General Chat

Lady S can't open your thread ... I read a few years ago that when they were building the Skye bridge the found that Av** cream/perfume? kept the midgies away and all the labourers were issued with some. They might have been grubby and sweaty but by golly they smelt good :-D :-D

This might help with the midgies ~

http://www.rockinvans.co.uk/thescottishmidgie/

:-D

We did the same, Barbra, moving to D&G 9 years ago. Couldn't agree more about the area, one of the few places where you don't worry about locking your door when you go to the shop and the midges aren't really too bad!

Hi Barbra, from Bonnie Gallowa'. I know your part of the Country as I did my National Service in the RAF at Stranraer.

I am from England moved to Dumfries & Galloway 7yrs ago .beautifull Place .my great gran was from the highlands Mulben ;my oh & i have had some great holidays touring the west coast .through glencoe, awesome .inverness,, Loch ness .loch lomond .the people are friendly .down to earth folk what you see is what you get . love it here & very Happy .I have found my Heaven so there x :-D Barbra

Yes Robert the Plaza that's it ... was always a bit quieter so didn't go there much often went to Glasgow Alambra with friend who lived in Paisley we had to get the last bus home from Glasgow to Paisley oh dear running down Sauchiehall Street at 11pm in 6inch heels :-D Now I didn't know Sean C. went to the Palais ...... D*m and to think I let him slip through my fingers :-S
My Robertson's so far come from Perthshire though OH's side has some from E.Lothian and nothing would surprise me if I find a link to them...I have just found a link to my Wisharts and OH's side we have the same gt x something g/parents ..How awful :-D

The 3 Popular Dance halls were the Palais, The Cavendish and the Plaza.

Sean Connery (who is the same age as I am) was a regular at the Palais when we went and lived at that time where OFiTG lived!!!

Yes Nolls,

Palais sometimes and then the Cavendish, but in my younger days dances at North Merchiston Boys Club on Saturday Nights.

This should be called The Nostalgia Thread!!!

I see you are researching Robertson. My wife is a Robertson from Stockbridge/Comely Bank.

Robert Oh's brother would have left about 1944 sister 1949 and youngest sister 1958 a family affair! Good school though. I went to Craiglockhart Convent. Think some of our paths must have crossed at some point (that wasn't you falling over in Princes Street in 1950 was it :-D)

OFTG The Palais! had great times there and if we wanted to be a wee bit posher the Cavendish at Tollcross that's where I met OH!! , think there was somewhere else we used to go to but can't remember.
Love Arbroath Smokies in fact neighbours who comes from Arbroath brought us a couple back recently when they went up on holiday...under the grill with a knob of butter, beautiful :-D

Maggie you went from one lovely place to another lucky you :-)

Scozza that recipe sounds nice will give it a try funny how you soon forget about things like square sausage lol!

Spent many a night at the Palais de Dance and also played bingo there after it became a bingo hall, not sure what it is now, I know that there was an proposal to build a casino on the site, but I think that got turned down.

Nolls,

I was at Boroughmuir 1943 - 1946

OFiTG,

I met my wife at the Palais in Fountainbridge.

maggiewinchester I used to go on holiday to Arbroath with my Mum & Dad and always remember eating fresh Arbroath Smokies down at the harbour straight from the smoke house - delicious :-)

As to a decent square' sausage (Lorne Sausage) you can make using recipe from LadyScozz or you can be lazy if you have an Iceland Frozen Food Shop near you as my local Iceland have the nearest that I have found down here to what you get in Scotland, their sliced square sausage is not quite as spicey but very close ;-)

Maggie :-D

My aunt gave me this recipe ~ not perfect, but it's close!

1 lb ground beef
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
3/4 cup cracker crumbs (eg salada)

Mix all together, shape into block. Wrap in wax paper. Chill. Slice, then fry or grill.

:-)

I was born in England - but started school in Scotland - Lossiemouth to be precise, then we moved to Arbroath, then back to Lossie, before moving to Cornwall.
As an adult I lived in Shetland, Irvine, and Dumfries and Galloway.
What I really miss is decent 'square' sausage!!!

My OH went to Boroughmuir just after the war left about 1954 but his older brother & sister went there during the war ....small world!

OFiTG,

When I went to Boroughmuir (during the war) ,we were very well behaved.

Robert one of my best friends who I used to visit regularly, God rest his soul, lived in Viewforth and Boroughmuir School was across the road from where he lived, noisy lot during breaks and when school came out ;-)

Nolls,

We might have been neighbours at Saughton !!!

When the sirens blew when a prisoner escaped, my Mother used to panic. She didn't realise that they would get as far away from the Prison as possible.
I remember on my way to school seeing the notice on the Prison door saying that a prisoner had had the death sentence carried out.

OFiTG,

I used to go to school at the top of Viewforth where there was a fusion of smells from the Rubber Mill and the Brewery.

i always joke about scottish people
hadrians wall and the ladder

but i really do like scottish people
i find them very caring friends :-D :-D

Scozz I think OH & I have our Edin. accent but we have friends down here from Glasgow and their accent is very broad well only half an hour with them and I find I am talking like they are hubby gets mad at me "here we go again thinks she's from Glasgow" but it is the easiest accent to mimic can't do the Yorkshire one at all ;-)