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, 20 November 2018

The Go-Between

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Saturday, 20 th November, 1971  Today was probably the best day of the year.  Being a Saturday alone is cause to celebra...
Thursday, 8 November 2018

Comiston Walled Market Garden

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I've  attached some great photographs from a Ray Nimmo with the added bonus of a mystery/puzzle - trust it will generate muc...
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Monday, 5 November 2018

In Remembrance

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With Remembrance Sunday fast approaching and in its centenary year (1918-2018) I thought I might post this article by David McLean from ear...
Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Veitch the Coalman

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The Coalman  Throughout the 1960s the source of heating and hot water in each house in  The Stair  was the small open fire in the s...
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Sunday, 21 October 2018

Whit, nae Sunday Post!

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How many families didn't read The Sunday Post in the 1960s? For many years we didn't buy a copy of  The Sunday Post,  but read ...
Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Memories of Comiston House by Edmund Raphael; Allan Dunnett and Kate Dubb

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Comiston House by Edmund Raphael circa 1951 The under noted memories of Comiston House were posted a few years back between 201...

The White Lady

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During the 1960s t he ghost of the White Lady was reported to have been seen by school pupils closeby to the old school grounds n...
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