Sheila

I've had an email with a long list of addresses and requests for specific info which is beyond me. An email from anyone who knows the south side would help. The trip is early next month.

xxx

topping -- anyone out there have any information for Sheila?

janis

What do they want to know about the south side? I know the center and west end better but know a bit about the south.

Nick

My family used to live in the south side - Merchiston, Morningside then Newington (now Portobello) - but what is the info needed.

Nan_Wilson

I was brought up in the Southside of Edinburgh - what do you want to know ? BUT I can say now that Nick has it wrong (Jan 10th) Newington and the Southside is nowhere near Portobello !!

unclegus

this request is from 2003,but nick is saying he did live in the south side but now(or did) live in Portobello.

Nan_Wilson

Sorry unclegus and I see now how I mininterpreted his note .

janisj

I am genuinely curious. You registered to help sheila - OK. But honestly -- how did you locate this 8+ year old thread? If you came in via google or some other search engine, this thread would not have popped up w/o using some very specific key words. Like maybe Merchiston? But even then - there must be hundreds of other hits before this one.

I'm not being snarky here -- I am just really curious about how this happens, how brand new folks (welcome aboard BTW ) find REALLY old threads.