Talk to Broughton History Society - 9 February 2014 - Page 4

Talk to Broughton History Society - Monday 9 February 2015 Introduction

A Few Old Photos

and one Recent Photo

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Caledonia Series Postcard - Posted 1917

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Houses at Bridge Place beside the bridge over the Water of Leith at the western end of Glenogle Road - Early 1900s

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Chris Douglas, Manager of The Orchard Bar, Howard Place, Canonmills, Edinburgh who found these photos, and to Allan Dodds, Nottingham, England for telling me about them..

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The same view as in Photo 2 above, but taken about a hundred years later - 2011

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Motor and Cycle shop at 10 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Malcolm Cant, Edinburgh

Douglas Glass, Edinburgh wrote:

"I've worked for many years for motoring companies in Edinburgh. I believes that this car may have been put together by the St Stephen's Motor & Cycle Depot using parts from different models"

Engel Nelson, Clermiston, Edinburgh, wrote:

"My father is the small boy in this photo. He looks to be aged about 4, so the photo would have been taken around 1912. The owner of the shop was Anton Engelbrecht Neilson, an immigrant from Scandinavia. He is 2nd from the left in this photo.

My father told me that the car was owned by a local doctor, and that the make was a 'Striker' or 'Straker'."

Mike Budd, National Motor Museum, Hampshire write:

"We have not, unfortunately, been able to establish beyond doubt that this is a Straker-Squire, but the layout of the bodywork is similar to models produced by that firm in Bristol, between 1908 and 1912.

During this period the cars were available with both wood-spoked and wire wheels, although the latter were more common in the later years.

The car in question does not have a windscreen fitted; rather surprisingly a number of Strakers in photographs of this period seem to have been driven in such a manner.

The large lamps fitted suggest a fair amount of night driving and perhaps it was felt that a glass screen (pre-wiper days remember) impaired visibility at night.."

Heavy Loads
passing through Stockbridge

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A transformer from Bruce Peebles makes its way over the cobbles - 1967

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A boiler passes through Stockbridge on its way to Leith Docks (from where?) - 1964

Stockbridge Festival

including the duck race along the Water of Leith

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Ducks are released into the Water of Leith - June 2008

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Ducks floating down the Water of Leith - June 2008

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Ducks floating down the Water of Leith - June 2008

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Water Wardens in the Water of Leith, after the end of the Stockbridge Duck Race - June 2008

Mr Purves' Lamp Emporium

Owned and run by Bill and Sandra Purves - Open Saturday afternoons

Here are 5 photos from the early 1990s ...

Mr Purves in his working clothes - 1991

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Bill Purves in his kilt - 1994

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The Counter in Mr Purves' Lamp Emporium - 1991

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The Shop Window in Mr Purves' Lamp Emporium, seen from inside the shop - 1994

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Bill and Sandra Purves in the shop - 1994

... and here are 7 photos taken in January 2015:

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Mr Purves' Lamp Emporium - 2015

This view looks similar to Photo 1. The lamp sign has been moved from the barrow onto the wall.