It was indeed the Boundary Bar. You'll notice that the bar has two separate doors with them sign posted Leith and Edinburgh. The bar held two separate liquor licences from the two authorities. The Leith licence was open for business later than that of the Edinburgh licence, So at kicking out time in the Edinburgh side of the bar they would move into the Leith side to continue drinking for a while longer. Thanks for the video Steve.
I had many an early morning coming out of a club in the summertime and then heading down to the Boundary Bar which opened for the postal workers... dancing to "I can see clearly now" with the sun shining through the windows. Bleary eyed and happy.
I lived in Leith for two years. I fell in love with the city, its people and Scotland in general. Your videos bring back really good memories. Thank you, keep it up. Greetings from Seville, Spain.
Gracias a ti Carlos! Me encanta tu cuidud tambien! Sorry, an excuse to use my terrible Spanish skills 🤣 so glad to bring back nice memories, all the best to you!
My parents and grandparents were from Leith and were proud to be Leithers. I used to work in Leith too in the early 1990s. I haven't been back for around 25 years but what strikes me watching this video is how one minute it looks like Amsterdam and the next minute some Stalinist-built hell-hole in Belarus!
Steve, thanks for the video. Being that I'm from Canada I only met members of the Scottish side of my family once about thirty some odd years ago, Leith is where they lived. Loved being able to see the town.
Thanks for sharing this, I stayed in Edinburgh 14 years back through Glasgow I met Arthur sad story about the fire and hence why he stayed in the streets,so glad he is in a care home getting cared for lovely man
Borland's is the quirkiest stop ever but he's been fantastic over the years, selling me various television and aerial. I love it that it's just around the corner from me. The British Red Cross charity shop is well worth a visit. It's the best laid out charity shop ever.
Thank you for this. We’re actually staying in Leith waterfront for a few days from tomorrow, so this video gave some ideas of the places to visit! Appreciate it!
You didn't mention two of Leith's most famous sons (or they were a few years back) - the twin brothers who were The Proclaimers! Their album 'Sunshine on Leith' sold particularly well in Australia (where I live). I visited Edinburgh in 2019 and rode the tram, which was very good. Let's hope it breathes new life into Leith Walk when its extension is completed.
My wife and I travel into Leith at least once a month for food that we used to buy when we lived in Edinburgh. First stop is the old butcher shop where we buy veal load, meat loaf, liver and so much more! The thing about Leith is all those separate shops selling their goods and it is nice having our food not vacuum sealed, everything is fresh! Folk in Leith stop for a blether in the street and they are so polite, not like the busy centres where everyone is on a mission and will walk right through you if you don't have your wits about you! Have you got a blog of Cramond and Cramond island, which you can walk out too at low tide, a walk up by the Almond river. So much to see and take in on a summers day! Great blog of Leith Steve - Well done!
I was born, lived and worked in Leith for 40 years, but had to move a long time ago. Brought back many happy memories and I’m still a Leither at heart.
At 10:08 Steve when your talking about the flats, behind you is the Malt Whisky Society building, and Fort House is built on the site of the Leith Fort when the Royal Garrison Artillery were stationed.
Thoroughly enjoyed your video of Leith, where I lived until about 4. In fact, the "industrial area" you walked into to climb up onto the railway viaduct is Tennant Street, where we lived before moving out to a new "scheme". My father worked at the docks for most of his working life.
My Granny lived in 60 Tennant Street and Grandfather worked at Leith docks...we are going up soon for a stay (Leith House) and just can't wait! On visiting Granny decades ago, you would be greeted by smell of vinegar in the air ... lovely haha!
Thanks for sharing your video. I love city walks. I visited Edinburgh a few years ago and it felt like coming home. I love it. Never felt like that anywhere else I visited.
Lovely wander there - I was wondering how far you'd get with starting in Leith Walk! Regarding the red sandstone parade of shops they'd planned to demolish and the adjacent former railway bridge parapets; you may be interested to know these were also constructed in the early 1900s as part of the Caledonian Railway's rival scheme to the North British Railway's Leith Central project. The background is that there was at that time only one feasible route for a further railway line between Leith and Edinburgh - namely alongside what is now the Leith Academy playing fields and along the northern edge of what is now Lochend Park towards Abbeyhill.. The NB and Caley Railways between them owned almost all of the railways in Eastern Scotland and had been trying to out-do each other since they first came into being in the 1840s, with many routes unnecessarily duplicated and/or non-cooperation which meant that timetables deliberately prevented through travel on the rival company's lines, etc. In this case, the Caley were so sure their expensive project would win that they actually started to build some of it in 1901; and indeed built three stations that would never see any passenger use - not to say a locomotive depot and a large fan of sidings at the industrial end of the line, at Seafield. At its northern end, the project forked off to the left of their existing line to Leith (which also carried a frequent passenger service to/from Edinburgh Princes Street and their Leith terminus just off Lindsay Street); just short of Newhaven Station. (The site of this junction can easily be identified today by the spur off the cycle track that's replaced the railway from Crewe Toll, that leads into Victoria Park). As the adjacent land has been re-profiled its' not obvious today; but the platforms of Newhaven South station were just on the park side of the bridge carrying Craighall Road overhead. The tracks then followed a curve to the south where they met earthworks in which it had been intended to lay another track forming a triangle, so that Leith station and docks would also have direct access to the new, double track line. (It is unclear whether this track was ever actually laid; but the way that Trinity Academy is built to the north - with an obvious bridge between two taller blocks; shows that the earthworks certainly were! Also check out the trees to the right of today's path, which form an avenue along what has obviously been a path. Today's path therefore runs along the top of what would have been a cutting through the park). A second station lay just to the south of the Ferry Road bridge, within the square - the west side of which was occupied by the original Chancelot Mills complex; though that was mainly served by the North British Railway's Leith and Granton branches, to its' rear. Continuing through the square, the abrupt end and the ivy-covered sandstone pier standing in the Water of Leith just ahead might be identified as one end of a lengthy viaduct that crossed not only the NB North Leith lines - nowadays a cycle track and the Water of Leith; but continued right across what is now an industrial estate towards Bonnington Toll, which it also crossed on the Glasgow-style skew; before landing on the northern edge of Pilrig Park. Little remains of the course beyond the river - though there is the odd fragment of red sandstone, if you know where to look... The line then skirted the north and eastern edges of Pilrig Park, towards the southern edge of which a steep embankment carried it towards the viaduct across Leith Walk and into the rooftop-level main would-be Leith