The Pre-history of Princes St Gardens in Edinburgh
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Princess St Gardens is a place of leisure at the heart of Edinburgh. But it hasn't always been like that. Underneath it lies a history of grit, grime and gore. Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey tells the tale of the pre-history of Princess St Gardens
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Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.
As a Scottish history tour guide people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation if your from the US. So I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.
Edinburgh born and bred. It's a strange town, from it's prehistory (literally built on volcanoes), to it's huge advances in medicine, yet it must have been the dirtiest, filthiest town in history, with sewage literally thrown out the window onto the street.
You should definitely do more videos on Edinburgh, there's so much history still here, hidden in plain sight, if you know where to look.
So many villages that merged into what is now Edinburgh. Huge estates once owned by the very wealthy are now some of the most deprived housing schemes in the city.
Your videos are brilliant, you cover the more obscure history that's usually missed, there's literally limitless options of topics you could cover.
Looking forward to the next ones 👍
Look into history of Paris. Why King shifted his palace.
Our Apalachian mountains over here in the States still miss being wed to the Highlands. A rocky breakup, that!
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That origin and subsequent break up explains a lot in our nature does is not? When I heard of our shared geological past, I silently nodded and chuckled deep inside myself.
Love how you phrased that!
Love the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference
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‘Oh no, not again’ 😜
Funny to mention. I'm on the road, and I always pack a towel, sometimes two ... just in case.
Made me laugh loud enough that I had to rewind to catch what I missed.
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Great vid Bruce. Would definitely like a vid about the monuments in the garden. All the best.
Id love for you to walk around and show us the monuments.
I’d also love for you to show us Glasgow.
One area that I feel gets overlooked is the Galway area. I’ve only been there once, to the Viking centre, but there seems to be some interesting stuff down there.
PS thanks for your work. Gives me a Scottish lifeline…. I live in Australia 🇦🇺
Galway is in Ireland not Scotland.
Think Galloway not Galway was ment, just a spelling error. Thats where the viking hoard was 👍
Yes, to both! Let's have a tour of the Edinburgh gardens & memorials. And do more videos about Glasgow!
Yes, more Glasgow. But can you also do the Town and towns of the great Paisley conurbation? That is to say Paisley itsself, and Renfrew, Elderslie, Johnston and all the other little towns and villages that just sort of grew together and never got their own football team
@@nathanbrady2704 there's a great witch hunt story to be told there as well
@@fionatinker23 or the famous Snail In The Bottle case which set a significant precedent in modern law, the terrible disasters at The Glen Cinema and Paisley to Johnstone Canal, the photographer who broke new ground on war reporting with his photography of the American Civil War or the preacher who signed the American Declaration of Independence (although he might have mentioned that one before).
Great video. A lot of things I did not know about the nor loch. Would love to see a video regarding monuments in the gardens. Thanks for posting
Great video Bruce but yep what about the second city of the empire come to Glasgow we’re friendly
I know, I have tae
ah, in one hour, a new episode from Mark Felton, a new episode from Drachinifel, and now one from Bruce Fummey.
it does not get any better !!!
Yes id love to see a video about the gardens itself. Please.
When you get the opportunity one on Glasgow also. Thank you.
Hi Bruce
Good telling of the story. Someone once tried to tell me that the one o'clock gun fired a cannonball into the Nor' Loch. I wasn't convinced I couldn't see my fellow Scots wasting expensive items by firing them into anything for no good reason.
At 6 minutes a Sinclair appears as a criminal. Whenever I'm watching anything if a Sinclair appears they're the baddy. As a Sinclair I'm not happy with that.😢
Have you done anything on Govan and the Govan Stones? And Fairfield Shipyard? It's an interesting area of Glasgow.
No I've thought of the Govan stones many times, but never got the logistics organised
@ScotlandHistoryTours there's a bit of modern destruction that should never have happened involved too. Not as bad as what was lost at Burghead in 19th century but not good.
The gun is still fired at 1 oClock as a time check for boats & ships on the Forth,
Edinburgh a stunning and fascinating place.
Thank you Bruce , nice to see you back on air !
I wasn't sure I heard correctly, so I went back to 9:40 and listened again. Bruce mentioned Slartibartfast! That's so refreshing. Sometimes I feel like the only Douglas Adams fan left. I bring up Hitchhiker jokes all the time, but no one seems to know what the hell I am talking about,
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It’s a generation thing 😉
should we be wary of who wants to read us some poetry?
