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)

Monday, 31 December 2012

Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades)

Yes I always thought Iain was a wee bit crazy but he did make me laugh. I remember dreeping off the roof one day and really winding myself a...

Dreeping-Ruth Kaye (Blades) and Peter Hoffmann

Hello Peter I cannot remember if you mentioned about the dreeping off the shed roof at the back we used to do that often. The stair fashion...

Response To Ruth Kaye (Blades) From Peter Hoffmann

Ruth-ta-I like the Facebook suggestion-I hadn't considered that angle-will discuss with d'Artagnan! x

Recent Comment Ruth Kaye (Blades)

Thanks Peter it has been a great blog maybe some others are not so tuned into using the Internet. As you say others may stumble across it at...

Recent Comments From Liz Blades and Neil Black

Peter, you have done a marvellous job and some of the research was most impressive. I wouldn't chide yourself for what might have been. ...

Recent Comment From Liz Blades

Hi Peter, I think I remember those winters and the sledding more so than the summer. Maybe because the snow made things seem pristine, new, ...

I May As Well Try And Catch The Wind-Signing Off And Final Thoughts From The Stair

This blog feels rather like the last page of the Oor Wullie annuals when he signs off- Wee Wullie sitting on his bucket contemplating, philo...

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Recent Comments

I always remember the summer holidays being sunny and warm although I am sure that cannot be true it's obviously the rose tinted glasses...

The Field In Winter and the Last of the Mohicans

I've alluded to The Field on several occasions over the months. It served all the kids at The Stair well as a playground over the...

Saturday, 29 December 2012

School Summer Holidays

Many books which recall childhood and youth remember the school holidays as a time filled with sunshine-literally and metaphorically-I...

Thursday, 27 December 2012

Further Shops At The Broadway And The Crescent And Colinton Mains

'Every day, I walk up the high street to work, and as I pass those little shops, a nice, friendly, warm atmosphere seems to come wafting...

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Help-The Forty One!

On the last blog it would be good to conclude the project by mentioning each resident and what happened to them in the days after 1972. It...

Recent Comments Ruth Kaye And Peter Hoffmann

Hello Peter-have really enjoyed the blog it has been a little window in to the past. Shame that not more people contributed but I have enjoy...

Figures On The Edge No 3-James Duffy and Esther Blades; Colin and Alan Hanlon; The Sibbalds; The Douglases; Rab Moir; The Ramages; The Robertsons; Reverend Orr; and Mr Russell

As I move toward winding up the blog I thought I must do a quick Cooke's Tour of some figures both from and also, for good or bad, close...

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