Nice we bit in the online Evening News, click on the pics to see ten and now views.
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.co...-now-1-4376209
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Thread: Edinburgh, Then & Now
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24-07-2017 09:12 AM #1
Edinburgh, Then & Now
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24-07-2017 06:14 PM #2
Wow that was a trip down memory lane, thanks for posting that.
Edinburgh's planning department has a lot to answer for, a lot of beautiful buildings lost forever.
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24-07-2017 08:31 PM #4
There's a movie called Battle of the Sexes starring Peter Sellers set in Edinburgh, filmed in the late 50's. The film is OK but the footage of Edinburgh back then is outstanding, it's only 60 years ago but it's a different place from what it is now.
There are also some good movies to be found on the BFI Website. You can search from THIS MAP films from all over the UK.
I personally enjoy Waverley Steps from 1948 & a cracker that I remember watching at East London Street Primary, Sean Connery's Edinburgh from 1982
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24-07-2017 08:44 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He set it in the late 50s, early 60s,and his research of that time is spot on IMO. Nails it.
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24-07-2017 08:50 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Might have a look around and see if it is on any of the available streaming services,,,,
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24-07-2017 10:33 PM #7
I've always love Restless Natives.
Scary that I remember it coming out and getting it from the video shop, yet so much of it now looks so dated.
I always think the scenes filmed in the city centre make it look very clean and well maintained compared to now.
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25-07-2017 06:50 AM #8
Just proves what I've long thought without ever seeing what was the before due to my age.
A) whomever approved the St James' Centre needs sectioned and given a thorough eye test
B) Some of the façades on Princes Street are completely unbecoming of their prime location.
The 60's and 70's have an awful lot to answer for architecturally in general.
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25-07-2017 07:04 AM #9
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25-07-2017 02:18 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The photo of Parkers brought back memories of then. I loved that building.
(You should also section the person who had it knocked down).
Parkers.jpgLast edited by snooky; 25-07-2017 at 02:22 PM.
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25-07-2017 03:58 PM #11
Some memories there.
Princes' Street Station which we always knew as the old Caley (Caledonian) Station was where my dad took me to see my first steam trains more than 60 years ago. The Caley Hotel's now the Waldorf Astoria? And the North British is the New Balmoral? I suppose we should be glad the buildings are still there and not replaced by a couple of 1970's Stalinist East German Chic concrete blockhouses.
I remember when the St James Centre was built. Couldn't believe it - one of the ugliest buildings in the UK. So many decent tenement buildings torn down that could and should have been restored and refurbished.
Never mind - we'll soon not be able to see the buildings for the rubbish piling up in the streets.
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Come back James Craig.
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25-07-2017 06:04 PM #14
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Love Island has been on in this house for the past week, and a double bill of those two films might be just the thing to reclaim the telly for (and to restore my faith in humanity...)
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