@@davidberesford7009 Especially if they're from Greenbridge, Essex... X-P
ah, the meaning of life, the Universe and everything!
the answer is "42", but who can say what the ultimate question is????
the mice have a lot to answer for, as do the dolphins......!!
Thanks once again for another excellent video. Alba na dùthaich inntinneach🏴
Would love a video on the gardens, and one on Glasgow on a Saturday night.
hey ya Bruce,
yes please, we would love to see an episode that discusses all the various monuments in the gardens.
Let's see how many respond likewise😜
@@ScotlandHistoryTours likewise
@@grabtharshammer 😂😂
Likewise...@@ScotlandHistoryTours
I have never been to Edinburgh but Glasgow lit my imagination when I was lucky enough to spend some time there. This video was really inspiring, I will visit that lovely garden and would love a walk around to watch, but also your insight into Glasgow would be excellent too. Thank you
Great to hear!
Cheers Bruce. We were in Edinburgh for basically one day coming from Dunedin a couple of years ago. We spent it in the castle and the Royal Mile and never had the time to get the gardens. I wish we had. Hopefully we will be able to come back soon.
Hopefully you'll come and see my show at Dunedin Fringe in March😜
@@ScotlandHistoryTours are you coming again? We caught you last time. It was money well spent. Will Invercargill get your charms as well...
@@nocturnalrites1652 Last time I just went down to Invercargil for a Highlanders game. Where would I perform in Invercargil?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours they have progressed a bit lately down there. They have a roof to go with 3 walls so far...still working on the fourth one.
Upvote from me,Bruce 👌👍: both for 'The Hitchhiker Guide' reference plus the gruesome Sinclair family link,which even I didn't know about ! 😯
Yes please, an explanatory tour of the statues and monuments of Princes St gardens. And please, more about Glasgow.
Brilliant work as usual Bruce. Would love some episodes on my home city of Glasgow
Great video! Would love to see the monuments and their meaning!
From what i gather the way our right to roam works that padlocked gate shouldn't be there, thats all our history not just Edinburgh council. Put a police man on watch if your worried .
Rather than just gathering, you could always read the relevant legislation then you'd know. Hint: there are loads of exemptions.
It's down to protecting people from themselves, and falling rocks, but yes, high time for a new risk assessment.
Yep, do Glasgow's people. Not the usual but people like John MacLean or the women who led the 1915 rent strike. Both those stories resonate today. And the story of a lovely Irishman, author, poet and playwright, who made a difference where he settled, Freddie Anderson.
Monuments AND Glasgow please!
While describing how The Mound was created, the bystanders behind you have the most amusing, puzzled look on their faces. “Who is this guy” is all over their face🤣🤪
Don't you know who I am? 😵💫
Brilliant video, Edinburgh, probably because they were too skinflint to knock them down, preserved their history. Glasgow,on the other hand, knocked down as much as possible at every possible time. I love my hometown but I so wish we had preserved more. Some Glasgow vids would be great Bruce. Much appreciated.
Interesting video at the start ah thought we were going to hear about the Gododdin and the Angles, and how they occupied Edinburgh castle rock before the Scots even got there, interesting none the less.
I'd be more interested in a video about all of the old sneaks and crannys going into the hill under the castle than the monuments in the dried up sh*thole 😁
It's Princes Street, no Princess Street
Dammit!
A'reyt Bruce. So Edinburgh was a much hotter destination years back?
You'd need your sunspecks
More about Glasgow please Bruce.
More Glasgow videos please 🙏
I’m from Glasgow Bruce ! But love to know more about Edinburgh 🏴💯
Love Igneous rocks. Let alone witches.... Ha, ha. Always fascinated how you can go from volcanos to witches (or similar). I'd like some video on the history of Scottish foods. Forgive me if you've done it already and just direct me.
Glasgow too, please! UofG, PhD, '23. (A rhyme to match your alliteration.)
Great Fertilliser, I Bet though!! 😂
Thanks Again Bruce!! 💖🏴
Both would be lovely!
