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Blackfriars Street Old Town, Edinburgh |
Around 1932 - See Reply 2 below
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Eric Robinson
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Blackfriars Street |
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Photo Thank you to Eric Robinson for sending me a copy of this photo. Eric wrote "You mentioned that Blackfriars Street was know to the locals as 'Blackie''. Well, here are the Blackie Boys. I'm not sure of the year but my uncle, Oliver Toomey, is marked with an X. I wonder if your other contributors could recognise anyone else" Eric Robinson: December 19, 2010 |
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Thank you to Eric Robinson for sending me a copy of this message about the photo: The message reads: "Dear Alex This is a photo of the Blackie boys. Here are your brother and sister - and cousin. X marks the spot. From your loving brother James to my big hearty brother, Alex. Love."
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Eric Robinson Eric Robinson: December 19, 2010 |
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Reply to Eric If you recognise anybody on this photo, or know when the photo might have been taken, please email me, then I'll pass on your message to Eric. Thank you. Peter Stubbs: December 30, 2010 |
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Reply 1. Carol Bell (née Welsh) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Thank you to Carol Bell who wrote: Photo "I don’t know this particular group of 'Blackie Boys', but my father Edward Welsh played football for Blackfriars Street. I have a photo and hope to be able to send it in a few weeks. My father married Margaret Maloney from 35 Blackfriars Street." Carol Bell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: February 20, 2011 |
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Reply 2. Dave Regan |
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Thanks you to Dave Regan for writing after seeing this picture of 'The Blackie Boys': Photo Dave wrote: |
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My Dad "I recognise my dad in this photo. He used to wax lyrical about The Blackie Boys - such a legendry bunch, 'Feert fi naebody'. I got a warm feeling on first sight of 'The Blackie Boys' I've never seen the name written before, then when I saw the photograph, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. That’s my Dad (George Regan) in the front right , he looks the smallest of the bunch." My Dad My dad was born in May 1923. I He first lived at No 13, Blackfriars Street. They then moved to No 2, just above Kerr's shoe shop on the High Street side and Teddy's Dairy Blackie side. Across the road from the stair entrance was the legendary Willie Leydons. Some of the names mentioned in the stair at No 53 on the Blackfriars Street page also stayed at No 2 in the 1950s and 1960s. I think they all moved as the families got larger or smaller. The O'Neils and the Gows seem to ring a bell, but all of the names sound familiar." Memories "Thanks for the memory, and most of all the photograph. I stumbled on this site whilst looking for something else. The Internet has its critics, but I this photo certainly brought back a memory from the past to me. Dave Regan: December 2, 2014 |