Exclusive look inside Gladstones land | The Royal Mile
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In this weeks Edinburgh/ Scotland Log we get an exclusive look inside Gladstones Land on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh. It a 16th century building that still remains almost identical to how it looked when it was build. It shows som incredible Edinburgh History.
It is owned and run by the National Trust For Scotland. Thank you so much to them for allowing us to have a look inside.
Galdstone's Land
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Great video, you are an amazing ambassador for Edinburgh!
There is a title i would enjoy.
I've walked past this hundreds of times and didn't realise this was something you can visit.
What a lovely bit of Scotland.
How beautiful things were in the past.
You are not the only geek. I love all the architecture in Edinburgh. It was amazing and I'm so excited to return in 2023.
You were only missing a big Cuppa by the fireplace Tony. Gorgeous building. Edinburgh’s rich history is what took us there and will have us return one day.
Oh I love a cuppa.
That was just added to her must see for this year thank you Tony for showing that
Tony you got to do more stuff like that that is beautiful you're so lucky to live in a town that much history
Well done again Tony. You looked very comfortable in the "fireside chat" segment.
I should get a novel and do fire side stories.
Fireside stories ha ha 😂
I'm from Edinburgh but live in England now, my school took us round gladstones land it's amazing
Really fun. This was gorgeous! To think we passed by it 100 times.
What a gem! Have added this to the list for next month! Simply gorgeous!
And now I have another new to me place to visit when I come back to Scotland in 2021!
Hi Tony.
I love your passion and inquisitive nature. I have always been the same but grew up in the days before UA-cam.
I would often visit many historical places and wonder to myself whilst I transporting my mind back to the day...unfortunaltely I never had internet or a platform to express myself as you guys do today.
Today... Gladstone Land sits next door to a shop called 'The Taste Of Edinburgh'.
In the 1980's that shop was called the 'Tartan Gift Shop" and was owned by my mums friends Sandy and Moira Leask.
My mum worked there for many. many years and (as a joiner) I carried out most of their maintenance and other work including converting the basement into a coffee shop.
Access to the coffee shop was through the vennel where the Jolly Judge signage is displayed.
There was a basement below the basement but when I opened the hatch it was damp and dark so I never went down.
I replaced the front windows of this shop which you can still see next to the steps going up to Gladstone tennaments.
In 1990's I worked in some flats in a building around the corner on the mound directly opposite the Bank of Scotland and next door to a jeweller.
Whilst there. I discovered a passageway leading to the basement and then further down into an underground street. I took a torch one day and followed it. This led me underneath the City Chambers and I passed through a few old gateways with rusty cast iron hinges still embedded into the stonework.
This was obviously part of old St Marys Close that was built over during the plague.
Outside the same building I noticed some writing in the stone work saying "Destitute sick"
I researched this and found that it used to be a hospice for homeless wretches.
The next day i explored the place further and found an old passageway that led towards Princes Street gardens.
The exit was closed off up with red brick.
I later found out that this was the original passage that they took the dead bodies of the wretched and homeless and dumped them into the Nor Loch.
Maybe you can investigate this further.
Never knew about this place! Ive walked past it 100 times aswell.
Love Gladstone’s Land! I’ve stayed in the NTS apartments above Gladstone’s several times! They are equally magical.
Had no idea what we missed last year. We will most definitely check it out next time.
Thank you for the tour. When I come to Scotland I will definitely visit there.
Make sure you mention you saw it on the video.
Those ceilings! Amazing. Thank you Tony. I'll be making that a must see in September.
We will be in Edinburgh in 2 weeks, and this was on my list with a question mark. Now after seeing it, we will definitely stop there. Thank you!
Thats what im here for, make sure you mention to them you saw the video.
@@ClanBroonford I will
I love the passion you have for the history! It's so much fun to watch!
So glad you do these videos. I have been to Edinburgh 4 times and did not know that was there. Next time I go I will definitely go see this. Thanks Clan Broonfords.
Thanks for the peek inside. I love how excited you get about history. I love history also, and that's one of the reasons we visited your fabulous city last October. I miss it!
Well you will need to visit again.
Brilliant! Thanks!
Definitely a stop we will be making in less than 3 weeks!! After a trip to the Haggis Box!
Was there last year at the ice cream shop - did not know we could go in upstairs!!! Next time!
Oh, I wish I had known this was there when I visited, all the more reason to return to beautiful Edinburgh. I was there in March and hoped to accidentally run into you but that didn't happen. I love your videos and so does my husband. This building is absolutely gorgeous, those ceilings are incredible! Keep up the wonderful work showing your beautiful city, I enjoy them all! This is an amazing building and the interiors are just breathtaking!
It is well worth a visit.