Well Bruce, just keep doing the great job your doing and I look forward to another great video as always, hope your doing well, best wishes to you and your family
"When the council havne padlocked it aff!" 🤣 Brucey, my brother, I happen to have access to a very sturdy pair of bolt cutters! Also, the idea of an all around, shall we say "monumental" tour, sounds amazing! Lots of love from Liz and Charles, and as always from your pal L.S
Great video as always Bruce, But I say NO to the monuments or Glasgow for the time being and instead you do a video about the towns and villages in between Edinburgh & Glasgow which hardly gets mentioned by any Scottish history You-tubers. 🙂
Having listened to a lot of Alexander McCall Smith audiobooks, some of which take place in Edinburgh, it’s great to get a more complete idea of places that are mentioned, and the city in general. I really appreciate you starting with the geology of the place! One nitpicks thing, though - when you describe the King’s Wall, you say it goes south, then west, then north, but on the map you show, it goes south, then east, not west 😅. Great video, though, thanks!
So that's what put the 'reek' in Auld Reekie?
(Yes, I know it actually means 'smoke', but am weak of character and couldn't resist.)
@10:13 That sounds great to me, Bruce, I love learning about all things that have to do with the history of Scotland. Part of my family came to the US from Scotland in the late 1700s and Early 1800s. One of my great grandma's maiden name on my dad's side of my family was Campbell. Thanks for another awesome video, Bruce, cya next time and Ne Obliviscaris Latin for Do Not Forget.
That was the easiest explanation of geology ever! I always want to see more! Glasgow, Edinburgh, just more Scotland 😍
I would love to see a video about the monuments. Of course anything about Glasgow would be welcome! It is the friendliest city by far!
PEACE, i seen a guy running around shouting JEALOUS ENGLISH PIGS, i was fast asleep on the grass and it was rather shocking to hear but some people liked it and joined in so i thought why not and it really made my day. Try it next time your in the park and if i hear you i may join in too.
There was also a South Loch or Borough Loch where the very flat park known as The Meadows now lies just to the North of Bruntsfield Links, one of the places where golf was first played (possibly invented) after James IV ordered the deforestation of the Burgh Muir.
Do more on Glasgow, take us to where the Singer factory was and about the people who worked there
Perhaps you could also nip into St John's Church at the West End of Princes Street to see the memorial to John Stuart Stuart-Forbes? He left Scotland under a cloud. He changed his name to John S Hiley, went to America and joined the 7th Cavalry, only to die with Custer at the Little Big Horn.
That stories of the exaction of those siblings proves the shit gets real with the Scots sentence someone to "DETH!" (that's right, DETH, not just death, DETH is much worse)
Thanks for broader coverage of the park. Thanks especially for explanation of volcanic plug - best one for general public and much shorter than how my mom explained when I was a kid. She was explaining Connecticut, USA geology and used volcanic plug as an example of another geological process
When was he in Edinburgh I just got back from Edinburgh castle😊
TBH show the monuments then get some Glasgow trips done 😉😉😉😉
It's amazing what a few thousand years will do for a place Bruce, especially the last few hundred! No wonder that park is so lovely and green now with all of that fertilizer it received earlier in time! 😝 Auld Reekie indeed! I'm sure finding those two pitiful skeletons sobered up those workers! Even if what they did was wrong, the punishment for it was barbaric. I'm also sure that a few hundred other skeletons were found as time passed if others were sentenced to drown there - maybe barbaric doesn't quite cover it.
About your last question: Edinburgh is perhaps the oldest city that has significant history here in the states as well, so I'd love to learn more about it! Having said that, I feel like the Glasgow area is very left out over here, perhaps because, by comparison, it seems so modern to us but I know that it actually is not! There is deep-seated history in that area that pre-dates the city, just like in Edinburgh and I've only been able to learn so little about it! The modern history of it is part of what sent many Scots to live in the Appalachians and the MIdwest of the US, so I'd love to learn more about my friend's families. (Mine came in the early 1700s to the South.) It's a big task to do both but I'm sure you can handle it! Thanks! Your videos make my Saturdays so much better every week! Please take care now! 😊
Bruce - How many history stories can you develop and present concerning the military units stationed in and museums housed within Edinburgh Castle? I visited several years ago and spent a week touring various areas of the castle and still don't believe I saw and covered it all.
One of the tunes we’ve played in a little group I’m in is called Flowers of Edinburgh. Someone said it was a snide reference to the stench.
Bruce please make a video of the monuments and thank you fir your wonderful episodes.
As always, a fascinating video.
However, I have a question for you. The thing that is notable about Scotland's history in the past was the sheer brutality. I would argue that some of that brutality made its way into the joyless Calvinism of the Presbyterian church and some offshoots, like the Wee Frees (I hope I've spelled that correctly).
So, has Scotland truly left the brutality behind or is it sitting there, waiting for the right conditions to re-emerge?
