly in and around the Royal Mile, were almost completely renovated/rebuilt mid-twentieth century, and while it all feels old, much of it isn't that old at all.
❤ Scotland and your videos. Wishing for time travel.
Me too.
The building to the right of picture 26 was the warehouse for J F McFarlane, who were a Pharmaceutical manufacturer specialising in anaesthetics such as chloroform and ether. The factory was on the site now occupied by Dynamic Earth. My father worked for the company as the factory manager before and during WW2. The lady in the centre of picture 30 is selling cockles from the baskets on the pavement. They were a great favourite of my Grandfather who owned a Lemonade Factory at the bottom of the Pleasance.
I found this video extremely interesting Ed. Being a signwriter by trade, I enjoyed the signage on the buildings' walls and store
fascias and windows. I can imagine the effort put into erecting scaffolding away back then without the modern equipment we
have available today. It was indeed a specialized craft back then, and even in my younger days. Computerised equipment is used
today that spits out the lettering made of vinyl. You don't see a signwriter at work with brush, paint and maul stick any more.
Cheers John. You'll often find me hanging around shops being renovated, because sometimes there is an old sign lurking under that modern stuff.
many thanks
Fantastic Ed proper shops 👍
The good old days.
Hi Ed, It was great to see all the old shops, I was expecting to see a shot of the old Maypole dairy, I think there were a few of them in Glasgow. Like a few of those old shops they had a barrel shaped lump of butter sitting on a slab of marble to keep it cool.
Hi Colin. I remember that big lump of butter in grocers. There was usually wooden paddles to beat it into a nice rectangular shape.
Thanks Ed I really enjoyed that, living in Glasgow. Rationing ended in 1954 when I was born, and I still have the ration book issued for me, although it was never used. I guess the wooden figures denoting a tobacconist reflect the high number of people who couldn't read nor write. Similarly the red and white poles that used to indicate a barber.
Cheers. Even after rationing ended I think there were still certain healthy measures in place to keep the country's citizens, and especially children, in fine fettle. I recall tins of National Health powdered milk, bottles of fresh orange, desert spoons of malt extract, and the ghastly taste of a teaspoon of cod-liver oil.
@@EdExploresScotland Oh yes, cod liver oil. My mum used to force that ghastly stuff down my throat!
@@EdExploresScotland
You forgot the Cascara, to empty your bowels.it also emptied your stomach, it was so vile it made you throw up.
5:43 Mochrie & Sons between Four in One and dental practice is an empty gap site. Most of the stone buildings in area survived.
Great video Ed.
Thanks 👍
Your work is so wonderfully atmospheric, your voice and your music, your music, so touching, moving fitting.
TH-cam sent you here, for which, for once, I am most grateful.
Thank you so much 😊
The photos of old Scotland are a marvel. I was last in Bo'ness in 2015 the shop shown is not out of place with the buildings in that town. My mum in 1973 used to get 'a quarter of Ayrshire rindless unsalted ham (bacon). At the time supermarkets did not dominate and small shops offered choice.
It seems way too difficult to get Ayrshire bacon these days. Supermarkets have a lot to answer for.
@@EdExploresScotland, your right without a doubt, why they're saturated with Danish bacon when there is superior Ayrshire is a mystery
Really enjoying theses videos Ed, thanks. Agree that so many of our buildings are bland and uninspired and it's sad to see so many independent retailers gone. The joys of globalism.
Many thanks Andy.
Good video Ed, must have taken a long time to research, and a lot of hard work to produce the finished article. Many thanks
Cheers Jim.
He sure does a great job, lots of work put into his content...
Thank you Ed for sharing the historical photos with videos of Glasgow Realy enjoyed. Co operative is still there .
Fascinating! From my 3x great grandfather to my uncle they were all John Laing. Although they all lived in or around Coldingham, the man in this picture does greatly resemble one of them and the timing would be right so now I’ll have to research this further!
Amazing..so interesting. Thank you for sharing Mr Burns 23/4/24. Looking forward to the ones I've yet to see
Just found the video about Partick. Made me laugh. I remember the hurricane of 68 although I was only 6. I remember the rubble and the thousands of tarpaulins on the roofs and my sister and I huddling up in our Mum and Dad's bed
splendid video ed, enjoyed the voice overs. Looking forward to No.3 👍
Thanks James. There's actually quite a lot of work goes into these videos, and I'm using really very fiddly software (I'm trying not to use the word 'crap') that's almost putting me off. But let's see how we go.
