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  1. 22-07-2022 02:43 PM #1
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    Ingleston King Kong

    Anyone old enough to remember this?

    I didn’t know the history!

    https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/22/king-kong-statue-unveiled-in-birmingham-for-commonwealth-games
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  2. 22-07-2022 02:48 PM #2
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    Didn't know the back story to it but I remember it being there when I was a kid
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  3. 22-07-2022 02:50 PM #3
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    Was a feature of the Ingliston Market IIRC.

    The market was run by Spook Erections. Their logo was a pregnant ghost, with a halo. That always gave my teenage self a wee giggle.
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  4. 22-07-2022 04:59 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod View Post
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    Was a feature of the Ingliston Market IIRC.

    The market was run by Spook Erections. Their logo was a pregnant ghost, with a halo. That always gave my teenage self a wee giggle.

    My childhood memories are of alternate Sunday visits to Ingliston and East Fortune markets.

    It probably wasn't quite as often as my old brain tells me now, but it certainly seemed like it at the time
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  5. 22-07-2022 05:38 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod View Post
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    Was a feature of the Ingliston Market IIRC.

    The market was run by Spook Erections. Their logo was a pregnant ghost, with a halo. That always gave my teenage self a wee giggle.

    remember the King Kong well, but had completely forgotten about the ghost logo until now, wow, seems so long ago and so recent at the same time
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  6. 22-07-2022 05:39 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by McD View Post
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    remember the King Kong well, but had completely forgotten about the ghost logo until now, wow, seems so long ago and so recent at the same time
    If only we’d known it was an important piece of pop art!
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  7. 22-07-2022 06:05 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith_M View Post
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    My childhood memories are of alternate Sunday visits to Ingliston and East Fortune markets.

    It probably wasn't quite as often as my old brain tells me now, but it certainly seemed like it at the time
    Getting copy Atari ST games for £1 (maybe more) was my memory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colr View Post
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    Anyone old enough to remember this?

    I didn’t know the history!

    https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/...onwealth-games
    It utterly terrified me as a toddler.
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  9. 22-07-2022 08:44 PM #9
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    the very same features heavily in Stewart Lees recent bio of Robert Lloyd, main man in The Nightingales. Top movie as well btw.

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  10. 22-07-2022 09:38 PM #10
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    As a kid I was always told that if you got separated from your parents you should head to the King Kong statue , then your folks would know where to go to find you . Last I heard , it was in a warehouse somewhere and had been painted pink
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    Used to go to the market 2-3 times a year, remember buying radios, golf clubs, cagoules and rally jackets. You could also buy “raw” quavers and cook them in the chip pan. Also the first place I remember seeing local t-shirts. The one that comes to mind said “Jesus saves…..but Dalglish nets the rebound” which 12 year old me found hilarious but my church going mum found less than funny.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davy67 + View Post
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    As a kid I was always told that if you got separated from your parents you should head to the King Kong statue , then your folks would know where to go to find you . Last I heard , it was in a warehouse somewhere and had been painted pink
    Yes, that was my rally point if I got lost.

    I used to like the donuts and watching the meat van funnily enough.

    My Grandad and Dad would buy Autoglym Polish from their cars as there was a guy who would demonstrate its cleaning prowess.

    Amazing what your remember when your memory is jogged.

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    The wee motorbikes were great, did Spooks not start off at top of Lothian Road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bristolhibby View Post
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    Yes, that was my rally point if I got lost.

    I used to like the donuts and watching the meat van funnily enough.

    My Grandad and Dad would buy Autoglym Polish from their cars as there was a guy who would demonstrate its cleaning prowess.

    Amazing what your remember when your memory is jogged.

    J
    I got a job on a stall when I was about 13 and was close to the meat van. Pure entertainment! I got picked up in Corstorphine at 7am and jumped in the back of the van with the other girls and then built and stocked 3 stalls. 4pm we had to stock take then pack everything away including the stalls then get dropped off in Corstorphine somewhere between 6 and 7 at night . It was a great place to work, good buzz but hard work too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod View Post
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    Was a feature of the Ingliston Market IIRC.

    The market was run by Spook Erections. Their logo was a pregnant ghost, with a halo. That always gave my teenage self a wee giggle.

    Used to love a sunday wander around that market, I think it was one of the biggest in Britain at one point, used to get loads of copies of films etc.
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    The market was run by a crook whose name escapes me. He also had a shop selling cheap tat in Earl Grey St.
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    Chipped PlayStation games followed by chips and curry sauce and/or hot donuts

    Previous poster mentioned it, but honestly felt like every other Sunday we'd hike through to ingleston or east fortune markets

    The meat counter and King Kong, where every lost child had to go to stay safe
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  18. 26-07-2022 09:56 PM #18
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    Does anyone remember the motor racing at the showground, Noel Edmunds used to race there.
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  19. 27-07-2022 05:36 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Does anyone remember the motor racing at the showground, Noel Edmunds used to race there.

    1970s?
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