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
Sooper-hanz Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Who gives a fuck. I’m more concerned about how Douglas ‘pool ball’ Jenkins is getting on. 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
Wester Hailes Skins Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Edinburgh, by accident or intention, manages to hide its rougher areas from visitors. Other cities might have inner city deprivation. Or you go through their rougher areas to get to the centre. You could visit Edinburgh 100 times from Aberdeen, including football. You're never gonna see any of Wester Hailes, Niddrie, Muirhouse or any of these outlying schemes. Same for tourists who think we all live in the Royal Mile and eat shortbread. 1 Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said: Edinburgh, by accident or intention, manages to hide its rougher areas from visitors. Other cities might have inner city deprivation. Or you go through their rougher areas to get to the centre. You could visit Edinburgh 100 times from Aberdeen, including football. You're never gonna see any of Wester Hailes, Niddrie, Muirhouse or any of these outlying schemes. Same for tourists who think we all live in the Royal Mile and eat shortbread. The north end of Lothian Road and surrounds was always pretty sleazy (think the Ambassador Sauna was finally shut down?) but you’re right - the main approaches into Edinburgh bypass these areas. Link to comment
Wester Hailes Skins Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, BrisDon said: The north end of Lothian Road and surrounds was always pretty sleazy (think the Ambassador Sauna was finally shut down?) but you’re right - the main approaches into Edinburgh bypass these areas. The top end of Lothian Road starts to become Tollcross. Which I wouldn't say is deprived, mostly tenements, but has had its share of trouble over the years. Toll-X / Tollcross Rebels a famous old school gang. Lapdancing bars also from Tollcross to top of Grassmarket. So yeah, a kinda tattoo parlour, lapdancing type area. Link to comment
Sooper-hanz Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 There’s some real shitholes you have to venture through when you use the canal and cycle paths of Edinburgh. Absolute vacant stares you get from the locals as they mesmerise at the ‘metal horse thing wi wheels n at ken?’ Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Wester Hailes Skins said: The top end of Lothian Road starts to become Tollcross. Which I wouldn't say is deprived, mostly tenements, but has had its share of trouble over the years. Toll-X / Tollcross Rebels a famous old school gang. Lapdancing bars also from Tollcross to top of Grassmarket. So yeah, a kinda tattoo parlour, lapdancing type area. Lived not too far from Tollcross so know that area well. An eclectic area right enough. Link to comment
Don Fonte Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Stayed in Edinburgh for quite a few years. A wonderful city. Played football in some of the less salubrious areas at times. Could be interesting. Link to comment
BrisDon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Don Fonte said: Stayed in Edinburgh for quite a few years. A wonderful city. Played football in some of the less salubrious areas at times. Could be interesting. 11s or 5s? Powerleague at Portobello was alright but used to get some nutters turning up at Sighthill. Link to comment
Don Fonte Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 1 minute ago, BrisDon said: 11s or 5s? Powerleague at Portobello was alright but used to get some nutters turning up at Sighthill. 11s Link to comment
jamiesd Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Back in the day Double Two Torry. Link to comment
For Fecks Sake Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Heard that the Dutch Mill has gone right down hill of late and guys like Hutch often frequent it now. Link to comment
Don Fonte Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, Bad_Mobby said: Fuck, I bet you played against some right minks Playing central belt/Southerners in Scottish cup games was something else! Aye, some off the scale minks. Although the worst ever was Saltcoats away in the Scottish Junior Cup. What an absolute shithole. Link to comment
sigh Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 11 hours ago, Studebaker-90 said: A great review of the broadsword after a google search. Anyone know when/why it was shut down? Ah, the Broadsword - uncles and cousins were regulars, my faither used to go in when we were visiting. I popped in, on my own, mid 90's, it was if I had stepped into a western saloon, everyone stopped and stared. Went in a few times over the years for a pint with my faither and uncles, not the usual sort of place I would frequent. Link to comment
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