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Boswall Quadrant |
Phil Wilson in his Wardie School Uniform - around 1961
with 'Holdsworth' bike in the the back garden area at Boswall Quadrant
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Phil Wilson, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Boswall Quadrant |
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Phil Wilson of Aberdeen, formerly of Boswall, Edinburgh, sent me the photograph above, taken from a small print (one inch square). Phil wrote: |
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Bikes "I'm attaching a photo of me in Wardie uniform (about 1961) holding a quite pricy 'Holdsworth' bike in the back gardens area at Boswall Quadrant. My brother and father were always stripping and rebuilding bikes in the hallway of our house. My brother was particularly good at that, getting quality frames and making them up into really quite good bikes and re-selling them." Gardens "I'm standing in our garden, which was unfortunately regularly shamed by that of Mr Walker behind me, which resembled the Chelsea Flower Show practically the whole year round. Ours never did! We did manage to grow potatoes in it, though, and very good they were. I wish I had the space and the knack now." Phil Wilson: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: August 6, 2006 |
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North Edinburgh Cramond - Granton - Royston - Trinity - Wardie |
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Maps Granton: transport map 1932 Granton: small map 1870 Granton: large map 1870 |
Recollections Cramond: from 1940s Cramond Island: 1970s Granton: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1970s Granton, Trinity, Wardie: 1940s 1950s - 60s Shops Lower Granton Road all dates Muirhouse from 1930s Pilton: 1940 bomb Royston: from 1930s |
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History Granton, Trinity, Wardie: from 1544 |
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