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Comments about edinburghThere are 34 comments about "edinburgh"
g: Edinburgh maybe?... Andrew Smith: A few characters in the pubs on the edge of town, but I wouldn't call it rough (though I am from a Salford overspill town).
The walled town itself and the setting is lovely - used...... Russell Smith: Hi Guys!! im stunned.i now live in Edinburgh after moving up in 1977 when i was 11 and its amazing to see these old pics......i lived In Oak Avenue with my mum ( barbara smith...... leila: hey im from edinburgh, and work on cockburn street. how old is that picture? haha.. ground control is now two shops (ground control and cookie) cookie is pink on the outside and ground control is...... anon (213.128.227.236): [[img:17370]]
{Edinburgh}... Peter: wow, {calton hill} sounds interesting.
this is interesting:
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calton_Hill%2C_Edinburgh]]
and this even moreso:
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Monument%2C_Edinburgh]]... elaine: yes, hence the 'UK'
shame there was no picture of calton hill to contextualise. lemme see... yep, have a look at the building from various angles [[http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=calton+hill+edinburgh&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images]]
it was designed to be a big posh statement building,...... elaine: in edinburgh when i was a teen, they started the trend for recycling churches. there was one which was a sweetshop distribution place, which we lied about having a shop to get to look at...... elaine: london has the odd skyline to offer, but i don't have that kind of photo to share. i'll tell you one place that has a groovy skyline if you get it right, is edinburgh. i...... elaine: 'espirit' de boston.
do the pilgrims make progress?
that church spire is nice, i like the holes, a bit like st giles in edinburgh... Cheesy_Member: Well if your going to do that tex, Check out {Edinburgh}... Cheesy_Member: Forgot to mention that the heart is called "{The Heart of Midlothian}" As Edinburgh is within the County of {Midlothian} this is deemed to be the centre of it. ... Cheesy_Member: Pickled Eggs are FABTASTIC!!
Only thing thats missing on your chips there is Chippy Sauce - we in Edinburgh have it, its like a watered down version on HP but when your chips are drowning...... Cheesy_Member: Instantly recognisable because of its unique design, the Forth Rail Bridge was one of the greatest achievements of 19th century engineers.
The original designer was Thomas Bouch - but his rail bridge over the River...... barry: More lovely photos off Edinburgh.I got to get my ass over to scotland soom time. ... Myke: Nice. I really need to go back to Edinburgh. I've not been in two years. You spotted some nice stuff. ... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Great collection of goodies. It's brilliant to see the spark of creativity. (I love Edinburgh, by the way. Beautiful city.)... Cheesy_Member: Its St. Andrews House, Something to do with the Scottish Executive. Read more here [[http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/st_andrews_house.htm]] ... Jamie: Peter: The brown bottle is brown sauce, a malt vinegar base blended with fruit and spices. and as for the green, i take it you mean the one behind the sugar. I would imagine it's...... elaine: i saw hitler working on the buses in edinburgh in 1978, jack... elaine: my brother used to call that poly bagging - they used to use bin bags - this was edinburgh i add, you couldn't do anything like this in the balmy south... elaine: gaad, horncastle really knows how to rock and roll.
i never went at christmas, but i was told dundee is good, cos they get hand-me-down lights from edinburgh and/or glasgow and they just keep adding.
maybe...... elaine: i used to live in dundas street in edinburgh... elaine: yeah, most of it is pretty with the possible exception of the road between glasgow and edinburgh, but it is good for driving and walking and the countryside is good and the cities are variable,...... elaine: the badly executed 'grafitti' reminds me of when i was a teenager and there were adverts on the buses in edinburgh to tell us not to vandalise the bus, and the drawings were of a...... elaine: you can make a pinhole camera with any room - camera means room, as it happens. What you need, though, is there to be only one source of light. if you want to try it...... elaine: to an extent. i was born in england, honeypot lane maternity hospital to be exact, of a scottish mother and english father, always and forever to be viewed as 'too english' when we repaired on...... elaine: i have been to san francisco, but i didn't make it cross that bridge. i did go the science museum, where they made the whole building into a camera by having a door ajar, that...... elaine: plenty minging flats in glasgow, and also edinburgh, some really horrible estates (schemes). your schemie is not like your pikey or your chav, having been isolated away from any kind of commerce except a row...... elaine: is it ghery, though? i mean, if i can tell this, then there is a signiture, and so there is something to the 'stars'
i think you should care and not pretend, and the questions are...... elaine: some of my favourite domiciles have been slums at the time of living, but i am of that ilk, and maybe i have grown out of it too. when my beautiful faded - grandeur georgian...... elaine: ... which brings me neatly back to Ballard. maybe his liking for the suburbs came in part from how weird his life had been up until then? God, Empire of the Sun was such a...... elaine: By the way, lots of people of all ages complain constantly about where they live - or about where I live, for better or worse reason. My friend Lucy lives in Edinburgh and pines for...... elaine: Re: The Touch of the Machine
I agree. Plus scale. Plus the city as a machine. The scale thing - I lived in Edinburgh previously and standing underneath the Forth Rail Bridge at South Queensferry......
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