Talk to Broughton History Society - 9 February 2014 - Page 3

Ocean Drive

and

Ocean Terminal

18 Views

Route 1

Ocean Terminal terminus - Western Harbour, Leith Docks

Routes 22 and 34

This photo was taken when Service 22 was still being operated by single decker buses

Route 22

Ocean Terminal terminus - Western Harbour, Leith Docks

Route 34

Ocean Terminal terminus - Western Harbour, Leith Docks

Cow Parade

April 2006

Cows in storage at Ocean Terminal - awaiting painting

Cow Parade

May 2006

Cows at Leith Docks - awaiting transport by road to sites in and around Edinburgh

Cow Parade

June 2006

COW: "Alphadite" - installed as part of the 'Cow Parade' - at Ocean Terminal

COW: "The International Moovers" at Ocean Terminal

'HMS Ark Royal'

Light Aircraft Carrier - Built Swan Hunter, Tyne & Weir, 1978

June 1992

10.

'HMS Battleaxe'

and which other ship?

June 1993

11.

'Dawn Princess'

Cruise Liner

May 1989

12.

'Illiria'

The Cruise Liner

May 1989

13.

'Europa'

German owned Cruise Ship - Built Finland, 1999

June 2006

14.

'British Antarctic Survey Ships

'RMS James Clark Ross' and 'HMS Endurance'

June 1992

15.

Royal Yacht

'Britannia'

and

Northern Lighthouse Board Ship

'Pharos IX'

August 2006

What was on the site before Ocean Terminal?

16.

Henry Robb's Ship Yard

(closed: now the site of Ocean Terminal)

June 1992

17.

Henry Robb's Ship Yard

(closed)

January 1994

18.

Henry Robb's Ship Yard

(being demolished)

July 1994

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Then & Now

8 Views

Lower Drawbridge

Lower Drawbridge - Removed March 1910

1b.

Site of the Lower Drawbridge, Leith - 2005

Upper Drawbridge

2a.

Upper Drawbridge - 1910

2b.

Sandport Place Bridge, Leith - 2011

Upper Drawbridge
Road and Buildings

3a.

Upper Drawbridge - 1910

3b.

Sandport Place Bridge, Leith - 2011

Upper Drawbridge
Road and Water of Leith

4a.

Upper Drawbridge, Leith - 1910

4b.

Sandport Place Bridge, Leith - 2011

Junction Road Station

5a.

Junction Bridge - Bridge Widening - 1910

5b.

Junction Road Station - 2011

Green Jenny's Close

6a.

Buildings - demolished 1914

6b.

Junction Road Station - 2011

St Andrew Street
and
Sheriff Brae

7a.

The corner of St Andrew Street and Sheriff Brae - Demolished 1915

7b.

The corner of Parliament Street (formerly St Andrew Street) and Sheriff Brae - 2011

Sheriff Brae

8a.

Sheriff Brae - Demolished 1915

8b.

The corner of Parliament Street (formerly St Andrew Street) and Sheriff Brae - 2011

A Few

Recollections

Frank Ferri, Newhaven, Edinburgh, wrote:

Co-op Milk Deliveries

"You collected your large wheeled bar off a pend at the collecting point at Bowling Green Street. You had a deliver book and a load of milk, usually about four crates containing a dozen pint bottles in each crate. It was a heavy load for a wee skinny laddy like me.

The barrow had a long piece of metal suspended from the front of it, that acted as a break or stop. Bangor Road was a steep hill. If the barrow got away from you there and you let the front down too suddenly, it would tip over, scattering the whole load of milk all over the street."

The route back to base was via Bangor Lane, which had a pillar in the centre of it to stop vehicles accessing. The gap between the wall and this pillar was barley enough to get the barrow through and you had to take a run at it because it was up a hill.

Ian M Malcolm, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, wrote:

Student Digs

1947

"At the end of August, I moved to the tenement home of Mr and Mrs Brown at 19 Constitution Street. Although it was a poor area, the digs were comfortable and I was treated like a member of the family.

I couldn't care less about the decoration. I had a small table to work on and a small electric fire to keep me warm, all for about 30 bob (£1.50) a week.

Almost everybody listened to 'Forces Favourites' at Sunday lunch time."

Frank Ferri, Newhaven, Edinburgh, wrote:

Our Wireless

"Popular brands of the old acid battery powered wireless were Phillips, Baird and Bush.

The accumulator (battery) was made of thick glass, with a wire carrying handle, and it’s internal components were much the same as that found in a car battery.

When the battery had run out of power, I was sent to carry this heavy acid-filled container, with the wire grip cutting into my fingers and awkwardly holding it away from my body so as not to burn myself with any acid leakage, to the wee cobbler's shop situated in a basement area at the top Bangor Road.

I think his name was Frame. He charged six pence for a half- charge and nine pence for a full charge."