The history of the mound - Edinburgh

In this weeks Edinburgh vlog we tell the fascinating story of how the mound in Edinburgh. The street that joins the old town to the new town was actually a man made thing. Also the fact it has an electric blanket.

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[FionaMacdonald-pp]

I left Scotland many years ago.So when I heard minging you brought a smile to my face.Thank you.

[billbremner]

I worked with the SSEB in the late sixties and at one time I was in the control room for the Electric Blanket, I am pretty sure you had to enter Princes Street gardens by the floral clock turn sharp left and take path parallel to the mound and it was on the left hand side.

[sherrybyrd]

Wow love that story, never heard about the electric blanket!

[catherinewatt]

Thanks for sharing this snippet of history, I'll definitely be telling folk that. I had no idea 👍

[jonathanfinan]

I’ve been to Edinburgh countless times and I never knew that. Cheers.

[amygreen]

There can be only one, Clan Broonford! Your history videos are always on point! Thank you, Tony. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[marks]

My elderly father, who grew up in Newhaven, Edinburgh, remembers tram conductors getting out and guiding the tram up the mound in the fog!

[brok]

Like we needed another hill in Edinburgh? That said, I love the way it curves up from Princes Street past the galleries to the High Street - and I can get the 27 bus home :)

[brushstrokes]

Who knew...wow, love that story about the lecky blanket 😊

[bobtribbensee]

Really enjoyed the history! Thank you!

[lilli]

I knew about the rubble, as you told us before, but never heard about the "electric blanket." Fascinating! 😃👍 Thank you, and have a great weekend.

[donaldperry]

Love the history, Tony. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend!

[brianstark]

Hi Tony, The substation that supplied the blanket is in the gardens. It is on the left hand side of the mound, there is a gate just on the bend. Keep it up.

[DMCDObidon]

Lived in Edinburgh for many years and did not know about the under road heating. Cheers Tony, you are right I will be using that one 😊

[craigpaterson]

From someone who loves Scottish history, from west Lothian originally(I now live in SW England), but Edinburgh was my stomping town. Love the place. Can't wait for my summer visit.

I love seeing how Edinburgh has and is always changing. But hearing your information and storytelling of this wonderful heated blanket road, it's one thing I have never known. Thank you. It's certainly a Scottish thing to do. We did not hold back on engineering, and it's a proud heritage.

Have you ever done a video on the bings? With the oil shale and og fracking boom, it's an interesting engineering accomplishment that made a lot of men wealthy.

[harryc]

Excellent. I always knew about the mound being heated but I had no idea of the background story.
Thanks for clearing it up.

[ameliaclark]

Love it! I’m Canadian some days I wish we had heated streets😂🇨🇦

[brianconnaughton]

Hey Tony 👋 thank for doing this ! You know I'm big fan of your videos 📹 keep them coming dony let "people" stop you 😊

[syallop]

Wow that’s amazing.! My wife and visited Edinburgh this week for her birthday. I have to say it was a brilliant, following on from watching your vlogs we did Arthur’s seat, only the road walk, we will conquer the summit when we revisit in September. But the welcome we received from everyone was first class, so kind and polite. Oh and your Rugby teams not bad either 😂 that coming from an Englishman. So much we have seen or done but that’s going to keep us coming back for years to come. Keep up the great content, first class.

[churchill]

I'm there next week, the temptation to switch it on one night 😊