station; which was also completed. There were also lower level access tracks running beneath the approach embankment to access Leith Walk Goods Depot - which lay immediately behind the said parade of shops on the north side of Leith Walk, which were also built by the railway. The shops on the south side of Leith Walk, where the station entrance would have been; and including those curving around into Manderston Street, are also CR-built, again in their signature red sandstone - some of which is now seriously in need of a good clean! As can be seen along Manderston Street, the railway continued along its length on huge masonry arches - one of which accommodated the entrance lobby to a former cinema/bingo hall; ending abruptly in Halmyre Street. To the rear of the modern flats at the other side of Manderston Street can be seen the site of the NB Leith Central station you refer to at the Foot of the Walk - which despite it's enormous bulk, had only four long platforms and a goods loading bay and as it's short life suggests; even that was far more than was ever needed... The decision as to which railway scheme won the right to the remaining corridor to Abbeyhill, was of course political; and perhaps local knowledge of the Edinburgh-based NBR was what helped it win the day over the Glasgow-based CR. Naturally it stems from the local referendum you mention at the beginning of your video, and in particular the faction of Leith Town Councillors who favored the retention of their independent status. A high level meeting between them and NBR directors resulted in the latter group offering to put them on the map with the grand new Central Station at the Foot of The Walk from which they claimed direct services could be run to Glasgow and possibly even English destinations without the much-resented need to change at Edinburgh to get anywhere else. In addition, a very frequent local service would run to and from Edinburgh Waverley in just 7 minutes, which was then considerably faster than the equivalent journey by tram - owing to the so-called "Pilrig Muddle," whereby all customers had to change trams because the Leith system was electric; while the Edinburgh system was cable-hauled! Thus the NB scheme that Leith Town Council eventually approved was of greater benefit to Leith than Edinburgh; while the CR system - featuring an underground section beneath Calton Hill and the New Town with underground stations at St James, St Andrew, Charlotte and Rutland Squares (the latter of which was adjacent to Princes Street terminus) would have been of greater benefit to Edinburgh! In reality there was no market for direct services from Leith to Glasgow or much else; and while a few such services were run initially; the 10-minute interval shuttle to and from Abbeyhill and Waverley formed the bulk of Central's services. Denied of the Edinburgh corridor, the CR was continued beyond Halmyre Street on a series of metal girder bridges to the far side of Easter Road, where it met the raised ground and, passing under the NB Leith Central lines close to where their junction would have been; continued to Seafield, where Salamander Street was crossed on another girder bridge which dropped to service the loco depot and large marshaling yard, although even this was never used to full capacity in peacetime. The entire route was singled in 1915 as a wartime economy and the second track never restored, as the available traffic simply didn't warrant it; then in 1920 the CR loco depot was leased to the NBR - surely the ultimate measure of humiliation! Never opened to passengers, a troop special ran to a temporary platform to the north of Pilrig Park, for a troop review that took place there in 1917 - possibly the one and only train that even resembled a passenger special. The southern end of the route closed in 1965; while Leith Walk Goods continued to be served twice weekly until 1967. The viaducts across Leith Walk and Easter Road were subsequently removed in 1989; although a cycle bridge is planned to replace it over Leith Walk at some point in the future... As you stated in your film, Leith Central Station served passengers from 1903 to 1952 only; after which the platforms were removed and it became Edinburgh's first diesel depot; though this too closed in 1971; after which tracks were lifted and their route was abandoned. Although the Waverley shuttles attracted moderate income until the tramways were united and the Edinburgh system was electrified, ending the need for any changing at Pilrig in 1923; the fact that the single-platform terminus named North Leith (it appears on the left of the scene immediately after your pause at the Citadel remains) still carried more passengers than Central in 1914 - which is generally regarded as the year the railways were most used; speaks volumes of the extent to which Leith Central Station was little more than an extremely expensive vanity project!
Leith Central Station is where the junkies used to go, its where Irvine Welsh got the theme for Trainspotting, there a vlog for you , film locations in edinburgh and surrounding
Thanks for the info and the brilliant idea! I have a wee video in mind for Oscars time, but a film locations one would be a great project to get my teeth into!
Steve😊 My hometown was Dunedin New Zealand. Perhaps you know of it, if you have been to NZ. The name Leith is very familiar there too, with the Leith stream running through the famous University of Otago campus. Dunedin ii s truly the Edinburgh of the south 😊
Great video! enjoyed every second of it. I like how you could always find a way to appreciate even the smallest detail of your city, like the lamp post, tiny shops and street arts you talked about.
Another great video Steve.....what a great neighborhood to walk around & explore! That bagel sandwich...OMG....you had me drooling! Lots of nice coffee shops & I saw an interesting bakery that you passed also. The train station was certainly impressive in it's day....too bad things like that have to go away. Thanks again - really enjoyed it....cheers!
Hi Steve. Thanks for bringing us along to Leith. Been a couple of times, once to see the Royal yacht Britannia a day great out. A really interesting video, again thanks for your time and effort Best wishes to you both.
Hey Steve I thought I was the only person who still liked the brutalist architecture, glad to see someone else does too! Maybe it’s because of the era we were born in that gives us a soft spot for it 🤷🏻♀️. I’ve really been enjoying your vids since I came across them a few days ago, they’ve been giving me a real wander lust! Keep up the good work x
Hey Laney thanks so much for dropping by and checking out my videos. Aye, I think you’re right, it sure takes me back to the buildings I would see growing up. It was such a brave design back then, I just hope we can retain these places for the future :)
Hi Steve. A cheery wee note re. Leith Central Station. It was a haven for drug addicts and alkies way back. Begbie was there for just that purpose in Irvine Welsh's book / film. A down and out asked if he was there for trainspotting - hence the name of the book / film.
Just discovered this great mini tour of Leith . . very impressed by excellent video presentation and quality. Will definitely check out further productions . . you now have yet another subscriber.
Excellent video again Steve, very informative too. I've driven through there hundreds of times but you've shown me things I've not seen before. Many thanks.
@@steve-marsh I think you can still get to the bridge from the path between the new houses that have gone up next to the Gaelic School and Pilrig park.
I went on many walks from Pilrig Heights to see if the Wee Leith Shop was open. I had nay luck at all. Mind you, that tea pot in the window screams my grannie's name. I want to buy it if it isn't an arm and a leg. The great mural looks like the work of Diego Rivera, the Mexican muralist. Keep reminding us to look up !!
