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March 2015 - Apr 14, 2022 20:01:57 GMT
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Post by frankmcvey (Angel) on Mar 27, 2015 20:42:55 GMT
The Last Drop.kmz (744 B) This is The Last Drop, a well-known pub in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, part of the Old City. Cool, jokey name for a pub, eh? Until you learn that the city gallows were situated just outside the pub, so you could enjoy a nice pint of McEwan's 80-shilling ale and watch some poor lad who'd just stolen a sheep kicking his life away... If you click on the attachment, it'll drop you off outside the pub. Pull pegman over the placemark to enter Street View and you'll end up looking northeast up the hill. Just a few yards in front of you (level with the pretty girl in the very short skirt) you'll see the shadow of the gallows on the street, picked out in different-coloured paving stones. Gives you a shiver, even on a warm day. But it is a nice pint!
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March 2015 - Oct 1, 2021 13:16:10 GMT
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Post by BeadieJay on Apr 26, 2015 18:55:57 GMT
That shadowy gallows is really creepy - I had to come back to your post to reassure myself it wasn't a ghostly image - rather just some clever artwork out of paving stones!!
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March 2015 - May 1, 2023 4:20:37 GMT
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Post by diane9247 on May 6, 2015 6:24:10 GMT
Right, creepy name once you know the context. And, a lot of nice shopping on that street, too!
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