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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jean Rae, Southside, Edinburgh
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'The Embers' |
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1963 Thank you to Jean Rae for providing two photograph of the group 'The Embers', and also the details below. The members of the group were (left to right): - Willie Syme (who lived in the house beside St Andrew's Church) - Alan Bomford (Please click here to read a 2007 message from Alan.) - Jimmy Hush - Peter Bottomley (Please click here to read a 2007 comment from Peter.) - Jimmy Cruickshank |
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'The Embers' played, mainly Rhythm & Blues in Church Halls and Dance Halls. They practiced in the old stables at Waterson Avenue, near Yardley's paper shop. There used to be pig sties in this area. |
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'The Embers' Recollections |
Thank you to Cathy Banks (now Gray) who recalls the Embers in Edinburgh. Cathy wrote: Chums "I went to most, if not all, of the venues where 'The Embers' played. My chum was Mags. Some of my other chums were, and still are: - Janet Grieve (now Kirk) who lived in Lochview Court and who sent me this link up. In those fabulous day Janet's chum was Helen Flannigan. - Helen Campbell. Helen lived at the foot of the Canongate. - June Archer (now Pickles) We were all Embers' daft!!! At that time they were as popular as the Beatles - at least in Edinburgh!" Portobello "I remember going to a dance, one summer's evening in June, at the swimming pool in Portobello. Also in Portobello the group played at a small club called 'The Scene', now and again." 'The 209' "After the group had finished a gig, usually at weekends, they would go to 'The 209'. It was a Café in Torphichen Street in Edinburgh. But I recall, the first time they asked Mags and me if we would like to go, we said 'no' because we thought it was a bus !!! - and we did not know what or where its was !!!! Daft or what !!!!! Portobello Mags and I used to chat to Alan and Jimmy in our lunch hour, on the days they were in Leith at Ferranti's training school in Couper Street , Leith. They would tell us when and where they were playing on different nights - great stuff." Cathy Banks (now Gray), Portobello, Edinburgh: May 27, 2007 |
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