@@ClanBroonford What's weird is I was just looking at photos from my trip, and I actually took a nice picture of it! I was in front of it but it wasn't open at the time I was there, how cool is that? Yes, my husband and I want to visit Edinburgh together the next time, I was by myself on this visit, but he's gotten the travel bug to visit Scotland too:)
Thar looks amazing! I never knew you could go in there ! So interesting and the woodwork is beautiful thanks for this
I love this video. A hidden gem in Edinburgh. I’m a geek when it comes to old stuff and the history behind them. Thanks for taking us along!
Your welcome.
I'm pausing half-way to tell you how much I am enjoying this tour, and your excitement and enthusiasm is infectious! Thank you Tony 😊
I’m a geek, I know.
This historic building should be on everyone's to do list, like The Georgian House in Charlotte Square. (Then maybe a wee libation in the Oxford Bar?)
One building that is mind blowing is the former Apostolic church which is now The Mansfield Traquair Centre in Broughton. It features the wonderful wall art of Arts & Craft artist, Phoebe Anna Traquair. So amazing, but restricted viewing hours. Check beforehand, folks.
Love the vids, Tony. I'll be up again in October, the old gods willing! Thanks for all your excellent uploads.🌟🌟🌟
Excellent video as always, I understand Jacobs Ladder is open again, as a suggestion maybe a little video on that....
Will have to take a walk there some time.
Wow. My family and I will need at least a month's vacay in Scotland. Edinburgh alone needs at least a week! 😍 Thank you so much for your informative vlogs. So nice to see Edinburgh through the eyes of a fellow history geek!🤩
You are very welcome.
Keep on geekin' out. You're brilliant.
Great video ... the house looks wonderful and full of history
It’s stunning.
I loved this little tour. 😊
Good morning from Florida.(5AM)
FYI: Did you know that glass is a liquid? It flows. If you look through original glass,many years old, it is wavy.
I did not know that.
Great video! Thanks!
That’s amazing, and to think the amount of times that I have walked past that building. We will definitely visit when to are up in Edinburgh in three weeks time,. Thank you so much for all your super interesting videos.
Will be visiting. Thank you so much. 👏🤗🐨
Reminds me a tiny bit of John Knox's house but only bigger ? You were so lucky to get an exclusive look...Can't believe the number of people walking past and not even giving it a look. On my to do list for next time
Thanks for showing us this great house. What an incredible place!
Awesome Tony, with luck some more places will open up to you as well, keep up the great work
That would be so cool.
Thanks for this video! I’m Brazilian and Edinburg is one of my favorites place in the world. Is a magic and charming city, full of history and beauty. You do an amazing work showing us your city. I’ll back soon as possible to visit each place you showed. 🙏🏻thanks for that!
Thank you so much. Glad they help.
Your enthusiasn is infectious and is a must see for sure. Mahalo plenty.
What a fanTAStic video!!! What was going on when you first released it that impacted the amount of views? It IS exciting and I KNEW that there was more decoration than the things we typically see of times past. I am not familiar enough with the Scottish people to know how social they were when away from home or if many people from foreign lands would routinely visit Edinburgh so the crest or crown could be one of several things. Just for grins and giggles, I am going to say that the drawing is a Victoria Crowned Pigeon from the New Guinea area. It’s a rare bird but was one of the most kept birds for some time. I could keep talking about why I think it is but this is about Gladstones and I definitely want to stay there!
Thanks for sharing this experience love it xxx
I've been there. It was one of the places I had applied for a job.
Geeks are the most interesting people.
I keep telling myself that.
Thank you so much for this! It is now on our MUST SEE list when we go in a few weeks!
Mae sure to say you saw it on the video.
Absolutely amazing..on my list to visit next time we are up from Matlock
I stumbled on this video today - - oh my, how did I miss it before? It’s the type of video that should have hooked me first...but two years later I’m only now watching 🙄🤷♀️🤪 Anyway, AMAZING video, AMAZING place! Gladstones was on my never ending wish list but I didn’t fully appreciate why until now. Most definitely will visit if open - will be my first stop once I finally make it back. I’m sooo excited to see it now 😛!!! Have a great day, spring is almost here hopefully to cleanse us all of 2020.
Tony love this video! Totally missed this when i was up in March, it is definitely going on the list of things to do on my return and i am definitely coming back . Was not in Edinburgh anywhere near long enough to see everything i wanted to. The detail in that place is amazing! I love how infused you are in it so glad i am not the only person that gets like that . What i liked best about Edinburgh is that way that the past is there with the present in a very tangible way not bim and distant. Makes it feel a little out of time and i sort of feel that way maybe i have a little gallifreyen in me . Think maybe you do to .
I may have a wish to find a TARDIS key.
I’m geeking out with you tony-incredible find. Thanks for sharing!! 🏰😁🏴
I have visited there a few weeks ago what a beautiful place .
