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by wilsonpeterhead
25 May 2014, 20:15
Forum: Local History
Topic: Portobello Bottle Works, Baileyfield Road, Portobello
Replies: 11
Views: 14450

Re: Portobello Bottle Works, Baileyfield Road, Portobello

if you are wondering if there is truth to the story of the boy who was killed in the bottle works, it is true, he was 12 years old and he fell through the asbestos roof. we used to play there, getting access through the apple orchard at the end of adelphi place(i think that is the right name) I had ...
by wilsonpeterhead
25 May 2014, 20:04
Forum: Local History
Topic: Rosefield Street / Hope St
Replies: 20
Views: 25550

Re: Rosefield Street / Hope St

Hi, i stayed in number 13 from 1960 to 1980. I am one of five of a family, two brothers and two sisters, my mother and father stayed their until 1985, then moved out to Clackmannan. My cousin(K Thomson) bought the house from my parents. My Wife and I went to Portobello recently and walked up to our ...