Ha, so funny: I just saw a video from Geoff Marshall about the tram in Edinburgh and its new extension. 😊 (Hope you forgive me for mentioning another UA-camr, Steve…) Nice walk, thanks for taking us along!
You could do a 'places mentioned in the trainspoting books'. I recognised the foot of the walk and pilrig street and the banana flats (mentioned in skagboys).
My wife and I stayed in Leith while visiting Edinburgh. We loved it. Great neighborhood and picturesque walking tours especially by the water. Would visit it again. I'll never forget it! Thanks for the tour and the memories!
my dad used to drink in the boundary bar many moons ago there used to be a line that ran through the bar that marked the boundary of Leith and Edinburgh and when the last bell went on the Leith side you crossed over the line to Edinburgh which gave you a half an hours extra drinking. as for leith central station my gran stayed in duke street on the right hand side going along her windows overlooked the station i remember when i stayed with her the horn going off at 6am ish for the start of the shift also the central bar at the bottom of the walk was actually a waiting room well worth a visit to see the tiles on the walls. also good to see the citadel ive never seen it im the only one of my family that never grew up there it was before my time (im 62)
Brilliant comment Keith, thanks so much for the info and can't wait to visit the Central Bar and see the tiles! And the Boundary Bar sounded such a cool unique place!
Another great video Steve. Being raised in Leith and very nostalgic. Despite all the changes some sights still the same. At the end of your video, you briefly caught Prince Regent Street. Lived in Number 16 up to my teens. Amazed that the Vine Bar is still there. So strange for me sitting in Dorking, Surrey and seeing all this. Great stuff.
Pubs, clubs, shops, businesses of other sorts closed since then trams and covid seen to that .one in particular you passed pilrig motors was their for decades not sure maybe 60 years all gone .it's really sad not the same it's soleless .wetherspoons is next I heard to close .
Arthur used to sleep in a basement area beneath a flat I lived in Broughton Street in the early 90's. At 5am on a summer's morning Arthur would be walking up the steps with his regal black dreadlocks (1992) ready for the day. I would always see Arthur in random places - sitting on a mound of grass somewhere and I always thought that he was from a different time in history - not meant for the modern world. He was one of a few very defined tramps that were in Edinburgh at the time. I returned to Edinburgh about 10 years ago and was amazed to see him again - he hadn't changed apart from his snow white dreadlocks. I heard about his troubled past and totally understood his need to to 'opt out' of society. At times since, I've been sorely tempted to do the same. Here's to Arthur!
Here here! What a lovely comment and thanks for sharing your memories of such a Leith Legend :) I really hope he found some happiness/contentment on the streets of Edinburgh.
Spent 7 years in Leith in Henderson Gardens ( you passed my front door on your walk) Had the Banana Flats at my back bedroom window and one of the first Michelin star restaurants when you looked out my living room window at the front. (Plummed Horse) used to love Leith. Eclectic to say the least. Keep up the good work. Living in Glasgow now and saw yer effort about visiting as many pubs in 1 day as possible (shame you missed The Orwell in Anderston off your list)
This might just be one of your best ones yet. Really interesting to see Leith, don't know when I was last in Leith but I'll definitely be going into Leith whenever I'm able to fly back home
Love the latest video Steve, nice to see the real Edinburgh not just the touristy bit every one else shows(beautiful as it is on the whole) this is about real life . Any idea how long before the tram works are expected to last as it would be great to ride it in the future.Stay safe mate.
Hello Steve, another great video I really enjoyed seeing Leith. Some great shots of Victorian architecture. Im with you on the brutalist architecture and when you mentioned it i thought oh you need to see the Barbican the grand daddy of them all....then you mentioned it...nice one. Its amazing how creative we are becoming in lockdown and its great to see this sort of video content, as much as I miss the planes and trains this will have to do :)
Another good video Steve, a wee trip down memory lane for me, Leiths an amazing district you can get anything from an aspirin pill to a fridge or a tatoo or even a Mitchellan star restaurants
Hi Steve Yet another great video I am sure all the Leither's will be proud of your footage. The station building is incredible I could not believe it when told Leith had a huge station , I worked with a few Leither's in my time at Grangemouth and offshore some who had served their time in Caledon's shipyard. An old school pal of mine served his time with SAI Chemicals and spent some time there at Salamander St. , I remember from years ago there was a white vessel moored at the bridge on Commercial St but obviously gone now. When I do my Water of Leith walk I need to take in as much of possible of Leith also. Where will I find the Bross bagels stand it looks a must. Take care D.
Cheers Dennis! Cross bagels is just down Leith Walk on the right hand side, not to be missed! Yeah, I was so surprised by the station too, especially its size, weird that it only lasted 50 years!
One of my favourite walks during lockdown. Have you tried looking at the old maps as you walk, opens up some historic places and their original use. Like the old railway station at leith.
Lived in Leith for 11 years great junction Street just at admiralty street above swannys bare I loved it always something going on but iv got to say I loved getting up & going for a walk up to dean village by the water if Leith beautiful little walk with the dog anyways keep the videos coming all good 💯👍
Thanks for this video - I have walked down Leith Walk many times but I must have had my eyes shut. I live in Essex now but hope to come home to stay just outside Edinburgh this year. I would like to see a video on the east of Edinburgh - the Longniddry area which is where I hope to move to!
Thanks for the wander about Leith. I've been through there on the bus, but never got off. I'll be sure to check it out on foot next time. Keep up the great videos Steve!
Someone May have mentioned elsewhere but I didn’t see it, but you have to go behind the red buildings buildings with leith depot towards pilrig park (which you can access from that side) and there is a way of getting up to the train bridge from there. Also, probably mentioned somewhere else, but the campaign worked and the fronts should be staying.
Love the brutalist architecture, I spent a wonderful afternoon walking around the Barbican so glad to find you are a fan of this style also. Many thanks for this video informative as always, wishing you and yours good health and I will look forward to your next instalment, cheers.
Thanks so much Simon! Glad I'm not the only one that appreciates the architecture, and really hope for more protection around it and that it's not lost forever!
Being disabled I appreciate your videos I remember when young my mum used to trail me from the top of Leith all the way down to the bottom. Remember Woolworth at the kirkgate and pick n mix and a Beano comic that was me happy for a few hours I also remember a underground market in the 70s used to be dark but many stalls selling everything from towels to toys ect
The people of _Leith Walk_ have certainly been clobbered by the tram works over the last decade. Should be great once it's all finally finished. Great video, Steve.
