Colinton Mains Development (Photograph courtesy Mr J. Dickson)
How absolutely lovely to see this photo. We lived at 159 Colinton Mains Rd with my granny and she used to send us down to RS McColls to buy Callard and Bowsers toffees for her. She was quite old and we used to sneak the toffees on the way home, hoping that she'd never notice because of her eyesight. I'll bet she did, but just let us have them.
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| Colinton Mains (Photograph courtesy David McLean, 'Lost Edinburgh') |
We used to buy cinnamon potatoes and Parma violets at Andrettis and my mum always bought her bacon and sausages at Neil's. I have many wonderful memories of growing up there. My nana and grampa Bo lived at 246 Colinton Mains Rd and my auntie Ruby still lives there. We moved to the States in 1974 and I've been back only twice. Last time was '97 and most of the ships had been taken over by new owners. My sister Karen and I will be back in November for the first time together as adults since we left. I'm very much looking forward to visiting all of our old play haunts and to seeing our school, Oxgangs. We were so very lucky to grow up there. Thank you oh so much for this blog. It's brought back many wonderful memories. :)
1 comment:
Andreetti shop....Ronnie Andreetti murdered a little girl who lived round the corner in 1968.
He WAS sent to Carstairs...but later released...married and (its believed) had a family - Katherine Brown his victim never had that
...... her family will never forget.
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