chips Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Is that the old high street looking into town ? Nah man it was on a wee street called Castle Gable, Infact this was the info wi the pic... Castle Gable long gone, If you walk past the Museum and down Bridge Lane, Castle Gable was on your right hand side. Edited January 27, 2015 by chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 So what's the steeple in the background ? You have me baffled ya hoor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 So what's the steeple in the background ? You have me baffled ya hoor. Feck knows ...dinnae ken either,been trying tae work it oot. Im hooring through some of the old photos of Perth from above. I'll find the chunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Nah man it was on a wee street called Castle Gable, Infact this was the info wi the pic... Castle Gable long gone, If you walk past the Museum and down Bridge Lane, Castle Gable was on your right hand side. A hoard of silver coins and billons were discovered in a bag in Castle gable in 1803. It is reckoned they were put there some time after 1488. Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balhousie Blue 1884 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Steeple could be St. Ninians Cathedral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wondered what Billons are/were. Guess is it was some kind of jewellery or necklace. Did see a picture of a chain with lions teeth attached. Apparently in the Perth Museum and Art Gallery there is a head of a Roman carved out of bone, which was unearthed at the same time as the coins and billons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Frews garage fermers.. Right, nae bugger goes home until you own up to who's awa wi DSC 715 and DSC 717. AthensSaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Right, nae bugger goes home until you own up to who's awa wi DSC 715 and DSC 717. They have been booked for qos away .i believe larky and ghostie are the culprits . south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingermunkie Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Feck knows ...dinnae ken either,been trying tae work it oot. Im hooring through some of the old photos of Perth from above. I'll find the chunt Is it not St Mathews. Unless I'm totally missing where the street is from the description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Nah man it was on a wee street called Castle Gable, Infact this was the info wi the pic... Castle Gable long gone, If you walk past the Museum and down Bridge Lane, Castle Gable was on your right hand side. You can see the Castle Gable on this old map from 1860. If you zoom in just above the Horse Cross you can see it has 2 pubs - the Strathtay Inn and the Balmoral Inn plus a wine store. http://maps.nls.uk/view/74416600 From an old book about Perth: 'The street there has from very remote times been called the Castle Gable, because of a portion of the (Perth) Castle which long remained standing after the rest was in ruins, and to the street leading northward from it—the street of the Castle Gable.' Edited January 28, 2015 by Coltrane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Is it not St Mathews. Unless I'm totally missing where the street is from the description. Beat me to it Gingermunkie, the shape of the spire, the angle everything points to St Mathews. gingermunkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingermunkie Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 You can see the Castle Gable on this old map from 1860. If you zoom in just above the Horse Cross you can see it has 2 pubs - the Strathtay Inn and the Balmoral Inn plus a wine store. http://maps.nls.uk/view/74416600 From an old book about Perth: 'The street there has from very remote times been called the Castle Gable, because of a portion of the (Perth) Castle which long remained standing after the rest was in ruins, and to the street leading northward from it—the street of the Castle Gable.' Looking at that map, does that make the passage way between concert hall and museum roughly the right place? Wonder if they'll reinstate the name. fazman1977 and Coltrane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 My gran and and grandad lived in the gable for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Some info about Perth Castle. It mentions the Balmoral Bar saying it had a plaque on the wall saying it stood near the site of the old Perth Castle. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28392/details/perth+castle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks Coltrane, must admit I 'm intrigued by this bit of History. Never thought I would be saying this after hating history class at school, though did get 75% pass in my final year. Coltrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks Coltrane, must admit I 'm intrigued by this bit of History. Never thought I would be saying this after hating history class at school, though did get 75% pass in my final year. Surprised you could remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Surprised you could remember Hey Sixties , It's the most recent I find difficulty remembering, as you will surely find out. I have a great recall of my childhood . There again, I did not consume alcohol in my childhood. I can remember where I lived in Riggs road and Atholl Street pre school days. Also remember going to nursery in Florence Place at the corner of Dunkeld. Road ( where a block of flats now exist ) so being so close to Muirton Park must have had an affect on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Oil painting from 1934 called 'Vanishing Walls, Castlegable, Perth' - must have been around the time it was demolished. Artist - John Guthrie Spence Smith. Lochwinnochsaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey Sixties , It's the most recent I find difficulty remembering, as you will surely find out. I have a great recall of my childhood . There again, I did not consume alcohol in my childhood. I can remember where I lived in Riggs road and Atholl Street pre school days. Also remember going to nursery in Florence Place at the corner of Dunkeld. Road ( where a block of flats now exist ) so being so close to Muirton Park must have had an affect on me. Tell me about it Hoodlum, getting more and more senior moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey Sixties , It's the most recent I find difficulty remembering, as you will surely find out. I have a great recall of my childhood . There again, I did not consume alcohol in my childhood. I can remember where I lived in Riggs road and Atholl Street pre school days. Also remember going to nursery in Florence Place at the corner of Dunkeld. Road ( where a block of flats now exist ) so being so close to Muirton Park must have had an affect on me. I remember that nursery. The staff used to line all the perambulators outside in a row every afternoon. Nappies would be drying on the washing line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussie Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I remember that nursery. The staff used to line all the perambulators outside in a row every afternoon. Nappies would be drying on the washing line. While I was at that nursery, mum went to the steamie to do the washing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 While I was at that nursery, mum went to the steamie to do the washing. Anyone got any pics of the 'steamie' in Canal St? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 While I was at that nursery, mum went to the steamie to do the washing. My mum used to stack the perambulator with all the washing for the Steamie and I'd be perched on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 My mum as I recall, took me to the steamie in Murray St/ Mill St . Went with the pram and had it fully laden. At that time there was funny restrictions like you were governed on the days you were allowed to take your rugs outdoors, to beat them ( no wall to wall carpets in those days). Living at 11 Stormont House/13 Atholl Street, we went down the North Inch where there were wooden posts with hooks on them, to hang a washing line. Rugs/carpets were beaten with a broad cane to remove the dust/stoor. Sure it was highlighted elsewhere, that the last remaining post, ( and was in the local press) was cut down as it was a H & S hazard. As one approached the North Inch from Barossa Place, these washing lines/posts were directly ahead. Dave Ferg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Anyone got any pics of the 'steamie' in Canal St? Used to warm my hands on the boilerhoose wall on the way to school in the winter, my mother went to steamies on Thursdays wie the regulation auld pram. The cafeteria did a braw lettuce and tomato roll went there for my lunch when mother wis doing the wash, remember the big feckin roller that ironed the sheets the calendar it wis called steamie wifies put the sheets in one side and aw the wifies collected and folded their sheets and big items on the other side one hell of a experience to witness. Any younger generation reading this dinnae complain when you have to put a load in your fancy automatic washer, the steamies were akin to a feckin sweatshop because they had a certain amount of time to do their wash, then away hame wash four flights off stairs and the close then cook the tea feckin respect for my mother and all the other mothers that had to go through this soul destroying regime every week off their lives. Dave Ferg, Cagey, sixties saintee and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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