A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: dmg on January 25, 2013, 08:34:02 PM
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I was in Edinburgh yesterday with my camera and thought of my good friends at AMIT and wouldn't it be nice to show them Charlotte Street as in the lyrics from What It Is! The files are pretty big and they are on my Flickr site so here are the links:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8413053711/in/set-72157632599845777
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8412321032/in/set-72157632599845777
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8412323836/in/set-72157632599845777
These are in Charlotte Square that divides North and South Charlotte Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8412298762/in/set-72157632599845777
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8193686085/in/set-72157631692053317
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8054206958/in/set-72157631692053317
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davids_leicas/8054238909/in/set-72157631692053317/
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Hi dmg,
thanks for sharing ! :)
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Nice pics, thanks DMG
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No problem. I always meant to do it before. Of course, Charlotte Square (in the centre) is the real gem. Many famous people from the past were born here including Alexander Graham Bell and it is the official residence of the Scottish First Minister today.
I think the story behind the link-boys would be a nice idea for a new MK song... :think
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures dmg! :thumbsup
I have been to some English towns and like watching the beautiful buildings with the big chimneys and facades!
We haven't been to Edinburgh yet, but it is sure at my list and I hope to visit it in future!
Fieneke
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures dmg! :thumbsup
I have been to some English towns and like watching the beautiful buildings with the big chimneys and facades!
We haven't been to Edinburgh yet, but it is sure at my list and I hope to visit it in future!
Fieneke
When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave
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Here's the web site of The Roxburghe Hotel in Charlotte Square. Presumably this is the one Mark took his walking stick from ;):
http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/the-roxburghe-hotel/
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Here's the web site of The Roxburghe Hotel in Charlotte Square. Presumably this is the one Mark took his walking stick from ;):
http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/the-roxburghe-hotel/
I love your pics dmg! Thanks for posting them. It makes me even more excited to see beautiful Edinburgh when I come to the UK this summer.
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Beautiful pics, dmg!! Thanks so much for sharing!! Of course I had to listen to What It Is, right away!!! (Which, is a very good thing!!!) ;)
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Thanks dmg - nice pics! :thumbsup
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I went into the city and took them all in one day (except for the few in the October set) and walked from Haymarket to Morningside, to the Grassmarket, then on to Waverley Station nursing a blister on my heel!
It wasn't exactly sunny - in fact, there was no sun at all. Just cloud! It was though one of the few days lately when I've had the chance to get there on a dry day and the forecast was for sun.
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Quote Dmg: "When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave"
Thank you, I sure will! ;)
Btw I have to admit that I didn't know that the song "What it is" is about Edingburgh. After reading your information I got curious
and read the lyrics again! :-[ :lol
Fieneke
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Quote Dmg: "When you do, be sure to give me the nod and I'll show you around. :wave"
Thank you, I sure will! ;)
Btw I have to admit that I didn't know that the song "What it is" is about Edingburgh. After reading your information I got curious
and read the lyrics again! :-[ :lol
Fieneke
The videclip is filmed in Edinburgh too.
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Very nice photos!
First time I went to London, last century, I walked by all the places MK mentions in his songs. Sadly I was a lousy photographer at the time, there were not digital cameras available, and the pictures were not good at all. Just discovered it back in Brazil, too late to try another set of photos...