Ah memory lane I worked in the old Leith Hospital in 1982 it was a fascinating place you are correct Leith is a really interesting place with its motto of course Persevere good stuff
New subscriber here. I stayed in Leith on business a couple of years ago driving up from Blackpool. Business was in Cumbernauld didn’t fancy staying there. Got to Leith about 4pm taking the country route from the A74M through some unbelievable countryside to Edinburgh. Staying in the holiday inn I arrived at 4pm and walked around Leith for 5 hours fantastic place so much to see.
Thanks so much for the support Anthony! Yeah, you made a good choice staying here rather than Cumbernauld (I can say that as someone born there!) all the best to you!
To echo another comment - it's good watching your interesting vids showing places I haven't been, and maybe I never will except from the comfort of my sofa.
Great video steve. Used to love walking up one side and down the other. Been in chinese shop many a time. Never been there when there hasn't been a siren going off lol.great wee cafes for stop offs.thanks for my day out, can't wait till next one. xx
I grew up in Leith, it's a dump. Stayed in Kirk Street, Henderson Gardens, just where the banana flats are, drank in the Dirty WIndaes and Port O'Leith, Central etc. I stayed in Leith when that bridge was intact and used to walk along there from Bonnington Road when I was a bairn.
remember when i was working there 25 year ago putting pipes in road we christend it leathel leath working ootside the needle exchange was dodgy as and binmen wore heavy leather jerkins and needle proof gloves the shops were a bit different mermaid massage parlour etc
Steve, a request if I may.... Could you consider an early Sunday morning walk starting with a tour around Waverley station, past the Balmoral hotel up Princes Street past the fancy Scottish government building (taking in the Burns monument and Jacobs ladder?), all the round to the Regent Road park with the views to Holyrood and Arthurs Seat? A bit tourist cliche I know, but would make an interesting video? Lots of different things to see on the way?
Cheers, I’ll make note of that just now and try to do it. Things will be a bit slower now as I go back to work full time, but I’ll sure try! Hope you’re doing well :)
There were a couple of moments there where the local constabulary might have advised you that you can't enter somewhere and that you should go somewhere else.
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It was indeed the Boundary Bar. You'll notice that the bar has two separate doors with them sign posted Leith and Edinburgh. The bar held two separate liquor licences from the two authorities. The Leith licence was open for business later than that of the Edinburgh licence, So at kicking out time in the Edinburgh side of the bar they would move into the Leith side to continue drinking for a while longer. Thanks for the video Steve.
This is one of my favourite stories about Leith! A classic Edinburgh attitude - stay a little longer to drink with friends!
That is so cool! Man I wish I knew that before I filmed this :D
Hahaha😃 sounds like my kind of bar(s) Thanks for posting that wee tale 😁
I had many an early morning coming out of a club in the summertime and then heading down to the Boundary Bar which opened for the postal workers... dancing to "I can see clearly now" with the sun shining through the windows. Bleary eyed and happy.
I just had some of this same comment replied before I read the next one. I read it in a book somewhere. So very cool.
I lived in Leith for two years. I fell in love with the city, its people and Scotland in general. Your videos bring back really good memories. Thank you, keep it up.
Greetings from Seville, Spain.
Gracias a ti Carlos! Me encanta tu cuidud tambien! Sorry, an excuse to use my terrible Spanish skills 🤣 so glad to bring back nice memories, all the best to you!
My parents and grandparents were from Leith and were proud to be Leithers. I used to work in Leith too in the early 1990s. I haven't been back for around 25 years but what strikes me watching this video is how one minute it looks like Amsterdam and the next minute some Stalinist-built hell-hole in Belarus!
Steve, thanks for the video. Being that I'm from Canada I only met members of the Scottish side of my family once about thirty some odd years ago, Leith is where they lived. Loved being able to see the town.
Thanks for sharing this, I stayed in Edinburgh 14 years back through Glasgow I met Arthur sad story about the fire and hence why he stayed in the streets,so glad he is in a care home getting cared for lovely man
Good to see a UA-camr not scared to make a video in Leith. Probably why you have so many requests as people are scared to video it.
Borland's is the quirkiest stop ever but he's been fantastic over the years, selling me various television and aerial. I love it that it's just around the corner from me. The British Red Cross charity shop is well worth a visit. It's the best laid out charity shop ever.
Good shout! I need to go into Borland’s and buy some darts before we move 🤣
Another lovely day to go for a walk! Great to learn about the history of these different places without leaving the house! Thank you Steve!
Thanks so much for coming along!
Thanks Steve for sharing walking tour of Leith. You also giving us a history and information. We appreciated it .
My pleasure Harry!
Thank you for this. We’re actually staying in Leith waterfront for a few days from tomorrow, so this video gave some ideas of the places to visit! Appreciate it!
Have a great time guys!
You didn't mention two of Leith's most famous sons (or they were a few years back) - the twin brothers who were The Proclaimers! Their album 'Sunshine on Leith' sold particularly well in Australia (where I live). I visited Edinburgh in 2019 and rode the tram, which was very good. Let's hope it breathes new life into Leith Walk when its extension is completed.
Here here! And yes, how could we forget the brothers! Awesome :)
And lets hope that the businesses on the street manage to hold on to enough commerce to keep on until that time.
Except they are from Fife across the Forth but close 👍
@@clonie9963 Wikipedia says they were born in Leith on 5 March 1962.
Both born in Fife. Legends though
Just like you and alicja I like and love old buildings
I learned more about Scotland watching 2 or 3 of your videos than in the previous 60 years of my life. Keep posting Steve, we love it.
Thanks so much, really appreciate it!
My wife and I travel into Leith at least once a month for food that we used to buy when we lived in Edinburgh. First stop is the old butcher shop where we buy veal load, meat loaf, liver and so much more! The thing about Leith is all those separate shops selling their goods and it is nice having our food not vacuum sealed, everything is fresh! Folk in Leith stop for a blether in the street and they are so polite, not like the busy centres where everyone is on a mission and will walk right through you if you don't have your wits about you!
Have you got a blog of Cramond and Cramond island, which you can walk out too at low tide, a walk up by the Almond river. So much to see and take in on a summers day!
Great blog of Leith Steve - Well done!
Thanks so much Alan! Yeah, there's a video of us staying overnight at Cramond Island too :)
I was born, lived and worked in Leith for 40 years, but had to move a long time ago. Brought back many happy memories and I’m still a Leither at heart.
Once a Leither always a Leither! So glad to bring back some memories John!
