The Other Side Of Edinburgh

[@beckyl1450]

I watch this and although it may not be attractive to other viewers, it makes me happy because it reminds me of a time growing up where Edinburgh was simply Edinburgh...it was home. Now, most of these buildings are gone, and so are the people that lived in them. Pushed further out the city whilst the land their former homes stood on continues to be bought by filthy rich property development companies - in cahoots with the local council etc - who build "luxury apartments" that more than likely lie empty half the year when they're not let out through air b&b for 1k a week, or development after development of "student accommodation" with a Sainsbury's local and a Costa coffee occupying the ground floor units. Horrific

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

But why would tourists want to see deprivation, neds and junkies lurking about. Those are people who ruin a cities reputation they are also the people that can fuck right off.

[@mrnice7570]

Dumbiedykes loyal

[@DenholmDuffy]

Loads off the buildings are still there mate 👍

[@Kiltskills]

What are you talking about..."being pushed further out of the city" ? All these places are nowhere near the city centre.

[@staceydench3009]

Miss Edinburgh so much, Pilton and then sighthill...my younger years, so so many amazig happy memories. ✌️🤗

[@sergiesmax1]

Had some of the best times of my life living in and arround Edinburgh.PLaces like Pilton,Muirhouse,Westerhailes,Niddrie,Bingham.Some of the finest people I know lived in these areas.I loved it their great to see these pics cheers mate.Now living in a wee village in Germany not bad for a lad that grew up in some of the worst places but also they were the best the real life how we normal everyday follk lived back then.

[@duncancallum]

Bingham for me sergie, now lookout my backyard onto a golf course in Queensland Parrots Kangaroos , even Koalas and other wild things , let's not forget the snakes , still love it here ,Bingham will always bring back very happy memories from me, because that was part of my childhood . Duncan Pitkeathly.

[@juliestevens5764]

@@duncancallum Bingham is knocked down now

[@duncancallum]

Yes I know i was back home in 2004 and looked around ,same street names but that was all , so there was no nostalgia for the place all different .

[@Kiltskills]

Man, you've lived in them all. The Royal Flush of shit places to live.

[@papapiers1588]

Most people think of Edinburgh as the Castle and Princess Street. Sadly, our capital city has deep pockets of deprivation and poverty. The media refuses to highlight it and instead focus on Glasgow’s issues. It’s sad. We need to look after all our poor citizens in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ewandoig1947]

Glasgow has always been worse but Edinburgh still had some issues

[@claredouglas6067]

We should ring fence our local taxes and use them here in Edinburgh rather than prop up Glasgow.

[@JamalEssa-g4r]

But doesn't tourism help raise the profile of Edinburgh and the country? 😢

[@JamalEssa-g4r]

Aren't Glasgow and Edinburgh two cities​@@claredouglas6067

[@JamalEssa-g4r]

Aren't Glasgow and Edinburgh two cities in Scotland?

[@73whitezz]

Great wee vid. Brings back many memories, especially the last few shots of the high flats in Wester hailed & sighthill. Growing up in Dumbryden, one of the seven estates that make up Westerhailes was great. Tough areas, a lot of poverty but as a kid it was brilliant. There were so many kids, you were never short of someone to play footie with in the carpark.

[@boxingmad674]

7 estates that make up Wester hailes? Av never heard that in ma puff, what are yi classin them as mate? Dumbryden, Murrayburn, Walkers, Westburn, Barnpark, Calder n Clovie??

[@volvodaft]

I lived in BROOMHOUSE Broomhouse crescent, 30 odd years ago, right at the top in a bungalow just before the underpass that took you to the shops at Sighthill, i drove down Broomhouse Crescent last time i was in Edinburgh, not been there in over 20 years, and the playing field for the old primary school is a housing Estate 😮 How things change 😢

[@connorcunningham6013]

Weird to say but its these places that make me love Edinburgh. It's a beautiful city but hate when outsiders assume its a tranquil place where nothing happens and that we're all 'snobs', Edinburgh wouldn't be the same without its Muirhouses, Piltons, Niddries etc. Although there nowhere near as bad as they used to be

[@connorcunningham6013]

Thats true mate, its strange how some of the areas blend in. You can be walking down a street full of run down council blocks, turn round the corner and you're in a well maintained street with nice bungalows and cottages and lovely looking gardens.

