David Drysdale
Baker's Shop
21 Arthur Street, Dumbiedykes |
Photo 1
Around
1937
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Betty Moir, Canada
Photo 2
Around 1910
At Broxburn, before moving to Edinburgh
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Betty Moir, Canada
Recollections
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1.
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Betty Moir
Canada
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- Photo: 21 Arthur Place
- Photo: Baker's horse + cart |
2.
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Betty Moir
Canada
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- Stake Pie and Custard Slices |
3.
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Bob
Henderson
Burdiehouse, Edinburgh
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- Arthur Street, Nos
15-21, sketch |
Recollections
1.
Betty Moir
Canada |
Thank you to Betty Moir, Canada, for sending the two photos above
to me.
Betty wrote:
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Photo 1
21 Arthur Street
"Photo 1
shows my grandfather, David Drysdale and his daughter, my Aunt Chris,
standing outside Grandpa's baker's shop at 21 Arthur Street.
This photo was taken around 1937.
I was born at Arthur Street (possibly
at No.5) in 1930, then moved to Dean Park Street in 1934. I
visited the shop every week until my Grandpa died in 1940. I
don't know what happened to the shop then.
Photo 2
Broxburn
"Photo 2
shows my grandfather, and his horse 'Peter' and cart. This
photo was taken around 1910 at Broxburn, before my grandfather
moved to Edinburgh.
Betty Moir, Canada: April 21, 2012 |
Recollections
2.
Betty Moir
Canada |
Betty Moir wrote again:
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Baker
David Drysdale
Steak Pies and Custard Slices
"I'm hoping that somebody out
there will remember the wonderful steak pies and custard slices
that my grandfather used to make."
Betty Moir, Canada: May 7, 2012 |
Recollections
3.
Bob Henderson
Burdiehouse, Edinburgh |
Thank you to Bob Henderson who wrote:
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Baker
David Drysdale
17 Arthur Street
"So near, yet so far! I
lived in No.17, just one up from the baker.
No 19 was a Main Door Flat**
beside the baker, so I was really just one house place up the hill
form the baker.
I still live in hope that someone will
send you a pic of No 17. Here is a rough sketch of how I
remember it."
Arthur Street
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Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh
"Although Mr Drysdale had died by the
time I was two, I remember the bakers still being known by
the same name as I grew up."
Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh: May 8,
2012 |
Main Door Flats
** 'Main Door Flats'
are common in Edinburgh tenements. These are the flats on
the ground floor that have their own door - No.19 in this case.
The flats on the first, second, third floors, etc. are all
accessed through a common door - No.17 in this case.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: May 29, 2012
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