I’m going to be there in a few days. As ancestor of Stewart Jacobites, what should I see?
Guess I'm in the minority - not too interested in monuments as much as this video's content. I do like when you highlight history of events behind specific memorials and statues (or when same event/person has more than one - and why). Then again, I'm in another country so don't know the garden at all. I follow tradition of mt father, mother, stepmother, sister, and
exhusband - reading all the entire plaques and markers, even when walking to store, school, etc. Much to the chagrin of my kids
Go ahead and tell us about the statues and memorials, Bruce! And add in soemthing about the railway and Waverley station. Thanks
The best time I had in those gardens beneath the castle was numerous years ago when we were camping on the outskirts of the city. We came into the city and there was a pipes and drum competition. Varying from 2 pipers and 1 drummer to several drummers and loads of pipers. My recent visit to the city was this week where we parked the camper on the park n ride and got the bus in, which dropped us off right outside the Museum of Scotland. We went in just after 10am and came out 4pm and I still didn’t see everything. What a museum it was great.
It is so nice to see clearly non-AI generated historical content it doesn't matter if you do Edinburgh or Glasgow. I'll gladly watch either.
Ah, Edinburgh! One of my favorite world cities!! I would love to hear about the statues in the garden. I'm sure there are some interesting stories there!
Aye a video about the different monuments in the gardens would be really interesting, cheers brucie
10:13 yes please
7:07 How close relations were they of William St Clair of Roslin, freemason?
Great video man. And yes I would love to see a tour of the monuments with you explaining them in your own entertaining way
A tour around the garden and its monuments would be awesome. A video about Glasgow would also be awesome. Don’t think you could go wrong with either.
Well seeing one of my great grandfathers was born in Glasgow before imagining to the U.S.I would vote for that video .
Lol you still at it British Ghanaian. Scottish 😂 AYE right then. Yer jus an accent get replaced eh we got better moving in lol anyone can be Scottish eh if this melts Scottish 😂
Absolutely! Tell us all about those monuments please!
I love your idea about the monuments of Princes Street Gardens. Some of them are quite artistic as well as historical.
The monuments tour series sounds good but Glasgow does also. Can we have both please?
Thank-you. Loved to see a small part of the city this way. I would definitely like to see more of the whole city like this.
Just been home… which will always be “Auld Reekie” and wandered the gardens. I would love to know more about the statues that dot the gardens… and what is that fountain toward the west end?
Great video and so good to understand some of how the city was shaped and formed, but you need to come back to Aberdeen and do more content here, it wasn’t all about selling children into slavery!!!
We're bodies from the plague buried in the New Town park?
If you'd've been my teacher, it wouldn't have taken me 'til later in my life to learn the history of some of these things!
Glasgow
I was wondering if that brother and sister convicted of incest were put in that casket to be sent to Fife? However, Evri delivered it to the Nor Loch instead?
Monuments please. More of Dafty Maxwell's ilk.
Always told my customer's about George sinclair.
Yep more videos on statues of the gardens and more on Glasgow please but this presentation was great fun and very entertaining !
Och thon slartyblartfast him n his kin kin were aye like that I mind a cousin of his whae lived alang the road
Extremely interesting. Thank you.
I would love to see more about Princes garden’s features and sculptures. My late husband and I got our Phds at the University of Edinburgh and often went walking up from the psych department to the Castle and then to the gardens on the lunch hours or walking up the garden prior to catching a bus to the flat we rented near the Camp Estate. It was an important place for us, Prince’s Garden
Janets son,do a video on Scotland & "The Kalergie Plan".
I would love to know more about some relevant topics in Glasgow!
Yes Bruce, I'd be happy with videos of both
please make the video on the statues. Is James Clerk Maxwell there?
Yes, I'd love to see a video about the statues and memorials in the park.
My daughter named my grandson
Prince Armani ! 😮😊😃✌🏻❤🙏🏼
Excellent Video yet again Bruce!! ❤
Good morning SCOTLAND HISTORY BUFFS another Saturday another great video from my favorite creator. Yes I would like to see the monuments as well...💙🏴
Lovely
Thanks, Jerry Garcia.
I enjoyed the history of the land. Even the shitti parts😂
Bruce, "Should I make a video about..."
Me, "YES, PLEASE!"
I kept misreading the title to this video and thinking, "Who was Saint Gardens?"
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Never expected a Hitchhiker's Guide reference in this video! 😀 Thanks, Bruce - for the laughs, and all the wonderful history.
Glad you enjoyed it