[@JadMock]

Connor Cunningham so so true, but you just responded to yourself! LOL!

[@morpheus7s7s7s9]

+Connor Cunningham aye that be silverknows conner used to do my milk round there 35 years ago lol

[@Girl-101]

Connor Cunningham 100% correct x

[@markmacdonald3260]

I know anyone that's successful is a snob. I think that attitude of hatred of people who do well or the hatred of people because they have successful parents and through no fault of their own are brought up in say morningside and are therefore instantly snobs, ken, is just another form of prejudice and that hopefully in time moronic attitudes like that will die out. Scotland should not be ashamed of having successful people or a middle class. If the comments were being made by an asshole who happened to come from Barnton Avenue West about how they hated outsiders thinking that Edinburgh was full of schemies and crime and drug abuse and that everyone is a Ned that person would be thought of as a dickhead and rightly so. My father recently had major heart surgery and the two surgeons were clearly middle class and probably the result of private education. If this is what the middle class give us I'm not critical. I went to a council school and had I wanted I could of been a surgeon too had I worked instead of trying to fit in with assholes so that I would not be perceived as a swot. Working class kids can be the victim of this prejudice to through peer pressure to fit in.

[@scatmando]

Great video, some lovely people came out of these high rise flats and estates and some ''bad eggs'' LOVE IT.

[@l33bzyhfc71]

JUST BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THESE PLACES DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE BAD EGGS YOU PRICK

[@Celtman101]

You're certainly right Jimmy lol ☝️

[@colincorcorcoran5284]

This brings back so many fond memories of Edinburgh granton pilton muirhouse westerhails sighthill broomhouse leith lochend craigintiny Craigmillar niddrie Bingham gracemount gilmerton the inch southhouse Burdiehouse you name it everyone loved these places when it was the slums no one wanted to enter these estates but the good thing about it all we all enjoyed it we all played in the schemes no one ever liked but it was our slums because that’s all we had away back then so you made the most of what we had everyone was in the same boat back in those days we never seemed to complain as everyone was living in the same conditions so that made us all equal from mr Colin Corcoran high street royal mile Edinburgh 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@mandemt1076]

Anyone who doesn’t miss this side of Edinburgh is heartless and anyone who wants it back is brainless

[@Butlins14]

A lot of great comments on this video and this is one of the best

[@JamalEssa-g4r]

One of the most beautiful comments I have read is: Are you a poet? ❤❤❤

[@JamesFHarrison]

I was born in the 90's in Muirhouse and going back there for the first time in years a short while ago I seen how run down the area look now compared to what I remember as a child - back then it seemed a much nicer place than now...

[@JaiMackenzie]

Yeah i also grew up in muirhouse in the 90s, all the flats are gone for front door houses the schools have all been redeveloped and one rebuilt completely, to say its run down no.. run down is what it was the only original things still there from the 90s sre the likes of martelo court etc

[@martyns5208]

My childhood right there, each and every scheme from lochend to wester hailes were my stomping grounds and took many a chase through the mazes in muirhouse and pilton from drylaws finest..

[@Kiltskills]

How romantic.

[@yodelling5631]

They’re slowly demolishing all these old buildings. Anyone who was living in Edinburgh before 2013 knows it was a different world

[@mandemt1076]

It sure was lad

[@nutyyyy]

Its mental how much has been demolished or redeveloped in the past ten years

[@slap_A_flamingo]

Usually find the people that live in the run down areas are some of the nicest people you'll meet. Apart from the ones that'll stab you. Aside from that aye.

