Whats on Penicuik?

Post by **joette** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:52 pm

If you click on the above site there are a load of old photos.
I laughed at the style of some!I also noted the changes in social customs-lots of cigs hanging from mouths,check the unPC figures in the Gala Parade(thought I had found an early Afro-caribbean resident).
The pictures in the main are of interest to those with ancestors from the area like me but if you want a pictorial historical snapshot of a place they're worth a look.
I have to say that the wains look malnourished-think I glimpsed some rickets,the women washed-out & the men as thin as rails.Hard life.
The washing day one is an eye-opener.No even a wash-house.
I really appreciate what a hard life it must have been as they struggled to survive & yet there are lots of smiles about.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:15 pm

Hi Joette
Did you forget to post the link?
Sounds like an interesting site - I love old photos.

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **Anne H** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:36 pm

Is this the site, Joette? http://www.penicuikwhatson.co.uk/old_ph ... _women.jpg

Look at that pile of washing...a lot of hard work!

Don't know anyone from Penicuik, but I love looking at old photographs. Thanks.

Regards,
Anne H

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:10 am

That looks like the mangle I remember from our washhouse, and not so very long ago! (well, half a century or so). We did have a primitive washing machine, but you had to be careful not to have a hand in the sink and the machine at the same time, otherwise you got a not inconsiderable shock. Obviously the earth was not quite in order, on reflection.

Now you have to understand the washing machine´s brain and program correctly.............

More photos?

Thrall

Post by **joette** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:39 pm

I just clicked on Whats on Penicuik-there are a number of photos-couldn't
find a link but then I am numpty when it comes to Computers.
Well worth the look.There are photos of the papermill(where many of mine worked)school photos,work outings,wedding,gala photos etc.
Quite a compilation plus some old views of Penicuik.Almost like browsing somebody's photo album.

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:05 pm

Hi Joette, might this be the link?

http://www.penicuikwhatson.co.uk/Old_Photos.htm

Best wishes,

Thrall