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Summer '69 Scotland - the end, plus Paris!

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:46 pm
by BillyBob
Picking up where we left off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esta_Henry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox_House
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More cool old cars
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I like this one. Googling the the Thistle Inn (building on the right) leads one to find that it was at 11 Leith Street, Edinburgh. Google street view was a bit confusing - as it appears that taht area has changed a LOT.
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Edinburgh Castle again
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Roofs!
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Now at the end of the third slide magazine were some plastic slides without the annoying little Honeywell metal tabs (that made that awful scratching noise when I was putting them in and taking them out of the scanner's slide holder). I myself may have just put them in there; yes, I believe that I recognize the Eiffel Tower shot from the 'light table' post. It appears that they're back in Paris; that;'s a french menu. This may be our man Don.
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Nice apartment! (pronounce it 'neece apartment' and you've got yourself a pun!)
That's a pair of binoculars on the table.
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Yeah, I must've just tossed them in there; I believe that I recognize this one from the light-table shots
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That is SOME apartment! Seriously - that's nice! I wonder what was on the tv.
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I have no idea.
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That's it!
Cheers!
Bill

Re: Summer '69 Scotland - the end, plus Paris!

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:53 pm
by Philip
Excellent find, and free tour. Thanks for letting us in on it!

Re: Summer '69 Scotland - the end, plus Paris!

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 11:47 pm
by PFMcFarland
Yes, an excellent apartment, indeed. The French certainly have a flair for that sort of thing. I think the roofs in the Edinburgh set are the train sheds at the station.

PF

Re: Summer '69 Scotland - the end, plus Paris!

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:40 pm
by BillyBob
Thanks Guys, it was a fun little tour.
Old slides and negs are a tangible little piece of history; not just the image that they depict - but actually having that little piece of plastic and emulsion that was there at the original moment in time. It's a little acetate time traveler ;->