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, 25 December 2012

Christmas Under Fire (1941)

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Check out this very interesting little nine minute film, Christmas Under Fire (1941) on You-tube: http://youtu.be/aGK5EsGzKIghttp

Braw!

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Christmas Day

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Christmas Day was always the best day of the year. We always spent the whole day at our grandparents’ home at Durham Road, Portobello. I t...
Monday, 24 December 2012

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Like you Peter our presents were not grand but myself,Alison and Esther always faired well once the older ones were working and they contrib...

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Warm and fond thoughts come flooding back,feeling secure and safe,to think how happy we were with our priceless stockings. Merry Christmas t...

Christmas Eve

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When Anne Hoffmann, Iain Hoffmann and I were young, whatever our circumstances - whether our father was in work or not - Santa Claus always...
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Sunday, 23 December 2012

Figures On The Edge No 2-Michael Hanlon

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Michael was one of the predominant figures at The Stair. He was around nine months or so younger than me. Like me he was in the upper median...
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Saturday, 22 December 2012

Shane?

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Was Les Ramage's dog called Shane?
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Great pictures Peter so many of ours got lost along the way on  Lost Photos From The Stair  Ruth Kaye

Figures On The Edge No 1-Gail Blades

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As I move toward wrapping up the blog some individuals have featured more prominently than others. That's not necessarily because I'...
Friday, 21 December 2012

Moving On To Pastures New!

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Being a milkman wasn't fun, so how come you could have a good laugh about being a milkman? During the very early 1970s Edinburgh Cor...

Lost Photos From The Stair

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When I was clearing a few shelves to display some Christmas cards yesterday afternoon I strayed across these negatives-long forgotten-a ver...
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