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Photograph looking down Chalmers Street in 1912 with Bridge Street to the left leading up the High Street and where the Seven Kings pub is now, and where the entrance to the Glen was on the right before the magnificent Louise Carnegie gates were built which form the grand entrance today.
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Love this photo.
I just like the thought of knowing, that where these people stepped, we stepped too. I’m like that with a lot of historical stuff.
That’s a great photo.
Amazing, knowing that my Gran saw this at the age of eleven and my Great Grandparents living in Elgin Street at that time, he working at the Gas works. Great photo.
Jean Shepherd show dad
Lovely but a wee bit before my time
Suzanne Hannell
And the tram line for the Townhill to Rumblingwell service which lasted another 30 or so years after the trams. At times bus ran every 5 minutes on the Townhill end so I have to presume the trams did as well.
Where have all the flowers gone?
My father Jimmy Dick was the manager of Hays in the sixties ,Hays must have shifted to the opposite side of Chalmers st
Liam Howard were still here
You can see part of the sign for Coull and Matthew, Ironmongers who subsequently moved to the corner of Bridge Street and Chalmers Street.
Father had his office directly opposite in the late 60s early 70s, AllScot Promotions, 2 Chalmers Street.
Any Symes out there?
I remember on the right in place of that store there was the Manhattan caffé, where we met after school for our ‘froffy coffees’!!
The Edwinstowe fife’r likes this
great phjoto !!!!
Daniel Broadley Alan Bower
Braw photo.
Fantastic picture
Love the auld photos Big Thank u xx
Note the name on the right. Hays Cash stores. I wonder what that meant. Did it mean cash only, assuming people got credit or used cheques, or is it a polite way of saying Pon Broker. Interesting to see this area built up prior to the gates being built. That means that when Andrew Carnegie slipped into what was then a private estate and played football, he took a different route to the one we would now, unless he came in through one of the the other two entrances. Perhaps Pittencrief street was once the main entrance.