sleepless Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Does anyone know where Reform Street was. It was apparently a connecting route between Canal Street and Victoria Street. Any ideas whereabouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Old maps from the 1800s show a Reform Place as part of Canal St where Canal Crescent hits it. Between James St and Scott St. Cant see a Reform Street though. Lochwinnochsaintee and Dave Ferg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Some current photos of Reform Place: http://www.jamespdeans.co.uk/blog/2016/7/reform-place-perth south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Does anyone know where Reform Street was. It was apparently a connecting route between Canal Street and Victoria Street. Any ideas whereabouts? PM Ian Cantwell on Perth Auld Bairns he is doing a series off videos on this subject amongst others south inch and sleepless 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Bakers rebel army Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Does anyone know where Reform Street was. It was apparently a connecting route between Canal Street and Victoria Street. Any ideas whereabouts? It's bad enough having a Lochie Brae in the town couldn't handle a reform street as well. Dave Ferg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted June 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Coltrane, thanks very much! Yes, Reform Place must be it, rather than Street. I never expected to see a photo of it - I assumed the place would have been pulled down years ago. All the times I've been in that area and I didn't know it existed. Sixties, thanks - I'll have a look at the group on FB south inch and Coltrane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Fascinating stuff. I remember Reform Place and I'm sure the name used to be on the wall at the normal street name level either at the Scott St. or the James St corner or indeed both. It was sort of stencilled on the wall. In fact it might still be there, if I remember I will look when I'm up for our first Euro home match. The other thing I remember is you could escape unwanted attention by nipping in via the James St. close and make your way to the Scott St. close or indeed come out from one of the Reform Place closes. Happy days, thanks guys. Coltrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Jeez I walk to work that way every day. Will have a look tomorrow - are we talking the bit just after the old Silver Broom then (I know that's what it looks like on the map anyway) sleepless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Couldn't see anything got Canal Street signs now all the way up and Charterhouse Lane has a sign across the road too south inch, Dave Ferg and Coltrane 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Couldn't see anything got Canal Street signs now all the way up and Charterhouse Lane has a sign across the road too Good man, I was talking about 60+ years ago. Mind you I have been known to remember things better from 60 years back than 60 minutes. McCarry One Nil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferg Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Couldn't see anything got Canal Street signs now all the way up and Charterhouse Lane has a sign across the road too I checked on the instant street view thing and couldn't see anything either. south inch and McCarry One Nil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 The photographer in the link above says its hidden behind a blue door.... "Reform Place is hidden away, in Perth, behind a very unassuming looking blue door. I would never have found it, had a very kind Australian gent not asked me to come and photograph it." south inch, Dave Ferg and sleepless 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 The photographer in the link above says its hidden behind a blue door.... "Reform Place is hidden away, in Perth, behind a very unassuming looking blue door. I would never have found it, had a very kind Australian gent not asked me to come and photograph it." Jeezo it's like the secret garden this thread but does it really exist? Or just a cunning hoax ? Coltrane and HOODLUM65 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Good man, I was talking about 60+ years ago. Mind you I have been known to remember things better from 60 years back than 60 minutes. You related to Hoodlum then. south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I'm on the hunt for the blue door the night on the way hame Coltrane and south inch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I'm on the hunt for the blue door the night on the way hame Don't believe you will find it. Seems like a hoax. Ask in the Taxi office in Scott St. You'll be more likely to find Unity Place McCarry One Nil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted June 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 . The other thing I remember is you could escape unwanted attention by nipping in via the James St. close and make your way to the Scott St. close or indeed come out from one of the Reform Place closes. Happy days, thanks guys. This is why I was interested in the first place. I was reading a newspaper article from the 1930s and there was a report of a man keeking into windows in Canal Street and James Street. When the police arrived they found him in Reform Place. He was from Auchtermuchtie, which probably explains everything... McCarry One Nil and south inch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fazman1977 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 This is why I was interested in the first place. I was reading a newspaper article from the 1930s and there was a report of a man keeking into windows in Canal Street and James Street. When the police arrived they found him in Reform Place. He was from Auchtermuchtie, which probably explains everything... My wife's sister and her man stay in a flat in the courtyard through that James Street close. I mind going there and then going for a pint in the Tams - we walked through what I now presume to be Reform Place and out via a back dreil next to the Tams without going on a pavement on either Canal Street or Scott Street. McCarry One Nil, south inch and sleepless 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 This is why I was interested in the first place. I was reading a newspaper article from the 1930s and there was a report of a man keeking into windows in Canal Street and James Street. When the police arrived they found him in Reform Place. He was from Auchtermuchtie, which probably explains everything... Thank goodness it was the 1930s otherwise I might have had the polis at my door asking me to explain my post above! sleepless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Thank goodness it was the 1930s otherwise I might have had the polis at my door asking me to explain my post above! Sixties saintee trying to escape the polis. Mind you he was young then and quick on his feet. south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Sixties saintee trying to escape the polis. Mind you he was young then and quick on his feet. Had to be wae you wanting a tap. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Some current photos of Reform Place: http://www.jamespdeans.co.uk/blog/2016/7/reform-place-perth https://www.pspc.co.uk/property/57889/Flat+Perth one of the flats from here up for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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