Edinburgh Images

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:10 PM

Stealing Sundae Girl's idea I thought I'd post some images of Edinburgh Streets taken recently and in the past
First one in 2005

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:15 PM

2nd one 1900

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:17 PM

taken 2005

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:18 PM

Again 1900 same street

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:23 PM

I was wasting some time recently and went into a great museum we have in Edinburgh called the Museum of Childhood and if you ever come to Edinburgh it's worth a visit here's some pictures of old toys and some not so PC toys of the past
Theres a ghostly image of me in the reflection off the glass in the first one

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:27 PM

Some more

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:35 PM

When I was a kid there were two machines which i used to rush to and pester whichever adult was with me to put a penny in,as they had working models/puppets, the first was an excecution where the doors opened and there was some one on the guillotine with a priest nodding away as if reading and just as the blade drops and before the head got chopped off the doors shut.
Sad but the machines were out of order on the day i was there or i would have took a picture when it was working

be-bop · 03-13-2009, 07:39 PM

The other one is supposed to be a haunted house where theres a wee bloke sitting in his chair reading a paper this one had sound effects i remember,doors opened and pictures on the wall opened with ghosts and monsters behind. used to crack me up as a kid.

Shawnee123 · 03-13-2009, 09:08 PM

Thanks so much be-bop! I love to see Edinburgh and I am a freak for old toys and the like. They have a nice collection at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. Those things fascinate me.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2009, 11:31 PM

Great museum!
The street scenes were cool too. Thanks.

Perry Winkle · 03-14-2009, 01:22 AM

I would live in Edinburgh just so I could hike Arthur's Seat every day.

Sperlock · 03-14-2009, 10:49 AM

Thanks for sharing the pictures of Edinburgh. I was there almost a year ago and miss it a lot!

DanaC · 03-14-2009, 11:27 AM

brilliant shots bop, especially the comparison shots of 1900 and 2005

Oh and that money box in the museum, where you put the coin in the guy's hand and then it puts it into its mouth and eats it; my nan had one of those. I used to love it. I begged to play with it whenever I went round:P

jinx · 03-14-2009, 03:03 PM

Fantastic pictures be-bop, espeically the street shot comparisons... I would love to see more of that type from pretty much anywhere.
I have an old pic of the from of my house but I don't know when it's from. I think the cedar addition to the house is from the 1860's but can't tell if it's there yet in the pic.

03-13-2009, 07:10 PM	#1
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Edinburgh Images Stealing Sundae Girl's idea I thought I'd post some images of Edinburgh Streets taken recently and in the past First one in 2005 Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:15 PM	#2
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	2nd one 1900 Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:17 PM	#3
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	taken 2005 Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:18 PM	#4
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Again 1900 same street Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:23 PM	#5
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	I was wasting some time recently and went into a great museum we have in Edinburgh called the Museum of Childhood and if you ever come to Edinburgh it's worth a visit here's some pictures of old toys and some not so PC toys of the past Theres a ghostly image of me in the reflection off the glass in the first one Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:27 PM	#6
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Some more Attached Images

03-13-2009, 07:35 PM	#7
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	When I was a kid there were two machines which i used to rush to and pester whichever adult was with me to put a penny in,as they had working models/puppets, the first was an excecution where the doors opened and there was some one on the guillotine with a priest nodding away as if reading and just as the blade drops and before the head got chopped off the doors shut. Sad but the machines were out of order on the day i was there or i would have took a picture when it was working Attached Images Last edited by be-bop; 03-13-2009 at 07:40 PM.

03-13-2009, 07:39 PM	#8
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	The other one is supposed to be a haunted house where theres a wee bloke sitting in his chair reading a paper this one had sound effects i remember,doors opened and pictures on the wall opened with ghosts and monsters behind. used to crack me up as a kid. Attached Images

03-13-2009, 09:08 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Thanks so much be-bop! I love to see Edinburgh and I am a freak for old toys and the like. They have a nice collection at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. Those things fascinate me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-13-2009, 11:31 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Great museum! The street scenes were cool too. Thanks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2009, 01:22 AM	#11
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I would live in Edinburgh just so I could hike Arthur's Seat every day.

03-14-2009, 10:49 AM	#12
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Thanks for sharing the pictures of Edinburgh. I was there almost a year ago and miss it a lot! __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

03-14-2009, 11:27 AM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	brilliant shots bop, especially the comparison shots of 1900 and 2005 Oh and that money box in the museum, where you put the coin in the guy's hand and then it puts it into its mouth and eats it; my nan had one of those. I used to love it. I begged to play with it whenever I went round:P

03-14-2009, 03:03 PM	#14
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Fantastic pictures be-bop, espeically the street shot comparisons... I would love to see more of that type from pretty much anywhere. I have an old pic of the from of my house but I don't know when it's from. I think the cedar addition to the house is from the 1860's but can't tell if it's there yet in the pic. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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