Tom McB Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Has to be the Thatcher era, surely? Why The blessed Margaret won..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Why The blessed Margaret won..................... ...and the children went unshod. Callaghan is obviously to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I went to primary school in the 70s with a family who came to school one day with no shoes , ..the school bought them shoes. A family at mine had wellies in winter. The cut the legs off them to look a bit like shoes in summer. The oldest brother had very few clothes, so the school gave him old costumes from the shows. He cut about as Gilbert and Sullivan sailor and then a fireman for a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Did they try to stick the legs back on again when the weather started to get colder in the autumn? Have heard stories of children (including my mother when she was visiting her grandparents) going barefoot in the summer in Shetland after WWII back before they got electricity and were still using water from wells, but that's Scotland's answer to Appalachia. In places like Leith if it was still hapenning in 1910 when and why would it have stopped before the Welfare State kicked off under Labour in 1945? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McB Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 ...and the children went unshod. Callaghan is obviously to blame. Proof of unshod children in the 80's . Oh dear there's none. Feel free to avoid the death of socialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McB Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Did they try to stick the legs back on again when the weather started to get colder in the autumn? Have heard stories of children (including my mother when she was visiting her grandparents) going barefoot in the summer in Shetland after WWII back before they got electricity and were still using water from wells, but that's Scotland's answer to Appalachia. In places like Leith if it was still hapenning in 1910 when and why would it have stopped before the Welfare State kicked off under Labour in 1945? Really, there were no benefits for the unemployed before 1945? Oh Dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Oddball topic this but I was trying to find out when an old photo of Leith had been taken and noticed that although the photo didn't seem to be mid-Victorian some of the boys, even the bigger ones, were barefoot. I've tried to find out how long this practice lasted in Scotland before it was phased out but can't find any articles on it. This photo from Dumbiedykes in Edinburgh was taken in 1895 and the whole class is barefoot. I found a link to an article which indicates that children were still barefoot in Edinburgh in 1908. Does any social historian on here know any more on the subject and does any expert on photography have a good idea when that first photo would have been taken? Is that bottom photo not Leigh Griffith's kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Oddball topic this but I was trying to find out when an old photo of Leith had been taken and noticed that although the photo didn't seem to be mid-Victorian some of the boys, even the bigger ones, were barefoot. I've tried to find out how long this practice lasted in Scotland before it was phased out but can't find any articles on it. This photo from Dumbiedykes in Edinburgh was taken in 1895 and the whole class is barefoot. I found a link to an article which indicates that children were still barefoot in Edinburgh in 1908. Does any social historian on here know any more on the subject and does any expert on photography have a good idea when that first photo would have been taken? I wonder if any of these young scamps were at Hampden to see the Dees lift the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I wonder if any of these young scamps were at Hampden to see the Dees lift the cup. Dundee lifted the Scottish Cup after 3 games at Ibrox. I hope we complained about playing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th1stleandr0se Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Both taken in 1910, says so on the back. Thanks. Why did I never think of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Is that bottom photo not Leigh Griffith's kids? There's a few 'thumb head' looking feckers there so could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser1111 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 This photograph was taken in 1924 just prior to a phase of social improvement in Leith. It was taken in Queen Street, Leith now named Shore Place. You may wish to check copyright and consider whether you wish to remove it as it is protected under copyright law - crown copyright I think (they are really rigerous about copyright infringement). Hope that answers the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 widtinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 My grandpa used to go to school with no shoes. The concerned headmaster wrote to the family asking why a 76 year old man with no shoes was coming to school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Is that bottom photo not Leigh Griffith's kids? The wee boy on the left definitely is!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 This photograph was taken in 1924 just prior to a phase of social improvement in Leith. It was taken in Queen Street, Leith now named Shore Place. You may wish to check copyright and consider whether you wish to remove it as it is protected under copyright law - crown copyright I think (they are really rigerous about copyright infringement). Hope that answers the question. As long as they are not rigorous we should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Both photos were taken last week. In Brechin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillinger Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Why the f**k were people from old fashioned days so ugly and fucking grumpy?That's your Grandparents you are talking about.Guess that's where you get the ugly from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidthebaw Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 My gran got her first pair of shoes when she was 14, when she left school in 1928. That was in the slums at the Pleasance in Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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