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Robert Ritchie Coal Merchants |
When was this Photo taken?
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Kenneth Williamson
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Robert Ritchie Coal Merchants |
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Thank you to Kenneth Williamson who wrote: |
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Workers "The chap in the middle of this picture is my father, Harry Williamson, who at one time was a coalman, as was I for a short time! I don't know anything about Robert Ritchie but I am aware that my father worked for Peter Evans(?) at Granton and Davidson's Mains." Kenneth G Williamson, Silverknowes, Edinburgh: April 18, 2014 |
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Reply 1. Bob Henderson Burdiehouse, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Bob Henderson who wrote: |
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Date of the Photo "There are one or two clues to help in dating this photo. - The man in the middle is wearing battledress trousers. - The man on the right is wearing a Battledress top and sailor trousers. These trousers still have the horizontal creases in. This would point to them being not long out of service. I remember vividly in 1946-7 a sale of army surplus in J&R Allans." Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh: April 19, 2014 |
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Bob went on to tell me more about the army surplus sales that he remembers at J & R Allan |
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Reply 2. Kenneth Williamson Silverknowes, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Kenneth Williamson who wrote: |
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Date of the Photo "Unfortunately, there is no date on the back of this picture, but I believe that it would have been taken in the late-1940s or early-1950s. After working for Robert Ritchie, coal merchant, my father became a tram and bus driver. The trams in Edinburgh stopped in November, 1956." Kenneth Williamson, Silverknowes, Edinburgh: April 19, 2014 |
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Reply 3. Kenneth Williamson Silverknowes, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Kenneth Williamson for writing again. Kenneth wrote: |
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Robert Ritchie Coal Merchants "I've now discovered that the address of Robert Ritchie Coal Merchants was, Goods Station, Davidson's Mains. This would make sense as my father said that he had worked as a coalman in Davidson's Mains. In fact he met my mother on a blind date in Mackenzie's pub in Davidson's Mains and they married in 1950. Perhaps Peter Evans took over the business. Barber Shop The barber shop (which was really a shed) that sat in the in the old Goods Station at Davidson's Mains eventually found its way along to Maitland Bowling Club. It was used there for storing equipment until it was removed when the club was renovated in 1999." Kenneth Williamson, Silverknowes, Edinburgh: April 22, 2014 |