I went along Eastgate 2-4 times a day on foot/ bike/ moped for six years en route from Dalneigh to the Royal Academy. Does anyone remember Oddjob at lunch time going down Stephen's Brae via Greenwald's the Bookie's to one of the pubs on Eastgate and then staggering back up the hill at 2pm?
The BB HQ on Hamilton Street, just along from Gilbert Ross's ironmonger's, was called Washington Court. Does anyone else remember being put into line there for Church Parades by Scoobies.... back in the days when Gordy Bus and John Beaton were a young and aspiring officers.
Maybe the Ferry Boys who gave A96 the doing were from the 4th Company.
Chippers.... you need go no further than the excellent fare cooked up by Caley D's brother at Mike Guibarelli's in Hilton. Difficult also to beat prices like 50p for a bag ofc hips and £2.50 for a chicken supper. The chipper which used to be on Academy Street many years ago, opposite the Phoenix, was pretty good at the time too.
I remember a boy in my class got a place as an extra in the Culloden film. It was probably ahead of its time for blood, guts and brutality.