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)

Friday, 22 August 2014

'The Stair'

‪ #‎ nottheediburghbookfestival‬ First book signing(!) in Edinburgh, this morn. :-)

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Colinton Mains Parish Church and the Pentlands 19 August, 2014

Down in Edinburgh for the Festival this week-a wee snap on the coffee walk on a fresh, late summer morn at Colinton Mains Park.

Monday, 4 August 2014

Life Changing Event, August, 1971

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Lost in the Hills

Ronnie Browne and Roy Williamson aka 'The Corries' Outwith our camping holiday to Stobo, the first real holiday which Anne ...

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Helen Blades and the Commonwealth Games

The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are almost upon us. Fifty summers ago, Helen Blades (6/6); Marion Dibley (4/4); and Anne Duncan (Ho...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

World Cup, Mexico 1970

One of the very few occasions I felt I had a relationship with my father, Mr Ken Hoffmann, was when the 1970 World Cup was on. I recall the...

Monday, 30 June 2014

Sorry boys, size does matter-the Caramac bar!

How can something be bigger, yet smaller? This was the conundrum faced by many children on their visit to Ewarts Newsagents at Oxgangs Bro...

Sunday, 1 June 2014

Sunday Family Lunches and Arcari's Ice Cream

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/end-of-an-era-as-99-ice-cream-pioneer-dies-1-3428849 Every Sunday during the 1960s, the high...

Friday, 23 May 2014

The Pulley

It's strange how things that one hasn't thought of for decades take a little nudge from somewhere and something long forgotten ...

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Miss Elizabeth Sulley-The Creme de la Creme

Thanks for the reminiscences about Elizabeth. She was my aunt, and my mother now lives in her old flat in Trinity. Ralph Ralph, Thanks...

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Easter and The Half Hearted

Between the years 1958 to 1972 on Easter Sunday I loved to hear the St John's Church bell ring out to the parish of Oxgangs to cele...

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Comment From Richard Cropper, 2B Oxgangs Green

From: RICHARD CROPPER <noreply-comment@blogger.com> To: peter.hoffmann@btinternet.com Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2014, 20:36 Subje...

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Iain; The Author; 'Noggin'; and Gavin, Summer 1961

Back in 2012 when I was writing the blog each day I occasionally searched in vain for this photie; serendipity-today whilst looking in...

Monday, 3 February 2014

The Happy Smile Club and the School Dentist

Anyone recall these badges? I could recall the image almost perfectly, but could never find one or any reference to it. I mentio...

Facebook

I've entered the 21st century and joined Facebook on Christmas Day if anyone wishes to get in contact! Facebook-Peter Hoffmann

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Proposed Re-Development of St John's Parish Church

Reverend Ian Goring outside St John's Church on Oxgangs Road North which is closing. Pic: Greg Macvean A CHURCH described as...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

The Stair Isn't Just For Christmas!

If you wish to read The Stair in a readily available and easy to read format then it's available on Amazon. This is a print on...

Monday, 2 December 2013

St John's Church-An Update

Anonymous Comment A well written piece Peter, again the memories came flooding back especially when I saw the photos. I am scared...

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