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I’ve got an old envelope from 1872, I’d like to either find out if the house is still there, and maybe give it to them if tey are still there, but, I cant decipher the road name. Sent from Bridge of Allan to Edinburgh in July 1872. Gowring, young and loads of other combinations have been searched, but nothing found. Of course, I may have decipherd it during one of the searches, and the street has since been demolished, so no record of it.
Anyone want to have a guess at the address?
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Letter from 1872
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No Post Code .... 'tut@
A hand written list of address from the 1871 census to give you a list of address that were existent then - street name looks like it starts with a G to me.
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Looks like Young Street to me.
Final letter g looks the same as the g in Edinburgh.
No dotted i
15 Young St
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2m2o85tTqb8UYzgX7
15 Young Street? It's in an old part of Edinburgh, no?
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A constant problem I’m having with them. I had a good website for my business on there, and had a DOS attack (actually, I think they were trying to use an old Bulletin Board I still had on it), so they took it down. Now I cannot keep things on it due to constant error messages. I’m moving the domain to get someone reliable to host it, at the moment its free with my Broadband, the new one is £10ish a month, but, it’ll be reliable.
Edit, I’ve just looked again, and it appears to be there now.
I’d like to either find out if the house is still there, and maybe give it to them if tey are still there
I can assure you that they won't still be there.
15 Young Street?
Could be the one - it's on that list above.
Pity the poor postman deciphering that though.
I can assure you that they won’t still be there.
You can only be sure they've passed over if they 'knock twice for no'
Best to check under the floorboards all the same
scotroutes
Full MemberLooks like Young Street to me.
Came here to post this. There's nothing that fits the first letter being a 'G'.
Thanks, so far. Yes, I had dismissed it as a Y, thinking it was a G, so Young St, does tally, it was built well before then.
I’ll do some research. Ernielynch, you dont think they will be there any more then? I think they’ll be sat there waiting for a letter!
Lovely handwriting though.
And, 15 Young Street Edinburgh has this rather good video of when it was for sale:
15 Young St vid
definitely 15 Young Street
Thanks for the inspiration. It is 15 Young Street. The name (M'intosh) is listed at that address as a ‘Writer’ in a Law directory of the year.
Next time we’re in Edinburgh, we’ll pop by and see if the current residents want it.
Thanks all.
Can I ask how you came upon the letter op?👍
Check this :
"1885: Vallance family in the Valuation Roll
Within a year, the flat was indeed owned by “Children of the late Archibald Vallance (bond holders in possession), per William Vallance per J.B. McIntosh 15 Young Street per Gilbert Watson + Co Woodburn Terrace.” with tenant Robert Bell, according to the property valuation rolls of 1885."
https://noisybrain.blog/2020/04/17/the-plasterers-flat/
Pity the poor postman deciphering that though.
I'd assume that the style was commonplace at the time. A lot of old handwriting is near-illegible to modern eyes (or to mine, at least).
Next time we’re in Edinburgh, we’ll pop by and see if the current residents want it.
You could just pop it in the post. 😁
Can I ask how you came upon the letter op?
Probably been dumped in a hedge by a lazy postie.
Can I ask how you came upon the letter op?
Bought it at a stamp fair, probably 45 years ago, I’d be 11 or 12 at the time. We’re just moving house soon, and getting rid of a load of stuff, this is too good to throw away, god knows what I’m doing with the rest of the stamps, they seem too good to throw, but there’s little call for them now. mostly post war GB stamps, I’ll probably drop them off at an auction house to see if they can sell them.
god knows what I’m doing with the rest of the stamps, they seem too good to throw, but there’s little call for them now. mostly post war GB stamps, I’ll probably drop them off at an auction house to see if they can sell them.
Philately is still very popular, and it’s possible to find dealers around. I believe Bath has one, it has, or had a Postal Museum, as it has a historical place in postal history. I used to design and put together books on specialist areas of stamp collecting; two I did were ‘Printers and Printing on Stamps’, and, rather tastelessly, ‘Whales and Whaling on Stamps’, both for Picton Publishing in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Look online for dealers and collectors.
My step dad is a philatelist and valuer and has run hundreds of auctions around England. If you want some advice on what to do with the stamps I can connect you.
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just walked past it. Most of the 'houses' on that street are now offices and 'aparthotels' but no 15 looks like it might still be a house
alanl
Bought it at a stamp fair, probably 45 years ago, I’d be 11 or 12 at the time.
Cheers mate!👍
It needs to be delivered on an old post bike in period clothes and feature in the magazine. With the residents permission of course.
Is there actually a letter in there or just an envelope?