Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Comment From Neil Kellock (2/2 The Stair, 1963-1976)

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Comment : Had an interesting time reading many of the posts here, great fun and brought back a lot of memories. Got me thinking about my ...
Saturday, 13 July 2013

'Ox-Gangs'

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We at The Stair grew up knowing only flats at Oxgangs Avenue  and for those with longer memories also the old  prefabs. ...
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Comment From Neil Kellock

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Wow, just stumbled across this blog and can't wait to read through the whole thing. I'm in Canada now but lived at 2/2 Oxgangs Avenu...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

The White Lady

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Did mass hysteria have a ghost of a chance of occurring in Oxgangs in the early to middle sixties? According to Wikipedia the te...
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Saturday, 29 June 2013

Comment From Edward Alexander Smart

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Peter, thanks for creating the 6oxgangsavenue blog. It was so great to  discover in-depth memories of the area, albeit a bit earlier than  m...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

"One Mid-Summer Morn-Three Girls, Swanston and the Pentlands, 1913-1914 Anonymous Comment

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Comment: Beautiful picture Peter-I have been following your memories avidly Unfortunately Oxgangs for me does not hold the same pleasant me...
Friday, 7 June 2013

The Sunday Post #5 One Mid-Summer Morn

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Pentland Hills and T Plantation circa 1914 (Photographer Unknown Edinburgh Libraries, Museums and Galleries Collection) Th...
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Saturday, 11 May 2013

Comments on Dr Motley and Oxgangs Crescent and Broadway Shops From PsyGeo

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Comments From PsyGeo  'Thanks for remembering Dr Motley - he did his best to help my mum - that trip to the cottage was a regular ...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013

VignetteTaken From Edinburgh Photos Website Courtesy Peter Stubbs-Motivated By Series On Edinburgh Prefabs

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Peter Hoffmann Highlands, Scotland Thank you to Douglas Blades for allowing me to reproduce the photo below, and also to Peter Hoffm...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

Photies From The South-Oxgangs And Its Neighbouring Edinburgh Communities: Colinton Village Garages

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It's occasionally occurred to me that perhaps an interesting linked follow on from The Stair would be to publish on the blog an occasio...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades)

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Well done Fifi!
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Sunday, 10 March 2013

CONGRATULATIONS To Fiona Blades!

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Many congratulations to Fiona Blades who's added an M.A. with merit to her qualifications-brilliant news about one of the original memb...
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Saturday, 2 March 2013

Comments From Ruth Kaye(Blades) And Peter Hoffmann

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Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades):  Thanks for the photies Peter I appreciate them. I have another friend in Scotland whom I am jealous of as ...
Thursday, 28 February 2013

Index

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I've made an initial start on putting together a much needed index (See left, LABELS )-I'll update further in the coming weeks!
Monday, 18 February 2013

Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades)/Response From Peter Hoffmann

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Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades):  I too am missing the blog and makes me realise that you should keep a diary you forget so many things and ...
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Comment From Sandy Shaw

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Comment: I like your blog post. Keep on writing this type of great stuff. I'll make sure to follow up on your blog in the future. Locks...
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013

NEEEP!-Bonus Post From Douglas Blades On Bus Crash At Oxgangs!

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Peter, Looked at BLOG tonight. Front page was Aug 2012 and mentioning the bus which toppled over. It was Leyand PD3 with Alexander bod...
Thursday, 10 January 2013

Recent Comment-Neil Black

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  Neil Black   said... Missing my daily fix of The Stair! Come on Peter - bring it back , after you've had a well earned rest from...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Comment From Liz Blades On the Field In Winter

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Liz, Sorry, I hadn't realised there were further paras than I'd published so I've rectified publishing your comments in full be...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

The Stair Download

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If anyone would like a download of The Stair  sent to them please let me know. I've managed to download the two hundred or so blogs from...
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Tuesday, 1 January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Great start to the New Year-Another close fight with d'Artagnan-I am getting a seven and eleven start in fights to ten and fifteen!...
Monday, 31 December 2012

Comment From Ruth Kaye (Blades)

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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

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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...
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Response To Ruth Kaye (Blades) From Peter Hoffmann

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

Recent Comment Ruth Kaye (Blades)

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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

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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. ...