East Thomas Street
Lillian Patterson's Brother
Alexander Patterson on
a Pony in the Street
©
Reproduced with
acknowledgement to Lillian Patterson, Australia
Recollections
1.
Lilian Paterson
Australia |
Thank you
to Lillian Paterson, Australia, whose family lived at 6 East Thomas
Street, for writing:
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My Brother
"I found this photo
of my brother, Alexander Paterson, on a pony in East
Thomas Street. He was born in 1954 and attended Lieth Walk School,
then Bellevue High School.
I asked him what was the
occasion when there were
horses in East Thomas Street and people
looking out the windows
He replied:
'The
queen came into Leith on her yacht when I was about that age and there was
celebrations. We went
onto Easter road to see her cavalcade but I only saw
the car tops.
A
woman was arrested for throwing a tomato at her and the woman was
sentenced under "Her Majesty's Pleasure".
The occasion was
probably
some Anniversary for the Queen.'
Perhaps somebody else will
remember what the occasion was, and will recognise the woman in the photo."
Lillian Patterson, Australia: January 28 + February
8, 2012, 2012 |
Recollections
2.
George Scott
Buckstone,
Edinburgh |
Thank you
to George Scott who saw Lilian Paterson's photo of her brother, Alexander
Paterson on a pony in East Thomas Street
©
and
replied:
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Pony Outside No.18
"I
think this photo would have been taken outside No.18
East Thomas Street as it
looks like my Granny Hay, looking out her bedroom window, on the 1st
Floor."
My
Family
"My grandparents,
Jock & Mary Hay, stayed in No.18,
East Thomas Street, with my mum & dad, Helen &
Dode Scott.
My dad worked round
the corner, as a template maker,
at Redpath Browns.
Later, my dad and his
brother, John, worked
at Parsons Peebles in the Tank
Shop."
George Scott, Buckstone, Edinburgh |
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