[@samthef1guy958]

To right

[@Kiltskills]

Yeah, they're really friendly, well adjusted people with zero aggression. Glaswegians also love telling anybody who'll listen how friendly they are, whilst holding a knife in their hands.

[@slap_A_flamingo]

@Kiltskills never said everyone. There's bad in everyone. Prety sure even God had his flaws. Everyone has a capacity for killing someone, some people just don't act on it.

[@pollyboy1971]

This was Edinburgh in the good old days, miss it so much . Becky L you are spot on , I couldn’t have put it better masell , you hit the nail on the heed hen . 👍🏻

[@drivemaster3945]

1.24 to 1.30 Fala Court and Soutra Court on right in Gracemount. I was brought up in Garvald Court further to left but not in picture. Lived there as 1 year old in 1960 until a move further up Gracemount Drive in 1973. Good times.

[@Mickyboi1]

In Glasgow you grow up thinking Edinburgh is full of tories, english people and tourists, weird seeing this side to the capital

[@edin0623]

@Some Guy still is

[@edin0623]

@Some Guy exactly mate the people thinking that it’s full of posh twats have never stepped foot in saughton pilton niddrie oxgangs moredun wester hailes and etc

[@ivanarchivaldoguzman8783]

Stop it ya helmet ymd

[@ivanarchivaldoguzman8783]

@@edin0623 drylaw inch Royston u mean

[@Godblessneillennon]

@@ivanarchivaldoguzman8783great comment m8. Can you tell me some more places like this in Edinburgh please thank you , only know of west side plaza muirhouse broomhouse

[@weeguy187]

I was born in old west granton and brought up in muirhouse - loved it there, place used have such an amazing atmosphere walking about it. They 'neds' who hassled the film crew at muirhouse shopping centre were within their rights to tell them to stop filming. They were making out as if they kids playing football were involved in the drug dealing that was going on. Plus that's their life, they didn't ask to be filmed living it - this isn't 'the scheme'

[@FunnyFish2402]

Strangely makes me feel homesick...

[@Butlins14]

Fantastic video and perfect soundtrack for it. Wow it was put in 13 years ago scary how time flies

[@djbadboi36]

What is this song makes me love trainspotting even more

[@Ridiculizer]

Underworld - Born Slippy.

[@tobycrawford5656]

I worked in wester hailes in 2015. I actually enjoyed it

[@dundeeutility4899]

Looks like dundee in the 90s actually identical!!! Scottish council estates are crazy as f,ck but great to grow up in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👊💯

[@ianbuchanan149]

Spotted my old house in the vid, reminded me of what a shit hole it really was. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@Crosshatch1212]

What’s good Ian .I but it’s nostalgic in it ynt,lol

[@Dieseldog3030]

Born and raised in Bingham, great times and good memories with old friends ❤️

[@BigBleedinSteve]

Hi. Thanks for the video. I was wondering if someone could help me. I've seen an area of Edinburgh a couple of times on documentaries about drug abuse and wondered what it's called. Its a little parade of shops but its totally undercover with doors at each end. Most of the shops look closed. Loadsa Neds started giving the film crew trouble there in one film. Any help much appreciated. Thanks

[@literatureshorts9792]

BigBleedinSteve could be muirhouse

[@jakelarkin2990]

Muirhouse I'd say,heroin and AIDS capital of Europe in the 80s,the parade of shops is probably the Muirhouse shopping centre as it had doors at each end

[@allang4182]

Reminds me when I lived in Sighthill in 1993. A lot of suburbs in the south west area of Edinburgh going out towards Herriot Watt Uni and Napier. Not bad places at all

[@ChristinaH111]

Could be Wester Hailes Shopping Centre, now called Westside Plaza?

[@LothianBusesPhotos]

Proud to live in this great city, sometimes you forget that places like this are still out there so close. I pass through these areas frequently, they have improved but it's a shame to see people live like this. Very dangerous and many go down the road of drug addiction and in turn early deaths.

