Buchanan Hotel

**Fuzzywuzzy** · 23-07-2020 12:31 PM

Looking through old family photos and there is one from 60/70's in the Buchanan Hotel. Anyone shed any light on where this was? Think it was in Leith somewhere Cheers

***Bostonhibby*** · 23-07-2020 12:36 PM

If it's the Ken Buchanan it was ferry road opposite ainslie park. Went to a few parties there back in the day.

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***Billy Whizz*** · 23-07-2020 01:41 PM

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If it's the Ken Buchanan it was ferry road opposite ainslie park. Went to a few parties there back in the day.

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It’s called the Victoria Park House Hotel

***Bostonhibby*** · 23-07-2020 01:48 PM

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It’s called the Victoria Park House Hotel

Drove past it when we were up in February and had forgotten it's latest name!

Just talking about the place, the wife's 21st birthday party was held there, to name but one event. We couldn't recall when Ken Buchanan gave it up but thought mid eighties?

Guess the 60s/70's probably rules out the Ken Buchanan?

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***Eaststand*** · 23-07-2020 02:18 PM

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If it's the Ken Buchanan it was ferry road opposite ainslie park. Went to a few parties there back in the day.

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It was opp Viccy Park, Ferry Road gates ;o)
It was a great place to be in on a Sunday back in the days when Hotels scooped up the punters as local bars stayed closed on a Sunday

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**Fuzzywuzzy** · 23-07-2020 02:26 PM

Cheers guys.

I took a guess with the 60/70's thing. Just looked old🤣

It was an old red flurescent light in the window.

***Bostonhibby*** · 23-07-2020 02:32 PM

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It was opp Viccy Park, Ferry Road gates ;o)
It was a great place to be in on a Sunday back in the days when Hotels scooped up the punters as local bars stayed closed on a Sunday

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We were those scooped up punters!

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***Eaststand*** · 23-07-2020 02:38 PM

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We were those scooped up punters!

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Happy days they were 👍 Alan, wee Denis and occasionally Ken were always good banter too.

The Peacock Hotel with a disco was the other nearby Sunday drinkies.

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***Eaststand*** · 23-07-2020 02:41 PM

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Cheers guys.

I took a guess with the 60/70's thing. Just looked old🤣

It was an old red flurescent light in the window.

Ken Buchanan used to have a big flashy white Rolls Royce which was often parked outside the hotel with the numberplate KB 123.

Ken was a great world champion and a sound guy too.

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***Bostonhibby*** · 23-07-2020 02:42 PM

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Happy days they were

Alan, wee Denis and occasionally Ken were always good banter too.

The Peacock Hotel with a disco was the other nearby Sunday drinkies.

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My in laws occasionally went to the Peacock, newhaven inn then the wardie.

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***Eaststand*** · 23-07-2020 02:46 PM

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My in laws occasionally went to the Peacock, newhaven inn then the wardie.

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The crowd I went around with in those days stuck to Kens hotel, sometimes the Peacock, or for a very big night out it was up to the many hotels on Royal Terrace on a Sunday

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***Bostonhibby*** · 23-07-2020 02:50 PM

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The crowd I went around with in those days stuck to Kens hotel, sometimes the Peacock, or for a very big night out it was up to the many hotels on Royal Terrace on a Sunday

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Money end of town for us Magdalene/Porty boys

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***Eaststand*** · 23-07-2020 03:25 PM

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money end of town for us magdalene/porty boys

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😂👍🇳🇬
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**~~Bangkok Hibby~~** · 23-07-2020 06:27 PM

Opposite the Ferry road entrance to Victoria park. Uses to drink there on a Sunday. Went there for a wake in the 90's and it seemed a shadow of its former self. Dont know what its like now.

**Pretty Boy** · 23-07-2020 08:12 PM

Talking of Ken Buchanan I heard recently that he isn't doing too well. He was in hospital at that time and I believe there was talk of him perhaps needing ongoing care.

Hopefully he is on the mend now. One of our greatest ever sportsmen.

***Mon Dieu4*** · 23-07-2020 08:48 PM

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Talking of Ken Buchanan I heard recently that he isn't doing too well. He was in hospital at that time and I believe there was talk of him perhaps needing ongoing care.

Hopefully he is on the mend now. One of our greatest ever sportsmen.

Dunno how recently this was but I saw him on Leith Walk 2 or 3 weeks ago and he seemed ok then

***Billy Whizz*** · 24-07-2020 06:28 PM

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Talking of Ken Buchanan I heard recently that he isn't doing too well. He was in hospital at that time and I believe there was talk of him perhaps needing ongoing care.

Hopefully he is on the mend now. One of our greatest ever sportsmen.

What age will Ken be, it seems such a long time ago he was boxing

***Scouse Hibee*** · 24-07-2020 06:33 PM

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What age will Ken be, it seems such a long time ago he was boxing

75 according to Wiki

***Billy Whizz*** · 24-07-2020 06:41 PM

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75 according to Wiki

Thanks

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 08-08-2020 07:19 PM

ken is now in a leith nursing home, can't do a link but it's on a site called boxingnewsonline.net or the I LOVE LEITH fb page

***ACLeith*** · 08-08-2020 08:00 PM

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ken is now in a leith nursing home, can't do a link but it's on a site called boxingnewsonline.net or the I LOVE LEITH fb page

Shortly before lockdown I passed him near the foot of Leith Walk. He shambled past me and didn’t seem to be “with it”. The person I was with did not know who he was and was surprised when I said he was one of the greatest Scottish sportsmen ever. So sad

***lapsedhibee*** · 09-08-2020 07:41 AM

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ken is now in a leith nursing home, can't do a link but it's on a site called boxingnewsonline.net or the I LOVE LEITH fb page

boxingnewsonline.net link

**DaveF** · 09-08-2020 08:27 PM

Sad to read this. I didn't know anything about him until recently if I'm honest but having read a few articles now it's such a shame a great sportsmen like him is going through this.

***MagicSwirlingShip*** · 09-08-2020 08:35 PM

His book is a great read. The Tartan Legend.

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 25-08-2020 01:45 PM

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Shortly before lockdown I passed him near the foot of Leith Walk. He shambled past me and didn’t seem to be “with it”. The person I was with did not know who he was and was surprised when I said he was one of the greatest Scottish sportsmen ever. So sad

sorry missed this, do you know if he's just been admitted temporarily or permanent ?

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 25-08-2020 01:45 PM

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boxingnewsonline.net link

ta

***lord bunberry*** · 25-08-2020 03:26 PM

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ken is now in a leith nursing home, can't do a link but it's on a site called boxingnewsonline.net or the I LOVE LEITH fb page

I’m not sure it’s a nursing home, unless he’s moved again. I thought it was more a sheltered housing type of thing. He’d definitely gone downhill I spoke to him a few times during lockdown and he was pretty confused, he was always asking for directions to wear he was staying. I was actually up at the hospital and he was being taken in after going missing for a while, his son(I think) was saying his mind was still there, but he was getting a bit confused at times. Hopefully he’s doing ok.

**He's here!** · 25-07-2022 07:28 PM

Drove past the hotel earlier and it looks like it's closed down. Was it actually called the Buchanan Hotel back then? I seem to remember it as the Gosford but I imagine it's had plenty of names.

I guess, like many retired sportsmen before him, running a bar wasn't a wise move for Buchanan. I watched a documentary about him fairly recently. He was a smart bloke and clearly a phenomenal sportsman. Very sad what happened to him.