At 10:08 Steve when your talking about the flats, behind you is the Malt Whisky Society building, and Fort House is built on the site of the Leith Fort when the Royal Garrison Artillery were stationed.
Cheers for the info!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video of Leith, where I lived until about 4. In fact, the "industrial area" you walked into to climb up onto the railway viaduct is Tennant Street, where we lived before moving out to a new "scheme". My father worked at the docks for most of his working life.
Cheers John, thanks for coming along :)
My Granny lived in 60 Tennant Street and Grandfather worked at Leith docks...we are going up soon for a stay (Leith House) and just can't wait! On visiting Granny decades ago, you would be greeted by smell of vinegar in the air ... lovely haha!
Would love to see more about this amazing city and leith..such a historical place, cheers from New Zealand
Thanks for sharing your video. I love city walks. I visited Edinburgh a few years ago and it felt like coming home. I love it. Never felt like that anywhere else I visited.
Thanks so much for watching and I’m so glad Edinburgh feels like home :)
Lovely wander there - I was wondering how far you'd get with starting in Leith Walk! Regarding the red sandstone parade of shops they'd planned to demolish and the adjacent former railway bridge parapets; you may be interested to know these were also constructed in the early 1900s as part of the Caledonian Railway's rival scheme to the North British Railway's Leith Central project. The background is that there was at that time only one feasible route for a further railway line between Leith and Edinburgh - namely alongside what is now the Leith Academy playing fields and along the northern edge of what is now Lochend Park towards Abbeyhill.. The NB and Caley Railways between them owned almost all of the railways in Eastern Scotland and had been trying to out-do each other since they first came into being in the 1840s, with many routes unnecessarily duplicated and/or non-cooperation which meant that timetables deliberately prevented through travel on the rival company's lines, etc.
In this case, the Caley were so sure their expensive project would win that they actually started to build some of it in 1901; and indeed built three stations that would never see any passenger use - not to say a locomotive depot and a large fan of sidings at the industrial end of the line, at Seafield. At its northern end, the project forked off to the left of their existing line to Leith (which also carried a frequent passenger service to/from Edinburgh Princes Street and their Leith terminus just off Lindsay Street); just short of Newhaven Station. (The site of this junction can easily be identified today by the spur off the cycle track that's replaced the railway from Crewe Toll, that leads into Victoria Park). As the adjacent land has been re-profiled its' not obvious today; but the platforms of Newhaven South station were just on the park side of the bridge carrying Craighall Road overhead. The tracks then followed a curve to the south where they met earthworks in which it had been intended to lay another track forming a triangle, so that Leith station and docks would also have direct access to the new, double track line. (It is unclear whether this track was ever actually laid; but the way that Trinity Academy is built to the north - with an obvious bridge between two taller blocks; shows that the earthworks certainly were! Also check out the trees to the right of today's path, which form an avenue along what has obviously been a path. Today's path therefore runs along the top of what would have been a cutting through the park). A second station lay just to the south of the Ferry Road bridge, within the square - the west side of which was occupied by the original Chancelot Mills complex; though that was mainly served by the North British Railway's Leith and Granton branches, to its' rear.
Continuing through the square, the abrupt end and the ivy-covered sandstone pier standing in the Water of Leith just ahead might be identified as one end of a lengthy viaduct that crossed not only the NB North Leith lines - nowadays a cycle track and the Water of Leith; but continued right across what is now an industrial estate towards Bonnington Toll, which it also crossed on the Glasgow-style skew; before landing on the northern edge of Pilrig Park. Little remains of the course beyond the river - though there is the odd fragment of red sandstone, if you know where to look...
The line then skirted the north and eastern edges of Pilrig Park, towards the southern edge of which a steep embankment carried it towards the viaduct across Leith Walk and into the rooftop-level main would-be Leith station; which was also completed. There were also lower level access tracks running beneath the approach embankment to access Leith Walk Goods Depot - which lay immediately behind the said parade of shops on the north side of Leith Walk, which were also built by the railway. The shops on the south side of Leith Walk, where the station entrance would have been; and including those curving around into Manderston Street, are also CR-built, again in their signature red sandstone - some of which is now seriously in need of a good clean! As can be seen along Manderston Street, the railway continued along its length on huge masonry arches - one of which accommodated the entrance lobby to a former cinema/bingo hall; ending abruptly in Halmyre Street. To the rear of the modern flats at the other side of Manderston Street can be seen the site of the NB Leith Central station you refer to at the Foot of the Walk - which despite it's enormous bulk, had only four long platforms and a goods loading bay and as it's short life suggests; even that was far more than was ever needed...
The decision as to which railway scheme won the right to the remaining corridor to Abbeyhill, was of course political; and perhaps local knowledge of the Edinburgh-based NBR was what helped it win the day over the Glasgow-based CR. Naturally it stems from the local referendum you mention at the beginning of your video, and in particular the faction of Leith Town Councillors who favored the retention of their independent status. A high level meeting between them and NBR directors resulted in the latter group offering to put them on the map with the grand new Central Station at the Foot of The Walk from which they claimed direct services could be run to Glasgow and possibly even English destinations without the much-resented need to change at Edinburgh to get anywhere else. In addition, a very frequent local service would run to and from Edinburgh Waverley in just 7 minutes, which was then considerably faster than the equivalent journey by tram - owing to the so-called "Pilrig Muddle," whereby all customers had to change trams because the Leith system was electric; while the Edinburgh system was cable-hauled! Thus the NB scheme that Leith Town Council eventually approved was of greater benefit to Leith than Edinburgh; while the CR system - featuring an underground section beneath Calton Hill and the New Town with underground stations at St James, St Andrew, Charlotte and Rutland Squares (the latter of which was adjacent to Princes Street terminus) would have been of greater benefit to Edinburgh!
In reality there was no market for direct services from Leith to Glasgow or much else; and while a few such services were run initially; the 10-minute interval shuttle to and from Abbeyhill and Waverley formed the bulk of Central's services. Denied of the Edinburgh corridor, the CR was continued beyond Halmyre Street on a series of metal girder bridges to the far side of Easter Road, where it met the raised ground and, passing under the NB Leith Central lines close to where their junction would have been; continued to Seafield, where Salamander Street was crossed on another girder bridge which dropped to service the loco depot and large marshaling yard, although even this was never used to full capacity in peacetime. The entire route was singled in 1915 as a wartime economy and the second track never restored, as the available traffic simply didn't warrant it; then in 1920 the CR loco depot was leased to the NBR - surely the ultimate measure of humiliation! Never opened to passengers, a troop special ran to a temporary platform to the north of Pilrig Park, for a troop review that took place there in 1917 - possibly the one and only train that even resembled a passenger special. The southern end of the route closed in 1965; while Leith Walk Goods continued to be served twice weekly until 1967. The viaducts across Leith Walk and Easter Road were subsequently removed in 1989; although a cycle bridge is planned to replace it over Leith Walk at some point in the future...
