Hi Eliz Thanks for your answer. It is very interesting. At one stage my grandparents lived in Manderstone Place (now demolished, I believe) Shottstown, so it would not be surprising for my father to work from a garage in the same area, even though it was not officially part of Penicuik in those days. You also mention a Miners Welfare Club. I understand that Shottstown was an area of housing for Ironstone miners at the end of the 19th century. The village was erected to house the workers, as the industry expanded. I don't know how long the Club has been in that location, but maybe it was built to be close to what was the miner's housing. The evidence seems to confirm that the car wash was my probably my father's garage. Thanks again. Ralph Jobling ----- Original Message ----- From: "ilford 62" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:32 AM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Penicuik - Elmbank Garage > Hi > > I live in Penicuik and today there is no Elm Bank on the Edinburgh Road. > However I did find reference to it on the 1901 census. It is part of > Shottstown Penicuik. There is a Miner's Welfare Club at Shottstown now > which is on the main road through Penicuik leading to Edinburgh (A701). > There is a garage a little further up the road which is towards Eastfield > Drive that has now been turned into a Touchless Car Wash. This could be > the > garage you are looking for, however on speaking to my mother-in-law who > was > born in Penicuik, Shottstown did not reach as far as that. > > I hope that the above may be of some use and I hope that you do find out > where the garage was. > > Eliz > > Eliz Purves > (\__/) > (='.'=) > (")_(") > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Jobling >> Sent: 21 February 2008 05:23 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Penicuik - Elmbank Garage >> >> >> Hello, My Father used to live in Penicuik but migrated with >> his family to >> Australia in 1927. I know he drove a hire car and I have one >> of his old >> business cards which shows he was based at Elmbank Garage in >> Edinburgh Road >> Penicuik. So far I have been unable to pin point exactly >> where this was. >> >> Can anyone cast some light on the subject? >> >> Thank you >> >> Ralph Jobling >> Sydney , Australia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1290 - Release Date: > 20/02/2008 8:45 PM > >