I wasn't sure if it was still there or had been removed when they filled it in, that's why I never included this in the narration, but thanks for the information.
It wiz my faither John Burns, who filled in Morrisons Haven in the late 50’s- early 60’s with overburden from Prestongrange Colliery. He remembers filling the harbour in and burying the white sailing boat. We’ll be there on Friday 2nd June with dad’s remains ( bringing him hame ) 😉
Thanks for sharing that my friend. You will have now likely scattered your Dads remains so I hope it went well. At least you can tune in here and watch this video whenever you want to visit Morrisons Haven.
Which j.b. was your dad please? Was he anything to do with Sam burns (yard) Glad he's home and I remember the Goth too. A well presented video Thanks Droneman@@johnburns5783
The ground feature does not match up with maps as found on the NLS website. The harbour would have silted up over the years and filling it in was somewhere to put the colliery waste.
Hi David, I am unsure which map you are referring too, and more importantly, the year, but to accommodate larger vessels, the harbour entrance was drastically altered, so this might have a bearing in the map you are looking at. The demise of the harbour had a lot to do with the port of Leith. As the vessels got larger, Morrisons Haven was unable to compete with Leith. By 1936, the harbour was officially closed and partially filled in. Local people continued to use the harbour for boating regattas etc. but it had fallen into a dangerous level of disrepair and was demolished in the late 50's. A new coastal road was built on the reclaimed land and the remains of the harbour buried and forgotten under several metres of slag from the colliery.
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Great video thanks for sharing the name of the boat that is buried there is called topaz.
I wasn't sure if it was still there or had been removed when they filled it in, that's why I never included this in the narration, but thanks for the information.
It wiz my faither John Burns, who filled in Morrisons Haven in the late 50’s- early 60’s with overburden from Prestongrange Colliery. He remembers filling the harbour in and burying the white sailing boat. We’ll be there on Friday 2nd June with dad’s remains ( bringing him hame ) 😉
Thanks for the reply, I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for sharing that my friend. You will have now likely scattered your Dads remains so I hope it went well.
At least you can tune in here and watch this video whenever you want to visit Morrisons Haven.
@MikeyDobz Yes we returned dad to the place he filled in. Had a meal in the Gothenburg pub in the Pans afterwards.
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Which j.b. was your dad please? Was he anything to do with Sam burns (yard) Glad he's home and I remember the Goth too. A well presented video Thanks Droneman@@johnburns5783
The ground feature does not match up with maps as found on the NLS website. The harbour would have silted up over the years and filling it in was somewhere to put the colliery waste.
Hi David, I am unsure which map you are referring too, and more importantly, the year, but to accommodate larger vessels, the harbour entrance was drastically altered, so this might have a bearing in the map you are looking at. The demise of the harbour had a lot to do with the port of Leith. As the vessels got larger, Morrisons Haven was unable to compete with Leith. By 1936, the harbour was officially closed and partially filled in. Local people continued to use the harbour for boating regattas etc. but it had fallen into a dangerous level of disrepair and was demolished in the late 50's. A new coastal road was built on the reclaimed land and the remains of the harbour buried and forgotten under several metres of slag from the colliery.