Stan Eadie The Kirkgate to The Palais De Dance
Once again our regular volunteer Stan Eadie tells us about his younger days in Leith. This time we are knocking about the Kirkgate. We're in Michael's cafe with it's Teddy Boys and juke box. We hear of the businesses in this busy shopping area, nearby cinemas and being watched by the undertaker from his doorway. Then its up town to The Palais de Dance, where Stan was the floor manager in the 1950s. We learn how to eject 'awkward' punters, how the Palais's famous revolving stage revolved. Then there is working with Big Tam. Wonder what happened to him?
Interview by Donna Mackie at The Wee Museum of Memory.