As you stated in your film, Leith Central Station served passengers from 1903 to 1952 only; after which the platforms were removed and it became Edinburgh's first diesel depot; though this too closed in 1971; after which tracks were lifted and their route was abandoned. Although the Waverley shuttles attracted moderate income until the tramways were united and the Edinburgh system was electrified, ending the need for any changing at Pilrig in 1923; the fact that the single-platform terminus named North Leith (it appears on the left of the scene immediately after your pause at the Citadel remains) still carried more passengers than Central in 1914 - which is generally regarded as the year the railways were most used; speaks volumes of the extent to which Leith Central Station was little more than an extremely expensive vanity project!
Thanks so much for this massage! Some quality information in there, you should’ve come with us! Really appreciate it, thanks again!
@@steve-marsh Maybe next time!
Leith Central Station is where the junkies used to go, its where Irvine Welsh got the theme for Trainspotting, there a vlog for you , film locations in edinburgh and surrounding
Thanks for the info and the brilliant idea! I have a wee video in mind for Oscars time, but a film locations one would be a great project to get my teeth into!
Lovely walk down The Walk. I liked the Crowell arch and how you always find these hidden gems.
Steve😊 My hometown was Dunedin New Zealand. Perhaps you know of it, if you have been to NZ. The name Leith is very familiar there too, with the Leith stream running through the famous University of Otago campus. Dunedin ii s truly the Edinburgh of the south 😊
Great video! enjoyed every second of it. I like how you could always find a way to appreciate even the smallest detail of your city, like the lamp post, tiny shops and street arts you talked about.
Thanks so much Ryan, really nice feedback and much appreciated!
When I lived in Edinburgh in the '70s one place you stsyed away from was Leith except on Saturdays when one George Best played at Easter Road.
Would have loved to see him play!
So you didn't see the school band at liberton or an outside stage called witness.
Another great video Steve.....what a great neighborhood to walk around & explore! That bagel sandwich...OMG....you had me drooling! Lots of nice coffee shops & I saw an interesting bakery that you passed also. The train station was certainly impressive in it's day....too bad things like that have to go away. Thanks again - really enjoyed it....cheers!
Thanks Bob! Ohhh lunch was awesome :) And that bakery used to sell the cheapest rolls in Edinburgh, I remember them being like 8p or something :)
Hi Steve. Thanks for bringing us along to Leith. Been a couple of times, once to see the Royal yacht Britannia a day great out. A really interesting video, again thanks for your time and effort Best wishes to you both.
Cheers Derek! Hoping to make a video at the Royal Yacht when it's open again :)
@@steve-marsh Great. will be really helpful for people to view who can no longer get there. Cheers Steve.
A day out in Leith to see the royal yacht? Fuckin hell
@@rmac8378 The royal yacht is great to look over, you should try it
@@arriesone1 As a republican a can’t think of anything worse. It’s embarrassing for Leith, along with the statue of queen victoria
Hey Steve I thought I was the only person who still liked the brutalist architecture, glad to see someone else does too! Maybe it’s because of the era we were born in that gives us a soft spot for it 🤷🏻♀️. I’ve really been enjoying your vids since I came across them a few days ago, they’ve been giving me a real wander lust! Keep up the good work x
Hey Laney thanks so much for dropping by and checking out my videos. Aye, I think you’re right, it sure takes me back to the buildings I would see growing up. It was such a brave design back then, I just hope we can retain these places for the future :)
Only part of Leith I visited was down at Britannia in 2003, passing Easter Rd stadium on the bus. Need a revisit.
Hi Steve. A cheery wee note re. Leith Central Station. It was a haven for drug addicts and alkies way back. Begbie was there for just that purpose in Irvine Welsh's book / film. A down and out asked if he was there for trainspotting - hence the name of the book / film.
No way! I never knew this, thanks so much for sharing mate!
Just discovered this great mini tour of Leith . . very impressed by excellent video presentation and quality. Will definitely check out further productions . . you now have yet another subscriber.
Thanks so much Angus! Welcome aboard!
Excellent video again Steve, very informative too. I've driven through there hundreds of times but you've shown me things I've not seen before. Many thanks.
Thanks Julian, learned a few thinks myself with this one! :)
I used to get to that bridge from Pilrig Park when I was a boy. Haven’t lived in Edinburgh/Leith since ‘94. Thanks for the memories ☺️
Cheers for watching Craig!
@@steve-marsh I think you can still get to the bridge from the path between the new houses that have gone up next to the Gaelic School and Pilrig park.
Any reference to Leith makes me think of ‘The Leith Police dismisseth us.’ Said to be one of the hardest tongue twisters. Great video Steve.
Thanks for the “sunshine on Leith”!!
Cheers Rob! I should have included the song at the end :)
@@steve-marsh Maybe when you do the docks
I went on many walks from Pilrig Heights to see if the Wee Leith Shop was open. I had nay luck at all. Mind you, that tea pot in the window screams my grannie's name. I want to buy it if it isn't an arm and a leg. The great mural looks like the work of Diego Rivera, the Mexican muralist. Keep reminding us to look up !!
Ha, so funny: I just saw a video from Geoff Marshall about the tram in Edinburgh and its new extension. 😊 (Hope you forgive me for mentioning another UA-camr, Steve…) Nice walk, thanks for taking us along!
Thank you Leith is definitely steeped in so much history ,I enjoyed that especially the artwork at the end .
Cheers for watching Ken!
Lovely to see this thank you. Paying a visit soon 😊
You could do a 'places mentioned in the trainspoting books'.
I recognised the foot of the walk and pilrig street and the banana flats (mentioned in skagboys).
Great idea!
I used to live in Leith and loved most of my time there. Moving from the country it was a surprising experience.
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m hoping to go the other way and move to the country! :)
I just moved to Leith and can't wait to explore it a bit more now! 🎉
Love these walk around videos. Please do more of your area. They are great....Thanks
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Will try to find some more places to film, hopefully without as much construction going on!
Some stunning shots down by the water! The walk around really gave a good feel for the city. Enjoyed it very much! Thank you from the U.S.!
