Haddington Old & New
Eighth Selection of Slides by George Angus
GOODS STATION (9136) |
PORTERS' HOWFF (L766) |
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| Taken 04 May 1980. A fairly complete set of the old wooden goods building, seen from a platform near the porters' howff, looking East, not long before a young vandal put a match to them and nothing remains. | Taken March 1980 by Alister Angus. One of the very few relics of Haddington railway station, this is the building which I knew as the lamp Room and the Porters Howff. I was informed by a retired employee of the railway company (or British Rail) that there was a boiler hidden in one corner of the building, to heat water for the hot water bottles which the company supplied for 1st class passengers. All part of the service. |
'THE NEW COUNTY' (9182) |
THE TRAM DEPOT (L457) |
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| 23 May 1980 Haddington's flea circus, built in the early 30's. It was not uncommon to find a queue waiting for admission, especially to the second house on a Saturday. I can distinctly remember my parents going to see every change of programme. But there was no television then. Around the time the photo was taken it had become a snooker hall, to be superseded by bingo. | 3 Nov 200? The recent replacement for the cinema, the oversized monstrosity which I cannot resist calling the Tram Depot. The 2-storey arch giving access to the courtyard is reminiscent of the entrance to the tram depot next to Luca's ice cream shop in Musselburgh. |
OLD GARDNERS' (E272) |
RECENT GARDNERS' (E274) |
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| C1890. This is the first of a series of 3 slides which I inherited from the late Louie Mckemmie, whose parents ran the pub about a century ago. The magnificent gas lamp appears to have been outside the Crown Hotel, which was to the photographer's right. | C1970 The 'modern' slide which completes Louis' set, and which was taken after the McKemmie family had severed their connection with the pub. I can recall coming home on leave in 1945 and climbing to the first floor, because hidden in there was an old billiard table. |
UNCLE JIM (A376) |
IN THE TRENCHES (M460) |
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| est 1944 One of my father's older brothers, James Angus (right) who lived most of his life in South London and reached the age of 95. He joined the Scots Greys before the Great War and evenually became a sergeant. However, when Churchill introduced the Home Guard in 1940, Uncle Jim wangled a commission. | Taken 1916. Sgt Jas. Angus, Scots Greys, 2nd from right. |