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 >

Eliz, I hope you do not mind me popping in on this message to ask a question of you. I just happened to notice your family name is Purves and wondered if you were any relation to a Margaret Purvis born about 1795 in Scotland that married an Andrew Hamilton? I have Margaret as the child of Alexander and Isabel Gordon Purvis. Would this happen to be your family? Carole Lambert ilford 62 wrote: > 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 > >