Peter Hoffmann The Stair (6 Oxgangs Avenue 1958-1972) /Oxgangs - A Pastime From Time Past

Peter Hoffmann The Stair (6 Oxgangs Avenue 1958-1972) /Oxgangs - A Pastime From Time Past

Peter Hoffmann The Stair 6 OXGANGS AVENUE EDINBURGH, a blog about the everyday life of eight families living in one of the post war new council housing schemes on the south of the city set in the lea of the Pentland Hills between the years 1958 to 1972. (Since 2017 incorporating the Facebook page, OXGANGS - A PASTIME FROM TIME PAST)

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Pedlars, Hawkers and Salesmen-Carrying Coals to Newcastle?

Throughout the 1960s the source of heating and hot water in each house in The Stair was the small open fire in the sitting room. It was at ...

Monday, 15 October 2012

First and Last Times

I n h i s w onde r ful Di a r i e s , A l a n C l a r k m e ntio n s t he imp o r t a n c e of fi r s t and l a s ...

Sunday, 14 October 2012

David Hemery-Class!

I first became aware of athletics on television in 1968 when I was twelve years old. The occasion was the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City....

Saturday, 13 October 2012

Judy-A Comic With Punch!

I mentioned how Judy was one of the bundles of comics which I used to receive from the Blades'. It was a sister comic to Bunty and a...

Friday, 12 October 2012

Buses-Good, Bad, Indifferent and Mysterious (1)-The Number 16

In his posthumously published book of essays The Memory Chalet the brilliant historian Professor Tony Judt wrote of his favourite bus route...

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