Embra info please

[Deleted account 190920002]

Son in law is doing family tree. I showed him some old photos of our fishing families at Fisherrow and Peterhead he was interested in my great grandad John Walker who survived the 1880's October gale that wiped out a lot of fishermen of the East coast. Well gramps got pneumonia being out in the storm for three days and nearly died, he came ashore and started a fish shop at 84 Causeway side Edinburgh. Andrew my son in law is in SanFran California so he asked if I knew if the shop is still there. I can't find any mention so I suppose the shop has gone/ converted to flats etc. Anyone live near Causeway side that can throw any light please to pass on to Andy.
Thanks

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

It's flats according to Street view Take a look at Causewayside, Edinburgh, Scotland on #StreetView - https://www.google.com/maps/@55.937...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sC-Vq6kGrDlVlScvqN0lPww!2e0

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

It's the blue door with the woman next to it by the way going by the door numbers next to it.

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Thanks guys I never thought about google maps. Have sent the link to Andy. It's funny a CEO of EA being interested in my old family but there you go, wonder what grandpa would have made of it.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

There is always something interesting about looking up family history.
A good chunk if my family belong Eyemouth which as you will know was hit badly by the storm of 1881. There was a book written about it from the Eyemouth perspective by one of them. That and the stories handed down by my gran means I am reasonably aware of it.

 

[KAYCEE]

If you zoom in on the blue door its number 86 not 84.
84 is the greeny coloured fronted shop on the corner of Sciennes House Place. Beside the yellow parked bicycle and no entry sign.

Doesn't look like the shop has been occupied for a number of years.

 

[KAYCEE]

try this;- https://www.google.com/maps/@55.937...4!1sqCexIO_CHCggi2EkmV0AYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Marki my dad had a brilliant book by one of the church ministers ( one of the humane ones) with interviews with some of the families, but it's lost unfortunately, But l bought him one in Peterhead it's called Children of the Sea by Peter Aitchison it's all about the fishers in Eyemouth it has lots of old photos and is very interesting. It's sad thinking of the disaster and I wonder why they set off that morning with the poor forecast. Dad said his grandpa was fishing in the Firth when the gale came he told me that for three days the family knew nothing until they got a telegram from Shields they thought they were all gone. The photo was taken in the early 1900's so things will have changed
Thanks for all help guys

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

I was meaning the blue door to the left of 86 but your right it is the on the other side.

 

[Posh Pete]

It's about a mile from me. I'll take a stroll over there later today or tomorrow and take a few pics for you. You might also contact the Edinburgh Room at the central library on George iV Bridge. They have other sources such as local directories from the 19th century as well as copies of local papers on microfilm. Happy to take a look for you if you want.

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Scotboxer thanks that would be great, I didn't think I would be interested in family history but with my son in law doing the main hunting out I've caught the bug. I wonder if you folk are like me with loads of old photos but no way of ID'ing them. He has found a real trail of family history from Caithness to Tyneside. We did have a very very old auntie in Thurso Lotte Sinclair who could have given us names etc but unfortunately we never did talk about families, and now all young cousins are like us. Sepia photos but nowt else but fading memories. Oh the pathos of it all. Just joking guys. Some of the stories of the old folk seem fantastic like the Cormack brothers my mums great uncles from Freswick one went logging in South America he disappeared the other bro went to Aus and stated farming bet they would have made long distance bikers with the balls they had.

 

[Posh Pete]

Nae bother. The wife is Lossie born and bred and fisher folk for generations on her maw's side. (Stewarts) PM me some details and I'll see what I can dig up.

 

[KAYCEE]

Drove up Causwayside this afternoon, and no 84 hasn't changed from the image shown on Google. The beggar is even still sitting in the same location.

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Thanks Kaycee wish I could post the old photo ( I'm not very PC Savy) you can see great gpaw, gmam and my dear old gran with her hands on hips I was told she was a fiery young gall in those days took cheek from no one. The shop had a silvery fish above the door so there was bling in those days too. Thanks guys for bringing that old sepia photo to life. We might have bikey get together sometime in that neck of the woods eh.

 

[KAYCEE]

Fishy,

Found this on the tinternet. Its an old photo of numbers 72-78 Causewayside. (now the Sainsbury's Local Mini mart)
Photo found on this site...http://addressinghistory.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2010/page/2/

So close......

Beggar must have been away for his tea.....

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Embra oldies Photo

Well here they are 1890's I think