Excellent video! Thank you! :o)
So jealous ! Admired it from the outside, had no idea what was inside!!! Wish I’d seen your vids before we were there :(
Great video will definitely check it out. I like local products for souvenirs. October can’t get here soon enough for me.
Hope we can help you plan.
I'm so excited to get back to check out Gladstones Land. It would be awesome to spend the night to do a ghost hunt.
That was so exciting! I loved it. Better than a formal tour. Loved how you went from one century to another and your right the ceilings!!! Thank you 😊. Love your videos!
From New Hampshire in the Grand USA. Cheers
The chairs are a work of art but not comfy you would need a cushion under your bum
That building is so amazing. We love all the paintings on the roofs! Definitely going to try and visit next time we are down in Edinburgh.
Its well worth a trip. Hope the wedding planning has started well.
That's great! Thank you!!! Would love to suggest a cool book store... perhaps Armchair Books?
Oh, i honest don't know.
Sooo... Edinburgh got me back on Thursday and Thanks to your videos I could tell my mom some stories and together we explore the city!
Excellent video, keep on showing us Edinburgh!
Yeah I'll deffo add a visit here to my list for next visit.....heard of it but never realised we've walked past it many a time. Thanks, made any tablet lately? 😂
No, scared to try it again.
Been in a few times such a amazing building. Being a nts member works out ideal getting in free to properties as save a fortune.
I love Gladstone’s. It’s well, well worth it to take the guided tour. We enjoyed it so much. It was so interesting.
Adding this to my list for my second visit. I passed by Gladstone’s several times last fall but didn’t stop in. I’ll definitely tour the place this September. Thank you!
Its a lovely place to see.
Another great video. Wasn't planning on going to Gladstones Land when we're there - but now it's on our "must see" list. Thank you!
You are welcome, make sure you mention you saw it on the video.
Free advertising for them. They'll take it any day lol
What a beautiful building, and amazing to see that it is in such good condition. So cool you are getting up close and personal! This was great and so was the Haggis Box. Looking forward to more like these.
If more places will let me in.
I hope to go to Scotland next year with my husband...could you do a 'must see' video of the top 10 sites?
Cracking video, Tony. Excellent preservation of that grand auld house. I remember seeing Gladstones Land whilst visiting Edinburgh three years ago, did not realise what type of shoppe it was and that this house was up above. Slàinte.
Amazing building! What a ceiling!!When I was there, at the end of February, it was closed, another good reason to return to this beautiful city. Thank you Tony.
I can just imagine how my trip in July is going to go... “Yes yes we know, Tony sent you.” 🙄😂
That would be amazing if that happened, Make sure you mention you saw wherever you go on our videos. Might help me get other places to let me film.
Thanks Tony that was so great! I love the history of Edinburgh.
I love this! With all of my research I have never run across any mention of this place. It is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m definitely adding it to our list of stops for our trip.
I can't believe we missed this! Stayed in an apartment real close to Deacon Brodie's so this was right by us! I too geek out when it comes to history 😁 Another great video Tony!
You will have to get there next time.
Wow! I’m born and bred Edinburgh and never been in this magical, magnificent place! ❤️ That’s definitely about to change! Fantastic! 🥰 Thanks for sharing it! 👍😊
Same here. I never knew they painted these ceilings. Too late for me to visit now.
Thank you for this video.
That was amazing. I totally understand how you feel about history. I love seeing how things used to be. Thank You Tony. 😊
Great video! There s no words to describe the beauty of this place. The ceiling of John knox 's house is like that one. Congrats Tony, u are getting your way 😉
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Love these videos, another place too visit along with the Haggis box in June
At 10:05... I have that same map on my wall.
Another amazing tour, Tony! My list of things to see in Edinborough is gerry quite lengthy thanks to your excellent videos! Geek out all you want! It's part of what makes your videos so great! Your enthusiasm is infectious. Keep up the great videos! They're the best of all the ones about your wonderful city.
Thank you!!! I will visit this historic building when I get there next month. Is it okay to take photos for personal use when touring?
When I was in Edinburgh in 1991 I had a tour of one of the old buildings. I thought it was this one, but there must be another one? Or would it have been open for tours before all the restorations were done? The lady that showed me through the building also told me about Mary King’s Close before it became a tourist attraction. I visited the close on a later trip.
Tony, Thanks for that mate... Question, Was photography allowed ? I'm originally from Davidsons Mains (moved to Glasgow late 70's)and would LOVE to take the wife around The Royal Mile, Got our heart set on seeing White Horse Close now that restrictions have eased a little.
Yeah you can take as many pictures as you like I think.
Am sure I went there when I was wee but it wasn't as good as it now.
Does no one know Edinburgh has under ground city 3 floors down
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