[@ASMRMuzz]

Funny, I grew up in Embra, in several of these neighbourhoods. I don't miss it, but I like to see this coz it reminds me how I've progressed in life. I could still be stuck in a crappy wee flat in Moredun. No offence to anyone who is....

[@Crosshatch1212]

Look up nostalgia and what it realy means ,peace

[@mikeyp0131]

the launderette!!!

[@eckyp247]

Aye the auld niddrie launderette lol weird seeing it again

[@sashamuir4724]

There’s no broom house Magdalene or drylaw

[@eckyp247]

The auld launderette doon auld niddrie brings back memories that , I used to live doon the fort in leith years ago then moved up ti granton ,Some mad times up pilton /granton .... YPD

[@ChristinaH111]

Ah, I miss Hailesland. No fkn idea why.

[@ohyeahyeah4915]

Music from trainspotting?

[@hfclivingston3823]

Oh yeah Yeah aye

[@marleybu302]

Where's the building at 3.01?

[@KSN-fy2tg]

The class divide in Edinburgh is by far the worse I have ever seen. It is disgusting that in 2023, your actual postcode determines your overall quality of life and life expectancy.

[@ro7311]

Most of these houses have been demolished

[@charliemainful]

ro7311 not true, only a couple have been demolished

[@gavc6442]

Not true

[@spowie11]

Forgot Leith, inbetweenrs..Edina street, Bothwell Street. Ty Hen for the post. Serious, Thanks. Buzz CCS

[@l33bzyhfc71]

Leith may be A Shite hole but at least it's not apart of a shite wee video

[@ba77era]

Used to be a postie and delivered to most of those places. Love Edinburgh.

[@raymondrichards4880]

Love it when you get comments from weegies trying to slag edinburgh. Bunch o Fuds

[@juiceterry5567]

never seen any of the calders !

[@alfred6272]

Where are those flats at 1:29 ?

[@hfclivingston3823]

gracemount multis i think

[@alocohc]

Is the Inch any better, that's where I live?

[@brandonlynch8139]

alocohc nah gadge inch is rough as fuck

[@lindamillar2505]

My family moved into Craigentinny in 1950 it was thought to be one of the better council estates in those days We moved out in 1962 and moved to Lochend Happy Days.😂

[@mik3y860]

3:27 weird seeing my flat when the bridge was still there pre Union canal

[@knowlzy6]

nd u forgot broomhouse

[@artfuldodger4286]

Once you get past the nostalgia, you soon realise there’s another world out there. Those places were crime ridden, rat infested shit holes! Built to keep us down.

[@daeganandheidi]

worked in most of these areas in the last 2 years. Stabbings, Murders, suicide - catching up with glasgow! still, i met some genuinely wonderful people.

[@GoldieDawn]

Completely different cities geographically, town planning, different ethnicities, Edinburgh schemes are full of Romani Gypsies, We've been in Embra for at least 5 centuries, that's why so much Embra slang is Scots Cant, ma barrie chav. x :) 🖤💅

[@juliestevens5764]

@@GoldieDawn that slang came face niddrie & was rife in saughton nick

[@leewightman8251]

Sunshine on leith dark clouds over niddrie

[@Kiltskills]

I am surprised they didnt route the tram to go through all thewe gorgeous places. Tourists only get to see a bit of Sighthill and the affluent Broomhouse area when they arrive.

[@strongman90kg]

where are the slums? the niddrie images showed house's ready for demolition you can't call some place a slum if nobody lives there. the high rise homes looked ok

[@mattyspence4965]

The old high rises were not okay mate

[@Crosshatch1212]

Just keep searching ,you’ll find them ,I’ve watched the h ridden niddrie on yt ,

[@engineer_yulan]

wtf was the video about, i thought it was about slums of edinburg 0_o

[@hfclivingston3823]

uln it was photos

[@seanyboy5448]

I live in Edinburgh

[@heartofmidlothianfc9099]

Minecraft News so does anothe 587,000

[@heartofmidlothianfc9099]

seany boy54 so does 400 thousand others 👍

[@hfclivingston3823]

Heart of Midlothian fc did 187 thousand people just die? ffs

[@hobocyclist]

looks apocalyptic to me yet comments are overwhelmingly positive. must be a tough bunch you scots

[@ruannsr]

Horrible buildings, I’m glad they were demolished or remodelled.

