Wednesday 13th August - J K laidlaw's house at 13 St. Bernard's Crescenr

Here is J.K.Laidlaw's house in Edinburgh where he lived while working as a conveyancing lawyer. Dad, Uncle John and Aunty Flora grew up here.

The house itself

The front door

Neil told a story about J.K. while he was working in Edinburgh.
He had a horse and cab and employed a driver to get around while conducting his business. At some time the cab had an accident and the driver was killed! J.K. went round to the driver's wife - a Mrs. Fairweather, and offered her a job as his housekeeper and accommodation to go with it.

She was a largely uneducated woman. J.K. like to use Demarara sugar with his coffee. When Mrs. Fairweather served the coffee she announced the sugar as, "drumhairy sugar"!