Jimboyjones1976 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 On 30/10/2018 at 17:56, The Mantis said: That one was taken from the Radical Road. Any guesses where I took this one from (not Calton Hill before anybody says ): I’m guessing Scott’s Monument with a fairly decent zoom lens? If so what spec? By my reckoning, the flats behind the ground indicate a sightline just to the left of Calton Hill which puts it bang on line with Scott’s. Quite high elevation too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 19 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: Tannadice was the same but the scoreboard was on one of the floodlight pylons (the white rectangle near the bottom of the floodlight on the right). Bloke had to walk through the terracing at half time carrying the numbers on metal plates to get to the bottom of the pylon. The thing was that the half time scores never used to go up until about 15/20 minutes into the second half. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 24 minutes ago, Jimboyjones1976 said: Ha ha. There’s an element of tinpottery to that but I’m inclined to let them off as it was from back in the day. Imagine a game such as Hibs 5 Rangers 5 using that scoreboard and the scoreboard not being able to keep up. Ha ha ha. Don’t think you’ve quite got the idea of what a “half time scoreboard “ was. It showed only the scores of the chosen matches as they were at half time. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 What a great photo of Tannadice. With cheerleaders at the right hand side of the photo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 19 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: Better view here. IIRC the advert in that corner used to advertise OVD. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 On 10/30/2018 at 19:16, ah-dee said: On 10/30/2018 at 19:12, Aim Here said: It was, then DMA was bought up and became Rockstar North and has since moved around various sites in Edinburgh - they were near the top of Leith Walk until a couple years back and are now neighbours with the Scottish Parliament. again i may be wrong but was the boy that launched rockstar games an abertay student? i would probably be better googling it! https://www.scotsman.com/news/the-best-selling-video-games-made-in-scotland-1-4074096 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Zen Archer said: IIRC the advert in that corner used to advertise OVD. Yep. It was for a specialist clinic in the Overgate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Just now, 7-2 said: Yep. It was for a specialist clinic in the Overgate. It would be for treating the liver then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Ken Fitlike said: the Pittodrie half-time scoreboard ( and clock) at the top of the south terrace. Plus a rather rickety looking tv platform. Another great photo. I’m thinking that this is probably from the match in November 1971 when Hearts won 3.2 with a Donald Ford hat trick, his last two coming in the last five minutes of the match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Zen Archer said: IIRC the advert in that corner used to advertise OVD. I remember them as displaying TSB in around the mid 80s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 2 hours ago, The Mantis said: West Shirley? Sorry yes, west, at the away end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 The half-time scoreboard at Dens Park at the TC Keay end. Couldn’t find anything on-line so this is from They Wore The Dark Blue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Fitlike Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 11 hours ago, kingjoey said: Another great photo. I’m thinking that this is probably from the match in November 1971 when Hearts won 3.2 with a Donald Ford hat trick, his last two coming in the last five minutes of the match. The Donald Ford game was actually the first time I had seen the Dons defeated! ( about 7 or 8 matches into my youthful attending of matches) the photo is a few years on from that though.... http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=3244&season=1976-77&squad=Senior 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 That one was taken from the Radical Road. Any guesses where I took this one from (not Calton Hill before anybody says [emoji6]):I recognise the Craigentinny block of Flats which means it’s got to be a high point roughly due West Is it from Cramond Island 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDee1893 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Eednud said: The half-time scoreboard at Dens Park at the TC Keay end. Couldn’t find anything on-line so this is from They Wore The Dark Blue. Andy 'the Penalty King' Penman banging one in against the now defunct Rangers FC. Made his first team debut at 15, travesty that he never won a Scotland cap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Andy 'the Penalty King' Penman banging one in against the now defunct Rangers FC. Made his first team debut at 15, travesty that he never won a Scotland capHe played 1 game for Scotland against The Netherlands in 1966. A 0-3 loss at Hampden in front of only 16,513. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 9 hours ago, Ken Fitlike said: The Donald Ford game was actually the first time I had seen the Dons defeated! ( about 7 or 8 matches into my youthful attending of matches) the photo is a few years on from that though.... http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=3244&season=1976-77&squad=Senior Brilliant spot. No idea how I got that so wrong. It’s the yellow strip, I think if I’m not wrong again, that had the stripes down the left side. Thanks Ken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 02/11/2018 at 16:39, Hedgecutter said: Marriott? On 02/11/2018 at 20:01, Jimboyjones1976 said: I’m guessing Scott’s Monument with a fairly decent zoom lens? If so what spec? By my reckoning, the flats behind the ground indicate a sightline just to the left of Calton Hill which puts it bang on line with Scott’s. Quite high elevation too. 13 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: I recognise the Craigentinny block of Flats which means it’s got to be a high point roughly due West Is it from Cramond Island On 30/10/2018 at 18:23, Tibbermoresaint said: One of the cranes at the St James centre? On 30/10/2018 at 19:54, The Mantis said: Close, it was actually on the roof! When they started dismantling it in 2014 my mate got access to the roof for a photo job he was doing and took me along. All the electrics were stripped out so we had to walk up 6 flights. He was dripping with sweat, the amount of gear he was carrying, including 3 Canon bodies. It was a huge area, sort of triangular, you could look right down Leith Walk from one side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDee1893 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 On 03/11/2018 at 08:59, Eednud said: He played 1 game for Scotland against The Netherlands in 1966. A 0-3 loss at Hampden in front of only 16,513. Thanks for that fella, never realised that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 On 30/10/2018 at 17:56, The Mantis said: That one was taken from the Radical Road. Any guesses where I took this one from (not Calton Hill before anybody says ): Here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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