Name: Growing up in Corstorphine in the 1950s - Lauriston Castle Lectures
Start: 2024-10-22T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-22T12:00:00+01:00
Location: 2a Cramond Road South, Davidson's Mains, EH4 5QD Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Growing up in Corstorphine in the 1950s - Lauriston Castle Lectures

Growing up in Corstorphine in the 1950s
This lecture will take the form of a personal reminiscence of growing up as a child in the 1950s and early 1960s in a suburb of Edinburgh. These were the days when life seemed altogether simpler, and the sun shone all through the summer! School holidays were filled with harmless pastimes such as playing football in the street and taking part in back garden plays whilst “a big day out” was to Portobello in the tram!
Gordon Roberts is a retired teacher of English and drama. He is the chairperson of Edinburgh Living history and directs amateur dramatic plays in his home town of Dunbar. The lecture image shows Gordon with his younger sister, Frances, in their back garden in Corstorphine. Frances was the founder of Edinburgh Living History and is very sadly missed.
All our lecture mornings cost £8 and include a friendly lecture where you can meet our guest lecturer, have coffee and a sweet treat and get a special castle tour. Why not make a day of it at Lauriston and have some lunch at Mimi’s café on-site after your lecture experience?
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By phone - 0131 336 2060 (Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 10am - 4pm)
In person - At Lauriston Castle – (Go through Courtyard by Mimi’s Café and ring the bell on the green door) Monday - Sunday 10am - 4pm

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2a Cramond Road South, Davidson's Mains, EH4 5QD Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Lauriston Castle, 2A Cramond Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 6, United Kingdom,Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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