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Heriot Mount Photo |
Five Girls in the Back Green at No.6 Heriot Mount
Who are these girls, and what was the occasion?
© Wullie Croal. Thank you, also, to Tam Croal (Wullie's son) for providing this photo
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Photo Tam Croal Edinburgh |
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Wullie Croal's Photos Thank you to Tam Croal for allowing me to reproduce this photo. This is one of many photos taken by Tam's father, Wullie Croal, in the Dumbiedykes district between the 1950s and 1970s. Question When was this photo taken and who are these five girls? Was it the same occasion as the party below. Both photos were taken just inside Holyrood Park, beside the steps to Heriot Mount. Acknowledgement: Tam Croal, Edinburgh, February 27, 2009 |
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Reply 1. Joyce Ritchie (née Croal) Edinburgh |
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Wullie Croal's Photos Thank you to Tam Croal for allowing me to reproduce this photo. This is one of many photos taken by Tam's father, Wullie Croal, in the Dumbiedykes district between the 1950s and 1970s. Question When was this photo taken and who are these five girls? Was it the same occasion as the party below. Both photos were taken just inside Holyrood Park, beside the steps to Heriot Mount. Acknowledgement: Tam Croal, Edinburgh, February 27, 2009 |
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Answer Thank you to Joyce Ritchie, Wullie Croal's daughter for writing to tell me:
"This photo was taken in the backgreen of
6 Heriot Mount. - Joyce Ferguson - June Croal (my sister) - Eileen Melrose - Joyce Croal (me) - Linda Croal (my sister)" Acknowledgement: Tam Croal, Edinburgh, February 27, 2009 |
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Reply 2. Eileen Thomson (née Melrose) Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland |
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Thank you to Eileen Thomson (née Melrose), for writing: |
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Line-up of Girls "I am the middle girl in this photo: I'm hoping to contact Joyce Ritchie (nee Croal) again. Her family they stayed in No.6 Heriot Mount and we stayed in No.7. We were great friends."
Television "Joyce's Nana was the only person having a television and she used to have all us children into her sitting room. We sat in rows watching 'Andy Pandy', 'Muffin the Mule' and 'Bill & Ben'." Fond Memories "We stayed in Heriot Mount until 1961 when we moved to Clermiston. I have lots of fond memories of my childhood playing peevery beds, hide and seek, marbles and leevoy. We went to Rankeillor Street with our roller skates because it was a lovely smooth tarmacked road. On school holidays we had a daily exercise routine. We claimed the rocks in Heriot Mount at the foot of the park steps, went up the steps, down the hill, over the road and climbed up to the Radical Road and then all the way back. We went to the New Victoria cinema (6d to get in) on a Saturday morning and then re-enacted Flash Gordon, Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy for the rest of the week. They were great times." Eileen Thomson (née Melrose: Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland: 6 September 2016 |
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Reply 3. Jean Duff (née Dalgliesh) Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
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Thank you to Jean Duff who read Reply 2 from Eileen Thomson above, and replied: |
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No.4 and No.7 Heriot Mount "I remember Eileen Melrose, the girl in the middle of this photo, from my past as I used to live in No.4 Herriot Mount and she lived in No 7. My name then was Jean Dalgliesh. I had red hair and went to Preston Street school then on to Moray House. I'd like to contact Eileen again now, if that's possible. Jean Duff, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia: 13 September 2016 |
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Message for Jean Duff I've passed on Eileen
Melrose's email address to Jean Duff. If you would also like to contact either Eileen or Jean, please email me, then I'll pass on their email addresses to you. Thank you. Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: 14 September 2016 |