@@EdExploresScotland Ach, that’s a pity. Either way, I enjoy and am grateful for all your content, and the effort you put in.
Such a shame we can't get in. Into the houses in particular . Could you do one on the insides of houses especially ? Great video by the way.
Cheers. That's a good idea. I'll look into that.
Ed. You made a very interesting video .
Well put together and a lot of research has went into this. Well done
Cheers Colin. 👍
Interesting comment you made about the steel pillar supports looking bland today.... I wonder how, originally, the craftsmen achieved the fluted finish? I think we've lost a lot of skills and lovely buildings over the years.....
It's a very good question, and one I've wondered about myself. When I visited the pub recently I was surprised to see plain iron support columns. I had assumed that those shown in the old photo were all iron. How, indeed, did they add that decorative plaster coating and, more importantly, why on earth was it removed?
Guid foties sur . Auld Laing's sign ?
Great Video Ed, almost at 3000 subs now!! That's brilliant, well done!
👍
Hi Ed, Have you looked into the story about the Polmadie Martyrs ?
I think I may have briefly looked at it a while back. So much to do and not enough time to do it. Take care.
Excellent stuff Ed. Your commentary said "Sheeps Heid", probably a slip of the tongue as I'm sure that a man of your knowledge knows that it is "Sheep Heid".
Love your music track for this photo video series..
Thank you.
Hi Eddie could you please do a part 3 but this time do a mix of Irvine and the old bridge and Girvan through out the 1970s and before as I find those documentary style videos interesting thanks
Ed, you refer many times to “bland modern buildings”, that have replaced the older establishments. That rings so true with me too. Those old buildings had character and a human dimension that made them look welcoming and interesting. Today so many buildings are lifeless and flat.
Absolutely. We seem to be living in a world of rectangular boxes with windows. It is the variety of shape and form in the structures all around us that makes our lives a tad more interesting. Many thanks for your comment.
My dad was born in 1906 on Easter road, edinburgh. He used to work at willy youngers brewery with his dad, at the age of 14 he got fired for drinking beer at the brewery. His father was a delivery driver for the brewery using a horse and cart.
I worked at McEwan's in Fountainbridge in the 70s (actually Scottish & Newcastle), and in some areas there were always guys drinking beer that they shouldn't. Instant dismissal.
🏴❤🌟😊🌟❤🏴
My grandfather owned and ran a grocery store in the area of Devonside, Tillicoultry, Clackmanan, Scotland. Thomas Arnott .Was not able to locate it would be about 1920.
John, I'm sorry I can't help. Here's a link to the National Library of Scotland's excellent online map facility. It shows Tillicoultry and Devonside in 1920. Your grandfather's shop's in there somewhere. You can use the '+' sign or the mouse wheel to zoom in to Devonside. All the best.
maps.nls.uk/view/82875147
The chemist in kilsyth still looks the same as years ago its amazing you must go ed
I'll check it out.
Great selection - but it does drive home just how crushingly poor and run-down many Scottish streets were till after WWII. I'm from Duddingston, by the way, and that shop opposite the Sheep Heid Inn (which claims to the the oldest pub in the land - patronised by Mary Queen of Scots) is still there, as a private house.
CHEERS ED
I am from Leith, Edinburgh and the 'Cripgate' is not correct, it is the Kirkgate. Lovely photos.
Is that a voiceover anomolie I haven't spotted?
I remember coopers when it was a grocers in the 70s
Do you think the camera itself attracts a lot more children . A man with a camera , what an experience.
Any photo of old St Andrews?
I'm sure a search of the web will bring photos of St Andrews.
It's sad that so many of these old buildings have gone. They seem so full of character compared to what has replaced them in many cases.
Absolutely.
I remember the old days when prices were on the ads some times for a year nowadays prices change with every truck load delivered
Stephen, I've accidentally deleted your comments on the Newhaven video. For some reason I thought the comment had repeated itself twice. Apologies.
Changed days eh