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)

Monday, 19 November 2012

No Pedlars; Hawkers; And Salesmen-An Update

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I picked up a book in Stockbridge, Edinburgh at the weekend called Moving Worlds, the Personal Collections Of Twenty One Immigrants To Edinb...
Sunday, 18 November 2012

Not Swimming, But Learning!

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One possible divide in The Stair was the children who regularly went to Warrender Swimming Baths and those who didn't. There may have b...
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Saturday, 17 November 2012

Running Away To Join The Circus!

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In our class at Hunters Tryst Primary School there was a girl called Audrey Milne . She came from   a good and well meaning family who staye...
Friday, 16 November 2012

No Copper, No Telephone

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I was going to begin this blog by saying that throughout the 1960s no family at The Stair had a telephone, but then I recalled there was one...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

School Radio

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I bet many of the children from  The Stair  have forgotten what a large part of the school curriculum at Hunters Tryst Primary School wa...
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Aye Working

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If two words could describe the women in  The Stair  the words would be  Aye working . Never mind Stephen Covey's management books ...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Entrepreneurs At The Stair No 1 Jumble Sales

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There was an distinct divide in The Stair between those children   who had part time jobs whilst attending school and those who didn't. ...
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Monday, 12 November 2012

The Merry Men At The Stair

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Perhaps the most memorable tea-time television viewing for the boys at  The Stair  was the  Robin Hood  series starring Richard...
Sunday, 11 November 2012

The Elephant In The Room-A Response to Liz Blades

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Liz, thanks for your interesting comments re: The Andrew Duncan Clinic and associated experiences. It will be interesting to hear if my m...
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Saturday, 10 November 2012

Let It Be Robbs' Electrical and Radio Shop, Morningside

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One particular shop that a few of us from The Stair  used to frequent back in the 1960's was Robbs' Electrical and Radio Shop at Mor...
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Friday, 9 November 2012

The Raleigh Chopper-A Rude Awakening!

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There were four boys from the local   stairs who had the radically innovative Raleigh Chopper bicycles. The boys were all the same age and i...
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Thursday, 8 November 2012

A Catalogue of Catalogues!

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Did each household at The Stair assume there was only one catalogue-the one which their family used? We used the Chorlton Catalogue but I...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Oxgangs Fireworks Photo-'A Cracker!'

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Spooked!

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The second of the three books which made a significant impact on me when I was young was The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. We ha...
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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

FIREWORKS at Oxgangs Edinburgh 2012!!!

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Oxgangs Fireworks Display Goes Spectacularly Wrong! Very fortunately it would appear no one was seriously hurt.  http://www.telegraph...
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