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Public Toilets
Leith
"I
have no reason to doubt the existence of the toilets at the end of
Albert Street, if that's what Terry remembers."
Waverley
"I certainly remember there being underground public toilets at the east
end of Princes Street. They were there when I moved to Edinburgh
in 1963, and probably for a few years afterwards.
These toilets were large toilets. They looked Victorian to me.
Daylight shone into them from above through small glass skylights set
into the paving stones in front of Register House."
Public Clocks
Waverley
"Incidentally,
as an aside, has anybody noticed that there are two towers on the
frontage of Register House. One has dials that shows the wind
direction. The other has clock faces, but one of the faces has
numbers I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XII.
The numbers are now very faint on the dial, but I have photos taken of
it when they were clear. If the dial is restored, at some stage,
I'll be interested to see what numbers are painted on it. I wrote,
few years ago, to Register House to see if they could tell me the reason
for the two 'XII's, but they said they did not know the reason."
Pilrig
"The only other clock that I can recall seeing with an incorrect dial
was also in Edinburgh. It was high on the steeple of the church in
Leith Walk at Pilrig. One of the dials on it has the numbers:
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, X, XII, XII.
I suspect that the two 'XI's in this case are probably the result of a
mistake that happened when the clock was repainted during restoration,
probably about 20 years ago."
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: 25 January 2018 |