Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Hello. Haven't posted for some time, but thought you might like to see what we had to put up with in Ottawa this winter. To put things into perspective; the person in the first image is my son and he is almost 6 feet tall; the vehicle is a Dodge Caravan, but the snow makes it look like a Mini. http:...

Genesis - Foxtrot

Haven't listened to this album in ages. Can-Utility and the Coastliners is one under-appreciated song.

Hi all.

Yup, I'm still here. Mostly lurking, enjoying the conversations.

I look forward to the pictures that are posted. Some are quite stunning.

Like I said before, "Great Site!".

David Gilmour - 1st solo album

Great stuff!!

Well, I can give you a first hand account... I was back home on holiday with my wife and kids in 2003 and 2005 and we did a few good touristy things. Arthur's Seat. Incredible place in the center of the city. A climb to the top gives fantastic panoramic views. The comment about Ocean Terminal is ban...

I'm not fond of Texan bars as you often get poked by stetsons, tramped on by pointy boots and the music is not to my taste

Incumbent Liberals have been in office for over 12 years. Some folk feel that it is time for a change. All of the parties are in full campaign mode. Promising everything from incom tax cuts to GST cuts. CatzVP is right, the Liberals have been embroiled in a few money scandals. But, the economy is ve...

Good to hear from you Colin :D Been a while... I was actually in Portobello this summer on holiday with my family. My aunt has a caravan at Seton Sands that we use. The bus ride from there along the coast into Edinburgh is simply wonderful. Stopped in Portie a few times to visit relatives and walk ...

First case of bird flu in Paris...


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One more time.

Files have been converted to .WMV format and should be viewable with the standard Windows Media Player.

Quality is not as good, but file sizes are much smaller.

http://www.carleton.ca/~colinm/Portobello
prom-1978.wmv (7.7Mb)
farrer-1965.wmv (4.4Mb)
highst-1979.wmv (1Mb)

I have uploaded one of the original MPEG files:

PortobelloHighSt-1979.mpg (8Mb)

Due to the MPEG format, it may appear rather grainy with lines with some versions of media players.

I'm looking into it. Solution is to wait on Colin :) If you really want to see them ASAP then I can successfully view them using mplayer , I've not verified them on the Windows version, but if they work on Linux... Ok, sorry about that. These files were originally created as MPEG, then converted to...

Sorry,

I'm looking into it.

Darn!

Sentance period is appended onto the URL.

Try...

http://www.carleton.ca/~colinm/Portobello

Hi all. My father has a box of old 8mm films taken mainly during the early 60s and 70s. Many old weddings, christenings and birthdays and holidays back in Edinburgh. I figured that I would surprise my family and transfer them to DVD. Turned out not bad and they were definitely surprised as they had ...

There is definitely something different about today's kids. If not for modern medicine, many of them would be in serious trouble. My kids are 10 and 12 and for most of their years in school, they have been in classes where certain foods have been banned for lunch. Many kids are allergic to peanuts, ...

What can you say, MP3s are fun, easy to get and very convenient. The horse is out of the barn and he is very fast and he likes the room. There is no way that he's going back in. Most of the MP3s that I have downloaded are actually replacements for the tons of vinyl stored in boxes in my basement. I ...

The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd

Marvelous stuff.....

Sounds great. I am looking forward to seeing them.

Thanks.

Not sure of the original location of my picture. It was forwarded to me via email. I'll see if I can find out. btw: I have a great picture of the High St., by Aidan Bremner above my fireplace. It is sort of the same angle as these pics. Drawn from high above Brighton Place looking toward the police ...

The orange-red building next to the Police Station housed a barber shop and a pawn shop owned by Bernard Waugh, the great-grandfather of my aunt who still lives in Portobello. Bernard Waugh was struck down by a horse and carraige when he stepped out of his shop to check the time on the tower clock. ...

A professor at Carleton U. is named Giza Kiss.

Not funny to Canadians, but tends to lend a giggle to a Scot!

There was nothing like going to the George and watching a James Bond film on a Saturday afternoon with the cinema full of kids. Cheering and shouting, streaming out pretending to be a super-spy karate chopping your pals up Bath St.. Don't get the same atmosphere at the multi-mega theatre plexes that...

I was attending St. John's in 1973 when I left.

Sr. Johanna
Mr. Stanley

Kids don't know the fear of having a teacher like Mr. Stanley. If he were teaching today and using the same discipline methods, he would be locked for abuse.

Colin.

Leith
Dumbiedykes
Portobello
Penicuik
Portobello
Ottawa - Canada (watch the last step, it's a big one)

Was back in Portobello with my family last year. Wife and kids enjoyed their visit very much.

Cheers.

FWIW:

Cloudiness is tap water that clears after a minute or so is often caused by air in the water supply. Lotsa teeny-weeny micro-bubbles.

Colin.

Hi all. I left Portobello in 1973 and moved to Canada with my family when I was 11. This site sure brings back some memories. Running down the Fishwives Causway, Saturday matinees at the George, the Baths, Figgate Park and the Prom. I lived on Mountcastle Crescent and went to St. John's. I had Sr. J...