Our pleasure, thanks so much for watching! Hope all is going well over there in my favourite country :)
My wife and I stayed in Leith while visiting Edinburgh. We loved it. Great neighborhood and picturesque walking tours especially by the water. Would visit it again. I'll never forget it! Thanks for the tour and the memories!
So glad you had a nice time in our city Randy! Very pleased I could bring back some memories :)
Thank you for bravely taking us down some dodgy looking alleyways so that we don’t have to 😮😂
Fabulously interesting walk. 👏👏👍😀
my dad used to drink in the boundary bar many moons ago there used to be a line that ran through the bar that marked the boundary of Leith and Edinburgh and when the last bell went on the Leith side you crossed over the line to Edinburgh which gave you a half an hours extra drinking. as for leith central station my gran stayed in duke street on the right hand side going along her windows overlooked the station i remember when i stayed with her the horn going off at 6am ish for the start of the shift also the central bar at the bottom of the walk was actually a waiting room well worth a visit to see the tiles on the walls. also good to see the citadel ive never seen it im the only one of my family that never grew up there it was before my time (im 62)
Brilliant comment Keith, thanks so much for the info and can't wait to visit the Central Bar and see the tiles! And the Boundary Bar sounded such a cool unique place!
Another great video Steve. Being raised in Leith and very nostalgic. Despite all the changes some sights still the same. At the end of your video, you briefly caught Prince Regent Street. Lived in Number 16 up to my teens. Amazed that the Vine Bar is still there. So strange for me sitting in Dorking, Surrey and seeing all this. Great stuff.
Thanks so much for coming along to some old haunts! Glad to bring back the memories :)
Pubs, clubs, shops, businesses of other sorts closed since then trams and covid seen to that .one in particular you passed pilrig motors was their for decades not sure maybe 60 years all gone .it's really sad not the same it's soleless .wetherspoons is next I heard to close .
Arthur used to sleep in a basement area beneath a flat I lived in Broughton Street in the early 90's. At 5am on a summer's morning Arthur would be walking up the steps with his regal black dreadlocks (1992) ready for the day. I would always see Arthur in random places - sitting on a mound of grass somewhere and I always thought that he was from a different time in history - not meant for the modern world.
He was one of a few very defined tramps that were in Edinburgh at the time.
I returned to Edinburgh about 10 years ago and was amazed to see him again - he hadn't changed apart from his snow white dreadlocks. I heard about his troubled past and totally understood his need to to 'opt out' of society. At times since, I've been sorely tempted to do the same.
Here's to Arthur!
Here here! What a lovely comment and thanks for sharing your memories of such a Leith Legend :) I really hope he found some happiness/contentment on the streets of Edinburgh.
I love Brutalist Architecture too. Very underappreciated.
Glad there are more of us Brutalist fans!
Spent 7 years in Leith in Henderson Gardens ( you passed my front door on your walk) Had the Banana Flats at my back bedroom window and one of the first Michelin star restaurants when you looked out my living room window at the front. (Plummed Horse) used to love Leith. Eclectic to say the least. Keep up the good work. Living in Glasgow now and saw yer effort about visiting as many pubs in 1 day as possible (shame you missed The Orwell in Anderston off your list)
This might just be one of your best ones yet. Really interesting to see Leith, don't know when I was last in Leith but I'll definitely be going into Leith whenever I'm able to fly back home
Cheers Michael! :)
Thanks for the tour of Leith, the remains of the Citadel look very interesting!
Thanks Philip! I was so amazed to see it tucked away off a busy street!
Love the latest video Steve, nice to see the real Edinburgh not just the touristy bit every one else shows(beautiful as it is on the whole) this is about real life .
Any idea how long before the tram works are expected to last as it would be great to ride it in the future.Stay safe mate.
Thanks so much Bob! I think the trams are due to be running down here 2022/3, but who knows if it'll be delayed now! Hope all is well with you :)
Used to live in Portland Gardens, Leith. Was lovely.
If I had more friends and family, I probably would've lived a lot longer in Scotland.
Thank you Steve
Hello Steve, another great video I really enjoyed seeing Leith. Some great shots of Victorian architecture. Im with you on the brutalist architecture and when you mentioned it i thought oh you need to see the Barbican the grand daddy of them all....then you mentioned it...nice one.
Its amazing how creative we are becoming in lockdown and its great to see this sort of video content, as much as I miss the planes and trains this will have to do :)
Thanks so much for continuing to support the channel in these lean, grounded times Michael! Really appreciate your message!
Another good video Steve, a wee trip down memory lane for me, Leiths an amazing district you can get anything from an aspirin pill to a fridge or a tatoo or even a Mitchellan star restaurants
Haha so true! Cheers Tam!
Hi Steve
Yet another great video I am sure all the Leither's will be proud of your footage. The station building is incredible I could not believe it when told Leith had a huge station , I worked with a few Leither's in my time at Grangemouth and offshore some who had served their time in Caledon's shipyard. An old school pal of mine served his time with SAI Chemicals and spent some time there at Salamander St. , I remember from years ago there was a white vessel moored at the bridge on Commercial St but obviously gone now. When I do my Water of Leith walk I need to take in as much of possible of Leith also. Where will I find the Bross bagels stand it looks a must.
Take care
D.
Cheers Dennis! Cross bagels is just down Leith Walk on the right hand side, not to be missed! Yeah, I was so surprised by the station too, especially its size, weird that it only lasted 50 years!
@@steve-marsh Thanks for that Steve look forward to your next adventure.....take care.
Thanks for the history and the tour
Thanks for watching and for your comments :)
Another cracking insight into leith worked in leith years ago
Cheers David!
One of my favourite walks during lockdown. Have you tried looking at the old maps as you walk, opens up some historic places and their original use. Like the old railway station at leith.
That's a great idea Andrew! Cheers!
Lived in Leith for 11 years great junction Street just at admiralty street above swannys bare I loved it always something going on but iv got to say I loved getting up & going for a walk up to dean village by the water if Leith beautiful little walk with the dog anyways keep the videos coming all good 💯👍
Thanks for this video - I have walked down Leith Walk many times but I must have had my eyes shut. I live in Essex now but hope to come home to stay just outside Edinburgh this year. I would like to see a video on the east of Edinburgh - the Longniddry area which is where I hope to move to!
Cheers Alan, I’ll add that to the list and try to cover it sometime soon! Lovely part of the world!
Thanks for the wander about Leith. I've been through there on the bus, but never got off. I'll be sure to check it out on foot next time. Keep up the great videos Steve!
