Niddrie. Progress?

Filmed in Feb 2007 this film shows the empty, derelict buildings round Niddrie which is on the east side of Edinburgh. Surprisingly, there are a few houses still occupied which you can see in the clip. The whole area is planned for redevelopment.

[@bennyfaethebrig]

@MrRag87 lived in craigmillar from 97 till 03. i left with a heavy heart . Even as a Glaswegian i was made to feel welcome. 5 minute walk from deprivation you have Craigmillar Castle, Views to die for and thank god yer alive! And now i'm down south in Stockport, a so- called affluent area of England.. Sir Alex and Wayne live a few miles from me , but it doesnt hold the riches i took from Niddrie. let it flourish

[@weelinzygee]

niddrie is class and the ppl stick together am a ned and am proud of it and i wasnt deprived of anything my whole family are from niddrie. im not living there anymore but i would go bk any day xxxxxxxxxx

[@B0rnles13]

Good video and soundtrack, I spent the first half of my life growing up there, and while it had a reputation as a hard place YNT etcI think if anything it made me learn a lot of coping skills and strategies that stood me in good stead for the rest of my life. I remember where I lived, saw it 2 years ago, it looked so small once they knocked the flats down. What a radge life it's been.Cheers J

[@Mickaless84]

Wow brings back memories my nana used to work in the tavern Margaret Murray we used to go with her sometimes

[@hibernianfcmanchester8626]

Live in Manchester now but born and bred in the YNT#1

[@fotoburd]

Thanks for yer comments.The clips not for any councillor to take notice off, I dont care what they think of this. I lived there, my folks still live there and I have lots of memories of what the area looked liked and wanted to show those who have moved away from Niddrie what it looks like now. Simple as that. There are only 3 shots used again and thats because it was done on my mobile & I was running out of memory when I recorded it

[@terrymcginness4276]

Lived in the old niddrie marichal grove thanks for sharing 😁💔

[@MrRag87]

in both those places, I now live in Craigmillar and such a difference compared to the other so called respected areas of Edinburgh. People are evidently jealous that we have a beautiful art deco building that was refurbed and has not been vandalised despite everyone from outside the area saying/hoping it would just so they could say, Told you so!! Portobello in particular is full of wannabe posh people. A seaside town littered with dog shit on every pavement and graffiti everywhere you look

[@carolinegray3150]

Good video

[@bennyfaethebrig]

good vid.. used to live next to the bingo hall .. lived in the area for 7 years.. moved to manchester a few years ago.. hope to visit my mates soon and see the changes made

[@HappyDaysManchester]

I was brought up in niddrie & moved down here in 96

[@fotoburd]

Aye good point! The tune? Its Massive Attack, Black Milk

[@duncancallum]

I used to go through the tunnel to niddrie marischal school between 1951 to 54 .glad when i got back to Bingham Broadway where i lived till 1964 , T hen moved to sunny Queensland Australia . Now that was a very good move for sure . Duncan.

[@fotoburd]

They have started building the new houses. The scheme is going to look totally different

[@fotoburd]

There were houses there, they got knocked down/burned down a few years before the ones you see in the video.

[@beckyl1450]

Yeah, they may build new houses there, but none of them are in any kind of price range that the original tenants in the area could afford. Usual outrageous "property development" crap that you see in hundreds of other areas like this. Private companies buy it cheap, build rip off "apartments" or student accommodation, and the people that actually lived and grew up here are forced further and further away

[@quicksilverswife]

I was going to move here till i seen this video. Thanks to the person who uploaded this!!!. I am from fife and this is really upsetting to see that people used to and still do live this way.I live in england now and was going to move back to scotland.I was feeling homesick and now i just feel plain sick.What a dump. I feel sorry for the decent people caught up in all of that

[@billybop65]

This is a brilliant video.

[@btcav]

Superb video hope it dose not get removed again, It is important to remind us of Niddrie and what it ment to us, spare a thought for Edinburgh Council...

[@steely1001]

have seen some really bad stuff posted about Niddrie, but I have to say this film was great, loved the background music too. Really looks like a ghost town

[@billybop65]

When the kids are left to their own devices through social deprivation and other causes its no surprise that anti-social behaviour reigns, Im a bus driver whos lived in Niddrie for years, It is sad how the area has deteriorated but not that surprising, kids through stones all over the place, thats a fact of life, its not just Niddrie. Things WILL improve in the years ahead.

[@OBviEZ]

my man you can predict the future! the place has improved so much these last few years

[@soundationuk]

WE have very much the same sort of dereliction in Liverpool. Although, the houses/ estate in the film reveals how much green space you had between the properties!

