Poodler Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 The star bar has a tenement block above it...Oops. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 The star bar has a tenement block above it...That pisses all over the Clutha IMO. Link to comment
BrianFaePerth Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Thon pub AK got spiked in must be awfy rough. #Liar Link to comment
DD1903 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 To be fair to poodley,apart from the decorative dome ,the tensments are unusually flat roofed I think .Covering all bases there, hanzanino Link to comment
DD1903 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 He's talking shite DD son.Without a doubt @cans Link to comment
The Boofon Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 In an urn on the shelf? Doubt that'll take off for Christmas TBH. Link to comment
Redforever86 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Ive been on top of that roof cunto, so there.Why did you decide not to jump after all? Link to comment
Wester Hailes Skins Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head. Life was tough in the gateau. 1 1 Link to comment
Cowie Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head.Life was tough in the gateau.Sounds like you caked it when you were younger. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 It’s lost all its charm. Full or arsehole hipsters now. You not feel at home? lol Totally agree with you about it losing its charm: pubs like that (the way it was) evolve over decades, you cant build or design them. I really miss the old clutha Link to comment
Guest findlay_1903 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Jumped to end of thread. Might of been said already but the regent bar is pretty wild. Sink running into urinal is economic plumbing. Aberdeen AND Celtic shirts on wall. Link to comment
Guest findlay_1903 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I can’t remeber leaving the regent. My sister in laws boyfriend used to stay in student next to the tunnel. Scarred him supposedly. Link to comment
BWG Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Cheerz can be pretty rough if you're nae careful. Ken cause of the gay sex. Link to comment
Studebaker-90 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 A great review of the broadsword after a google search. Anyone know when/why it was shut down? Link to comment
Studebaker-90 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Upset at losing his favourite watering hole I’d wager Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 On 11/13/2018 at 11:22 PM, Wester Hailes Skins said: Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head. Life was tough in the gateau. Used to do the leasing and management work for the shopping centre in the mid 00s. Absolute shithole. Link to comment
Wester Hailes Skins Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, BrisDon said: Used to do the leasing and management work for the shopping centre in the mid 00s. Absolute shithole. I used to hang about outside it on ma bike when I was wee. And the shops in it. What there was. Link to comment
Studebaker-90 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Wester Hailes Skins said: I used to hang about outside it on ma bike when I was wee. And the shops in it. What there was. Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Niddrie Mains estate was absolutely horrendous but was redeveloped in the late 00s. Made Tillydrone look like Beverley Hills. Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 14 minutes ago, Studebaker-90 said: Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. Used to play at Silverknowles public golf course. The last few holes border Muirhouse. Council had virtually reconstructed the Berlin Wall on one side of the course to keep the locals out. Fair enough, you hardly want a needle stick and dose of HIV when you’re looking for your lost ball. Link to comment
manboobs109 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Studebaker-90 said: Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. I lived in Lochend for years. Not that bad and handy as fuck for Leith, City Centre and Porty beach. Made a few notes on my flat as well. My local, The Bunch of Roses was one of the worst pubs on the planet though. I used to walk down to Paul Kane's pub, The Tor. Niddrie is the roughest bit of Edinburgh, no question. Link to comment
Wester Hailes Skins Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I'm maybe thinking more of my memories growing up, a lot of schemes and high rises are gone now. Wester Hailes as a sprawl including Calders, Sighthill, etc used to have something ridiculous like 30-40!high rise blocks. Mostly gone now. And new houses built in their place. And a lot of different areas really border and merge into one sprawl. But from my years in Edinburgh: 1. Niddrie / Craigmillar 2. Muirhouse / Pilton / Granton 3. Wester Hailes / Sighthill / Calders / Broomhouse 4. Leith Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 In the 00s prior to the redevelopment Niddrie estate was half derelict and vacant although I think there were folk still living there until the end. Looked like a war zone you’d see on the 9 o’clock news. Think it has somewhat gentrified now. Looks as though the old White House pub is now some kind of gastropub/bistro /so there’s obviously been some ‘gentrification’. Dumbiedykes is the one obvious omission from @Wester Hailes Skins’s list. And Dalry/Gorgie is a depressing shithole too right enough 😆. A mate of mine (Dons fan from Longside) used to live in a flat above Dersim kebab house and I used to think fuck me it would be depressing living here. Link to comment
manboobs109 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 1 minute ago, BrisDon said: In the 00s prior to the redevelopment Niddrie estate was half derelict and vacant although I think there were folk still living there until the end. Looked like a war zone you’d see on the 9 o’clock news. Think it has somewhat gentrified now. Looks as though the old White House pub is now some kind of gastropub/bistro /so there’s obviously been some gentrification. Dumbiedykes is the one obvious omission from @Wester Hailes Skins’s list. And Dalry/Gorgie is a depressing shithole too right enough 😆. A mate of mine (Dons fan from Longside) used to live in a flat above Dersim kebab house and I used fuck me it would be depressing living here. Niddrie hasn't been gentrified man. They've built new houses that's all. One of the pubs got busted for having dog fights in the lounge. Name escapes me but it's a farmfoods now. 1 Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said: Edinburgh. FFS???🙄 I feel it’s incumbent upon me as a former resident of 9 years to point out that contrary to its reputation as a ‘The Athens of the North’, vast expanses of the city are a cultural wasteland. Chesser’s another area I forgot about. Used to go to the Asda there. Like a shit version of Seaton. Link to comment
Wester Hailes Skins Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Gorgie / Dalry not a scheme but agree the deprivation of the area over the years is shameful. All that has been upgraded is new student flats. There are I agree areas such as Dumbiedykes, Oxgangs, Inch, Tollcross etc but I was more referencing the big scheme sprawls. Link to comment
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