[@l33bzyhfc71]

You do realise that most of them are parts of history and you cant "Just get rid" Of history

[@ruannsr]

L33BZY HFC cool

[@runawayplane6166]

@@l33bzyhfc71 Well they can and they did. 😂 No point in keeping hideous buildings in a beautiful city is there?

[@stunkcuftnuc]

at 0:45 i reckon the junkies stole the other half of that housr

[@ih8hertz1]

Miss edinburgh.. old Bingham niddrie and magdalene

[@calumhumphries]

where is 2.40?

[@IKii3RAN]

calumhumphries oxgangs house

[@VANRICK30]

I was born in Stockbridge but now live in Vancouver Canada

[@adidasaddict2023]

Snob

[@carolinegray3150]

I lived in Stockbridge it wasn’t snobbish then

[@adidasaddict2023]

@@carolinegray3150 was a joke

[@duncancallum]

My Sist in Law away back in 1981 old me and the family who are living Queensland by then originally From Bingham told us to bring summer clothes for Nanaimo, should have been Welles, umbrellas and raincoats ,gee it rains just as much in SCotland there , we still enjoyed our holiday there .Duncan.

[@eileenlynch100]

You should see Edinburgh now even worse specially gilly and inch

[@Godblessneillennon]

Where’s gilly

[@gavinmarks1986]

I've no idea what that means... but sounds like he's impressed with your video.

[@drbalbon7332]

You're about as safe in Niddrie as you are in the Gaza Strip.

[@routeman680]

Mental Drylaw gang in the 1970s. Are they still going?

[@BigBleedinSteve]

@adam3296 Just looked it up and thats definatley the place. Thanks alot 4that mate

[@QUACKERSKUSH]

born and bred in ferniside moredun,brillant place to grow up brillant people,edinburgh best place in the world to live!!!!

[@Girl-101]

jack wills Ha born and bred in Moredun and went to Libby High!! Kellie Bolton here

[@markandson2202]

Excellent

[@iaininkster6302]

Seedy areas but pretty safe.

[@swat7853]

pennywell. granton muirhouse old niddry? pretty safe aye nai bother mate. shootings and stabbings every day. especially when these pictures were taken late 90's early 2000's.

[@runawayplane6166]

@@swat7853 Shootings and stabbings everyday 😂

[@francisbegbie7666]

Straight oooota niddrie

[@HappyDaysManchester]

YNT

[@Demonmixer]

Aye, that'll be shinin bright...ken where ah kin find a gadgie called Mark Renton? The ginger cunt bairned us, then fucked off likesay, but.

[@ReaceHarrison-]

Born in Muirhouse in 1998 moved to Fife 5 years later thank fuck. No much better across the forth like

[@elayneyoung1837]

This was the Edinburgh I knew....its all gentrified now.....

[@hfclivingston3823]

Elayne Young ken. miss it now, doesne feel eh same

[@kennethgrindlay7140]

Pilton and wester hailes are concrete jungles

[@envisagebgt8078]

WH is like Halem in 1920, many Africans, east European live there, I come fr HK.

[@lennonmacpherson2233]

This is wear am from in Edinburgh like a would love tee come back eh

[@broomhousedrilla]

Where* u mean🤣 m8 I just seen ye on the YPD video

[@wearemonstersrs1]

same in every city.

[@marleybu302]

Yep just like all other towns and cities.

[@bohsgerry]

Craigmiller…………...

[@morpheus7s7s7s9]

fuck me i used to work in the gunners then it was called the pennyfarthing even remember the doocoot up drylaw fun times

[@temazosist]

Where is 1:02?

