Thank you, for the great tour, I have watched other walking tours thru Edinburgh, but being narrated this is by far the best one. So nice to know what you are looking at and the history behind it. We are planning a trip this summer, and are looking forward to visiting this beautiful city. 🇨🇦
My great grandmother was born in Duncan’s Close on the Canongate. It was one that was torn down and now the veterans lawn bowling is there. I wish there was somewhere to get information on the closes that are gone.
It was great to see the Half Way House after all these years. That wee pub, along with the Jinglin' Geordie, and several others nearby, have been there, with the same names, since I first ventured into pubs - about 1977. They were great pubs back then and any time I've been back, they're still recognisable. So many pubs, in so many cities, have changed so much in that time that you wouldn't recognise them, or know them by name. Anyone who drank in Edinburtgh in the 70s, 80s, 90s, or later, will know these two and I hope they can beat this current downturn in the pub trade, which has killed-off many famous Scottish watering holes.
Agreed.✔ I don't often correct pronunciation, as opinions can vary, but I learned the ancient art of pub-crawling in this area over forty years ago and it's always been Co'burn Street. The other one I've noticed on this channel is "Close". I'm not sure about the English "Closes" but in Scotland at least, it's pronounced 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒔, rhyming with gross, rather than cloaze, which is kept to be the opposite of open. Can anyone else think of a word that rhymes with this kind of close; I really struggled and even gross isn't a great example, as it can rhyme with floss too. Who would have thought that close was so tricky a rhyme but it could be why we never see poems about Edinburgh's narrower streets. 😂 A better way to explain this, which has got way, way longer than it was meant to, is to use "close", as in "close to you", rather than "close", as in "close that ******* door." I wish I'd done that first but I can't be bothered changing the first bit.
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Thank you, for the great tour, I have watched other walking tours thru Edinburgh, but being narrated this is by far the best one. So nice to know what you are looking at and the history behind it. We are planning a trip this summer, and are looking forward to visiting this beautiful city. 🇨🇦
Really great. Thanks for this! Enjoyed it 100%!
Thank you!
My great grandmother was born in Duncan’s Close on the Canongate. It was one that was torn down and now the veterans lawn bowling is there. I wish there was somewhere to get information on the closes that are gone.
Just google Edinburghs historical closes.
It was great to see the Half Way House after all these years. That wee pub, along with the Jinglin' Geordie, and several others nearby, have been there, with the same names, since I first ventured into pubs - about 1977. They were great pubs back then and any time I've been back, they're still recognisable. So many pubs, in so many cities, have changed so much in that time that you wouldn't recognise them, or know them by name. Anyone who drank in Edinburtgh in the 70s, 80s, 90s, or later, will know these two and I hope they can beat this current downturn in the pub trade, which has killed-off many famous Scottish watering holes.
Great walk I enjoyed it 👍😀 greetings from Canada
It’s pronounced ‘Coaburn’ not Cockburn
Agreed.✔ I don't often correct pronunciation, as opinions can vary, but I learned the ancient art of pub-crawling in this area over forty years ago and it's always been Co'burn Street. The other one I've noticed on this channel is "Close". I'm not sure about the English "Closes" but in Scotland at least, it's pronounced 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒔, rhyming with gross, rather than cloaze, which is kept to be the opposite of open.
Can anyone else think of a word that rhymes with this kind of close; I really struggled and even gross isn't a great example, as it can rhyme with floss too. Who would have thought that close was so tricky a rhyme but it could be why we never see poems about Edinburgh's narrower streets. 😂
A better way to explain this, which has got way, way longer than it was meant to, is to use "close", as in "close to you", rather than "close", as in "close that ******* door."
I wish I'd done that first but I can't be bothered changing the first bit.
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when filmed/ looks like winter; I'm from Florida
OCT = V111....JULIAN CALENDAR
GREGORY CALENDAR ADOPTION.....1752.....BRITAIN AND WEST
REFORMATION.....1582....TO....1752.....GREGORIAN CALENDAR