Thanks so much! Yeah at the moment you'd be quicker walking than on the bus as well!
Great video once again. Leith has so much to offer with the old and the new and some great restaurants when your out and about
Cheers Jim! Totally agree, you could eat in a different restaurant every night of the year down there!
Hi Steve, Another great walk. Bertha and I really enjoyed it. Glad to see you are out and about. Cheers, Jim
Thanks so much guys! :)
Someone May have mentioned elsewhere but I didn’t see it, but you have to go behind the red buildings buildings with leith depot towards pilrig park (which you can access from that side) and there is a way of getting up to the train bridge from there. Also, probably mentioned somewhere else, but the campaign worked and the fronts should be staying.
Oh that’s great to hear, and thanks so much for the info!
This was such a fantastic amazing walk, Thanks so much Steve.👍👍
Cheers Roger!
You give an excellent insight to the area and its culture by simply walking and talking. So many documentary makers don't do this !. Well done.
Thanks so much John! Really glad you like this style of video, and I'll try to make more of these in future :)
Yes I like that too
Love the brutalist architecture, I spent a wonderful afternoon walking around the Barbican so glad to find you are a fan of this style also. Many thanks for this video informative as always, wishing you and yours good health and I will look forward to your next instalment, cheers.
Thanks so much Simon! Glad I'm not the only one that appreciates the architecture, and really hope for more protection around it and that it's not lost forever!
Being disabled I appreciate your videos I remember when young my mum used to trail me from the top of Leith all the way down to the bottom. Remember Woolworth at the kirkgate and pick n mix and a Beano comic that was me happy for a few hours I also remember a underground market in the 70s used to be dark but many stalls selling everything from towels to toys ect
Oh I remember pick n mix from there too, but never got the chance to see the market. Thanks for the message, really appreciate it!
The people of _Leith Walk_ have certainly been clobbered by the tram works over the last decade. Should be great once it's all finally finished. Great video, Steve.
Cheers Roger! We should have popped into Renroc for coffee! Hope you’re doing well :)
Great video as usual... living in the USA this gives me the opportunity to experience areas that I'm interested in. Love your walks 😊
Thanks so much Kala! Hope all is going well over there!
Interesting stuff as per Steve, enjoyed it.
Many Thanks again.
Cheers Gary!
Ah memory lane I worked in the old Leith Hospital in 1982 it was a fascinating place you are correct Leith is a really interesting place with its motto of course Persevere good stuff
Cheers David! I had to google the old Leith Hospital to see where it was situated, very interesting, thanks!
New subscriber here. I stayed in Leith on business a couple of years ago driving up from Blackpool. Business was in Cumbernauld didn’t fancy staying there. Got to Leith about 4pm taking the country route from the A74M through some unbelievable countryside to Edinburgh. Staying in the holiday inn I arrived at 4pm and walked around Leith for 5 hours fantastic place so much to see.
Thanks so much for the support Anthony! Yeah, you made a good choice staying here rather than Cumbernauld (I can say that as someone born there!) all the best to you!
To echo another comment - it's good watching your interesting vids showing places I haven't been, and maybe I never will except from the comfort of my sofa.
Thanks so much Malcolm!
Hello From East Coast Scotland Thank you For our journey Along Leith 😊🤗🙏🌹🕊️💕💙
Great video steve. Used to love walking up one side and down the other. Been in chinese shop many a time. Never been there when there hasn't been a siren going off lol.great wee cafes for stop offs.thanks for my day out, can't wait till next one. xx
Thanks so much Margaret! A great way to while away a few hours and have a nice coffee (and maybe a sneaky wee pastry from the Sicilian bakery) :)
Thanks Steve. I feel like a gooseberry tagging along with you and your girlfriend 😂😂
I loved this walk, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Grew up in the New Town. Lived in Leith 20 years ago. Greetings from USA. Nice wee videos :)
Cheers Hugh! And all the best in wonderful USA!
My great grandmother was from Leith and her father (my great great grandfather) was born in (yep, you guessed it) Madras, India.
Again, another excellent video. Thanks Steve, keep em rolling.......
Thanks so much Marc!
Hey Steve, thanks again for sharing with us. I found the tour to be quite enjoyable!
Thanks so much Bill!
Went to Leith once on a cargo coaster, way back in 1959. Lots of work going on there!
Love your vids, Steve. Jim in Australia.
Wow I would have loved to have seen the place back then!
Cheers Jim :)
Because of this video tomorrow I'm going for wee wander in Leith
Hope you enjoyed it! :)
@@steve-marsh it was wonderful Sir 🤞
Thanks for letting me tag along. Interesting stuff, but then, so's all your work. Keep safe guys.
Cheers Peter!
I grew up in Leith, it's a dump. Stayed in Kirk Street, Henderson Gardens, just where the banana flats are, drank in the Dirty WIndaes and Port O'Leith, Central etc. I stayed in Leith when that bridge was intact and used to walk along there from Bonnington Road when I was a bairn.
remember when i was working there 25 year ago putting pipes in road we christend it leathel leath working ootside the needle exchange was dodgy as and binmen wore heavy leather jerkins and needle proof gloves the shops were a bit different mermaid massage parlour etc
haha those were the days Antony! :D
Steve, a request if I may.... Could you consider an early Sunday morning walk starting with a tour around Waverley station, past the Balmoral hotel up Princes Street past the fancy Scottish government building (taking in the Burns monument and Jacobs ladder?), all the round to the Regent Road park with the views to Holyrood and Arthurs Seat? A bit tourist cliche I know, but would make an interesting video? Lots of different things to see on the way?
Cheers, I’ll make note of that just now and try to do it. Things will be a bit slower now as I go back to work full time, but I’ll sure try! Hope you’re doing well :)
I just came upon your channel and I absolutely love your videos. I just subscribed and cannot wait to watch more of your videos.
Thanks so much for the support Benedicte! I'll try and get something new uploaded soon :)
Cheers for that wee walk down leith.🍺🍺
There were a couple of moments there where the local constabulary might have advised you that you can't enter somewhere and that you should go somewhere else.
Awa tha Hibs!
Interesting walk, thanks for sharing! (last time in Edinburgh in 2005 ....)
Thanks for coming along, hope you can return sometime soon!
Interesting video, some shops are going from our highstreets,here in England,
Another great video. Showing me things about Edinburgh I didn't know I wanted to see lol.
Haha cheers Philip!
Never knew that at all about the railway station and as you are the only blogger that really does leith
Cheers, I need to get back there again soon!