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, 26 April 2021

Another Time, Another Place

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  Dr Arthur Philip Motley Pat-Paddy Corry My mother was devastated when she had to leave the surgery as we were living too far away. When I...
Friday, 2 April 2021

Church Going

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Church Going by Philip Larkin Once I am sure there's nothing going on I step inside, letting the door thud shut. Another church: m...

Easter and The Half Hearted or In a Time of Churches

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Between the years 1958 and 1972 I loved to hear the St John's Church bell ringing out to the parish of Oxgangs to celebrate Easter Sunda...
Friday, 12 March 2021

Two Worlds

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Two Worlds tells the remarkable story of Arthur Philip Motley a Black American who as a young man left his home in McAlester City Oklahoma i...
Thursday, 14 January 2021

BAR-OX

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Photograph courtesy Val Robson Extract from OXGANGS - A CAPITAL STORY '...Whilst the area had various Bar-Ox signs written on to the wal...
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BAR-OX

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Marc Kaszynski forwarded this photograph which he took in the Meadowbank area of the city back in November 2020 - interesting graphics.
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Friday, 23 October 2020

OXGANGS - A Capital Story

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  'Strangely compelling' - Scottish Field OXGANGS – A Capital Story If you would like to read what life was like in Oxgangs half a c...
Friday, 28 August 2020

Katherine Brown

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This post is an upsetting one involving the murder of a youg girl, Katherine Brown, which you may not wish to read further. On several di...
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Saturday, 22 August 2020

Events, dear boy, Events - or - A Ripple in the Pond

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A Ripple in the Pond A small update on Dr Motley. This morning (20 August 2020) I received a charming letter in the post fr...
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