[@l33bzyhfc71]

Loganlea I know because I live there

[@wendylynch1443]

L33BZY HFC 😂

[@keithchristie6460]

It's actually Moredun High Rise at Little France

[@oddity3927]

@Jambos1874FTP Same everywhere in the developed world.

[@andrewadamson1005]

I love it here just no respect for us older team

[@HappyDaysManchester]

Looks like niddrie at 1.30 mins born & bred in the YNT

[@lpssnowlily4226]

but wait, I know wester hailes

[@hfclivingston3823]

Lps Snow Lily is that all you know?

[@williamf4544]

Edinburgh - fur coat and no knickers - always has been always will be

[@raymondrichards4880]

Fud

[@juliestevens5764]

Aye yer maw william

[@2843pedro]

Maybe I should light up a joint and trip on this shit. I don't think the trip would be very pleasant but an experience worth remembering anyway.

[@RobBob555]

hah you forgot good old broomy..

[@gavc6442]

No he didn’t, broom house flats were there

[@HappyDaysManchester]

@@gavc6442 u mean sighthill flats mate 👍

[@jameslindsay6694]

City of culture i was in craigmillar in 1980 was a frichin jungle mad as fook kids petrol bombing each other glue sniffing round bonfires place was nuts but i really enjoyed it as a 10 year old

[@thawanteds]

i might move wester hailes, been told its violent and to stay away

[@JadMock]

thawanteds Move to Longstone lol you will fit in :P

[@sashamuir4724]

Is it fuck it’s full of junkies

[@maddielucas685]

Gods Gladiator pahahaha aye they are

[@hfclivingston3823]

thawanteds junkies man. ill stick tae banana flats an broomy

[@thawanteds]

Update: I was homeless for a bit and was offered a place with my pal in Wester Hailes. Not gonna say where exactly. Day 2: you know the buzzers at the entry in flats? Well someone slapped some poo on 'em. This is going to be fun...fml. I hope I don't get started on. Wish me luck.

[@knowlzy6]

woo! I USED TO LIVE In leith then muirhouse

[@PTENelsonGR]

YMG Gorgie boys 😂

[@hibeeshibees1755]

MCF for me lol

[@hfclivingston3823]

PTE Nelson GR9015 gorgie boys fucking asshats man

[@l33bzyhfc71]

@@hfclivingston3823 Half of them look like Even more fucked up versions of Zombies Insead of wanting brains they will Groan for Heroin

[@edin0623]

Don’t think there around anymore mate

[@mandemt1076]

Ecyf

[@salt281]

Muirhouse, Muirhouse, Muirhouse, LEITH

[@2843pedro]

Um, am I supposed to trip on this presentation?

[@Leithboys]

Bike life boy

[@Sl8827R]

True

[@boabr6026]

YMH back in the days fuck byt

[@elayneyoung1837]

Grew up in leith

[@l33bzyhfc71]

Same here brother

[@lpssnowlily4226]

My aunt Lives There.....

[@lpssnowlily4226]

from the first picture

[@snoutking3629]

bar ox ya bam

[@leelaidlaw142]

Frae oxgangs?

[@leelaidlaw142]

Im fae oxgangs.

[@carolinegray3150]

I was born in muirhouse

[@runawayplane6166]

Jesus! All these Edinburgh locals making out they came from a bear pit in hell. It’s Edinburgh! It’s full of tourists and English people! Not exactly the Gaza Strip.

[@edin0623]

Is it fuck you’ve only been to the main parts mate

[@juliestevens5764]

Yin name Runaway says it all

[@runawayplane6166]

@@juliestevens5764 What does my KZbin name ‘say’ exactly?

[@0Chelle0]

@fletcheyboi Niddry.

[@jstobie2000]

Granton pilton niddrie gilmerton wester hailes burdiehouse makes up edingburgh

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Jack Stobie Granton is pretty decent now. I’ve seen quite a few posh trinity people walking along the water front near the boat club.

[@hfclivingston3823]

Jack Stobie banana flats?

[@johnfraser9243]

Codona sid

[@BobSmith-zs2td]

lol@ edinburgh