tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post1733564185224061252..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Arts and Crafts day in EdinburghDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-60401520629009445832017-11-06T18:45:44.722+00:002017-11-06T18:45:44.722+00:00Old Sir John indeed. We have heard the chimes at m...Old Sir John indeed. We have heard the chimes at midnight. I forgot you were in Edinburgh in the 1970s. At least the St James Centre and George Square were minority aberrations. Whole towns like Gloucester and Worcester had the life ripped out of them. Heck, I learned that in the 1960s in Gloucester city centre they pulled down whole rows of MEDIEVAL houses.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-88511159877973515122017-11-06T16:58:48.426+00:002017-11-06T16:58:48.426+00:00I am ok and old enough(I'll be SIXTY in 2 year...I am ok and old enough(I'll be SIXTY in 2 years time, Deo volente) to remember seeing the hated St James Centre actually being built in the 1970s, replacing the sublime Georgian and Victorian buildings of St James Square and Leith Street, with its famous double level of shops. We in Edinburgh can at least console ourselves that Glasgow had things much worse I in the west they couldn't rip down excellent period buildings fast enough to make room for motorways.John Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68807230932156194982017-11-04T17:35:21.199+00:002017-11-04T17:35:21.199+00:00Corrected with your usual charm, John. But right, ...Corrected with your usual charm, John. But right, and good to hear from you even with the baldest of cues for an amendment which I'll make. How ARE you?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-80614852786291219232017-11-04T16:46:09.423+00:002017-11-04T16:46:09.423+00:00the destruction of George Square took place in the...the destruction of George Square took place in the 1960s, not 1970s, under university of edin principal Edward Appleton, who ensured that his name would be attached to the ugliest of the buildings. Even to this day there is still great resentment from the "town" against the "gown" who actioned all this, in a thoroughly underhand way, as the planning committees of the city included university bigwigs who were clearly partialJohn Graham, Edinburghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-29519906133306025752017-11-01T11:19:19.507+00:002017-11-01T11:19:19.507+00:00You must! Edinburgh and Venice are for many-time v...You must! Edinburgh and Venice are for many-time visiting. J said this was a love-letter to the city, and so it is, and not just nostalgia for student days, I think. Just used the word 'serendipitous' about browsing in book and CD/record shops in a response to your comment on the Hallowe'en post, before I saw this.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-29561376352580924952017-10-31T23:23:36.422+00:002017-10-31T23:23:36.422+00:00I've only been to Edinburgh once, and as I wri...I've only been to Edinburgh once, and as I write that, I can almost hear you say "you must" come again. Certainly, should we do so, we'll want to follow the trail of breadcrumbs you've laid down here. The pottery shop (and accompanying poem) and Dovecote studio exhibit are tremendously appealing. Poking around in a favorite bookshop, perhaps nothing particular in mind, then coming out with serendipitous finds, is always a delight. (The Clegg subtitle, as you and the shop so justly note, is decidedly not felicitous in any way. How stupid!)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.com