[@duneideannaer5990]

Perfect track 👍🏼

[@mikeyyycipriani]

@Guardian016 its been cleaned up now but avoid it at night just to be safe the houses are new but the people aren't

[@fotoburd]

Cheers!

[@raymondrichards4880]

I lived in Craigmillar Castle Terrace 1959-1968 and went to Peffermill primary school right at the back of the houses. I stay in Liverpool now and went back a few years ago. All changed now. My old street & school demolished but the area looks great. Can anyone please tell me when this happened and if they know of anywhere I can see old photos of the Castle Terrace and Peffermill primary? Cheers

[@neacailcairds]

I like this. Whats the music?

[@MalkyMcCallum]

Massive Attack - Black Milk

[@fotoburd]

not everyone who lived there turned it into a shithole/

[@andystonard4327]

It may be you opinion, ask our relatives who were brought up there in the 40s/50s! they will tell you a different story (x Daniel) Did you live there?if so when? I never lived there, lived at Grey Friars but my family did...life was not easy but not as you say Minging.

[@mw5461]

Wow what a run down place this used to be funny how I'm working there now on niddrie mains road building new houses

[@fotoburd]

@early1900s No bother driving through it. I walked through it for most of my life.

[@marty25123]

I see an Adult learning centre in this video, pity nobody goes to it to learn about life, education, working etc., I can bet you that the Dole office is much busier!? And to think , the unemployment is at around 85% in Niddrie alone! SHAME SHAME SHAME! Great Video though and I love the music!

[@fotoburd]

There is a couple of people still in the houses, although I think they have recently moved out. no wonder though really.

[@weelinzygee]

what ppl seem to forget as 2 meters across the road its all been done up n lookin gd so dont let this video tell it all go ursel and have a look loads of ppl still live in niddrie just not niddrie mains

[@bennyfaethebrig]

i live in Manchester now.. not a bad area btw.. would move back to Craigmillar in a fekkin hearbeat. can see ma auld boozer lol . the tavern.. OI! GAV? you watching this .. fone me mate.. Tommy. ps . congrats on the bairn mucker. .. stay oot the bookies! lol

[@fotoburd]

Ill do something once its done defo.!

[@HappyDaysManchester]

Born & bred in the YNT

[@RollingPeople97]

@liamchalmers Aw here we go...

[@bennyfaethebrig]

thats the way it was when i lived and breathed the community.. simply cos i was made welcome.. i live in manchester now, made some cash.. i will retire to craigmillar or mibbes Porty lol

[@MrRag87]

notice all the idiots commenting claiming to know so much when in reality the knowledge of this area is zilch!! I know a lot of people who have come from niddrie and they are the most decent and honest people I know, just a shame so many assume that everyone sponges of the social and shoots up on every street corner!! Far from the reality from what I recal, I grew up in East lothian, I moved out of my parents hose to Live in Leith, then I moved on to Portobello. found there to be more problems

[@bennyfaethebrig]

spare a THOUGHT? WHY.. I HAD TO MOVE FROM A PLACE I LOVE COZ ALL THE NEW HOUSES BEING BUILT WERE SOLD TO FOLK WHO QUED OUTSIDE THE DOCTORS WAITING FOR THEM TO BE RELEASED! REMEMBER THAT? THE OLD DOCS @ THE BOTTOM OF THE CASTLE BRAE

[@radgeboy]

I used to have a friend who stayed in niddrie and it was always really dodgy full of junkies and neds one of the worst areas in Edinburgh.

[@Heavy-Bass-Man]

good video. im STILL ashamed to say i grew up there though. absolute heaven when me and my family got away from it. from what i heard after we did the place took a turn for the worst and ended up 50x worse than it was. not surprised like as the place was half empty with moving everyone out so they had no one else to terrorize did they. i miss the growing up bit though. not that i had much with pricks on our street....theres no more niddrie now not a thing left. took the council long enough.

[@frasefresh]

not everyone but enough people did.

[@bennyfaethebrig]

@lensbear thats why trainspotting was set in Leith i spose?

[@GoldieDawn]

Is Trainspotting non fiction? x

[@RollingPeople97]

@Guardian016 Not too beautiful if you live there though.

[@pabloboyd]

slums are not slums to begin with,its the people who live there that make it that way,the houses could still be there in niddrie its the people who turned it in to a slum.

[@btcav]

.....It was ment very much toung in cheek.

[@fedzamwaf]

looks like a town condemed land of the living dead

[@bennyfaethebrig]

what about it? lol