<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is very interesting Carolyn and ties in very nicely, when I recall some years back reading a now out of print book called The Slipper and the Shoe. I’ve forgotten the name of the author and publisher which makes it very hard to trace.<div><br></div><div>It tells the story of the traders and residents in the area bounded by Minto Street and Ratcliffe Terrance. Whereby the traders served “The big” houses nearby. The book was a fascinating social incite into the expansion of the south side of Edinburgh.</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara B </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 16 May 2020, at 14:33, Carolyn Walker via Friends <friends@newington-cemetery.org.uk> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">I am forwarding this interesting snippet from a neighbour of mine in Upper Gray St.<div class="">Carolyn<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Ron and Evelynne Hill <<a href="mailto:r.g.hill@talk21.com" class="">r.g.hill@talk21.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Newington Cemetery</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">14 May 2020 at 11:32:52 BST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Carolyn Walker <<a href="mailto:carolynwalker24@gmail.com" class="">carolynwalker24@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Hello Carolyn</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">We took our Tuesday exercise in Newington Cemetery and came across the stone of Adam Currie, formerly of South Gray Street.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">From the WBA History web pages:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><span class=""><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">In the very early 1900s, first number </span><b style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2;" class="">4</b><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class=""> and then number </span><b style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2;" class="">5</b><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class=""> were occupied by Adam Currie, founder of a substantial joinery business. Early in his career he seems to have conducted business from his back garden(s), now in use by the builders, Scott & Brown. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><b class=""></b><i class=""></i><u class=""></u><sub class=""></sub><sup class=""></sup><strike class=""></strike><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">His subsequent career saw him as councillor, JP, member of Merchant Company etc, etc. (He was involved in the 'Scottish National Exhibition' held in Saughton Park and in the subsequent removal and re-erection of some of its buildings in Portobello as 'Edinburgh Marine Gardens'.)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">I'm attaching 2 photos - one a close up and another to show its location on one of the main south/north avenues, looking north.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Regards</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Ron</div></div></div><div><IMG_6459.jpeg></div><div><IMG_6460.jpeg></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Friends mailing list</span><br><span>Friends@newington-cemetery.org.uk</span><br><span>http://newington-cemetery.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/friends_newington-cemetery.org.uk</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>