The Wee Museum of Memory

The Wee Museum of Memory The Wee Museum is packed full of objects from days gone by which you can pick up to spark memories The Wee Museum of Memory is free to enter.
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At our two reminiscence centre museums you can come in and do some impromptu reminiscing. There is usually one of our team available for a blether. Feel free to pick up objects and look at our nostalgic photographs. Primary school children, handling the wide variety of objects on display, ask what some of them could possibly be used for. Brought up with light-touch computer keyboards, they exclaim

at how hard they have to press the keys of the old typewriters to make an impression. Dialling a number on the old telephone “takes ages” to a generation raised on push buttons and speed dialling. They find it hard to believe that teachers were actually allowed to thrash children of a bygone era with the leather tawse. Some things don’t change, though and they can quickly get the knack of keeping a yo-yo in motion or clicking the lever of a View-master to look at a succession of pictures of Edinburgh Castle, Arthur’s Seat etc. Older people nostalgically handle the Box Brownies, recalling posing for family snaps or turn the handle of the Singer sewing machine, remembering their mum making their party frock. Sometimes music floats through the room as somebody picks out a tune on the piano or shoulders an accordion to recreate a Jimmy Shand moment. The smell of a National Dried Milk tin or a pretty little bottle of Evening in Paris or even a chunky bar of Carbolic soap from the ledge of the scrubbing board can be powerfully evocative. A lot of the household gadgets and old woodwork tools bring memories flooding back and visitors from as near as Leith and as far away as Australia find common ground as they reminisce and tell their stories to each other.

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Chou Pahrot in concert at Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow in 1978.

Pic: Marco Rossi

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The East End, where several tram lines crossed. 1954.

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Many thanks to our neighbours at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre for hosting the Wee Museum team for a fab night on Friday in Ocean Terminal & delicious food!

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Dave from Superfooty.com takes us back to the for a controversial story! Would VAR have spotted the big brother?

Thanks again to Dave for all his donations to our Wee Museum Subbuteo match!

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Join Haifa 12-1pm every Wednesday at our Wee Hub in Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre for a free group. Beginners welcome!

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Come join the The Forget Me Notes Project at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month 1.30pm!

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Ivo den Bieman celebrates Dunfermline Athletic winning the Scottish First Division at East End Park in 1996.

The Pars won the title by four points from nearest rivals Dundee United.

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Join us for a free group tomorrow (Wednesday) in our Wee Hub at Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre. A free, warm & friendly environment to improve your English language skills.

Address

The Wee Museum Of Memory, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Drive
Edinburgh
EH66JJ

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 4pm
Thursday 10:30am - 4pm
Friday 10:30am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+447714783726

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