| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | Mark Lazarowicz | This is a broad-based, non-party, campaign. Please help us get the maximum support so that Leith can get the type of museum it deserves! |
| 2 | Anonymous | |
| 3 | John Arthur | |
| 4 | JOHN D STEVENSON | Secretary Leith Local History Society . We as a Society fully support Mark Lazarowicz in his efforts to have a Museum provided for the people of Leith |
| 5 | George Shand | The sentiments above are pretty accurate. There needs to be a pulling together of all involved to make a Leith Museum a reality. I think this has not happened in the past. I do not think it will happen around the Port of leith development, which is commercially led, unless everybody does get together in partnership.
I do not support a Museum full of artefacts, rather a museum which can connect us with the social history of Leith. So much of the history of Leith is social history, and if nothing happens soon, a whole period of leith history will be totally lost to the future. |
| 6 | Anonymous | Should have been done years ago. |
| 7 | Robert N Baird | I find it quite shocking that there is, as yet, no Leith museum. Without wishing to denigrate anywhere else, many smaller places with lesser credentials have museums. Leith has a long and very interesting history, and should definitely have a museum to celebrate its past, and for the edification of the present and future generations. |
| 8 | Pamela Armstrong | Why it's a travesty that Leith does not have a museum featuring its maritime history. Just look at the association with the submarine service juring the Great War alone... |
| 9 | Kevin Heath | In full support for a Leith Museum, I wish you all the best |
| 10 | Anonymous | It's long past time that Edinburgh's promise to establish a museum in Leith was fulfilled |
| 11 | Anonymous | Leith should not be forgotten. The face of Leith has changed dramatically and must not be allowed to die because of supposed modernisation which is simply the building of tomorrow's slums |
| 12 | Anonymous | Leith should not be forgotten. The face of Leith has changed dramatically and must not be allowed to die because of supposed modernisation which is simply the building of tomorrow's slums |
| 13 | Anonymous | Leith should not be forgotten. The face of Leith has changed dramatically and must not be allowed to die because of supposed modernisation which is simply the building of tomorrow's slums |
| 14 | John | I should have added that www.leithhistory.co.uk. www.lineages.co.uk and persevere.lineages.co.uk support a Leith Museum and Mark Lazarowicz. This should have happened a long time age ago. Look out for the Leith Gazette and the Evening News tomorrow |
| 15 | Maurice McIlwrick | |
| 16 | Gurmit Singh | I am a Scottish Sikh having lived all of my 52 yrs in Leith. I and most of the Sikh community are a part of Leith history. With the current influx of EU immigrants it shows that Leith is in an ever mode of change. A museum is a place that records historic changes for all to see the variety of cultures that makes this community. |
| 17 | Ian Whittaker | |
| 18 | Gurmit Singh | I am a 52yrs Sikh and have stayed in Leith all my life, like most other Sikh in Edinburgh. We began to settle in Leith around 1958. All the Sikh's stayed in Leith at this time. We regard ourselves as Scottish Sikhs. In my years I have seen a lot changes. Now with the EU immigrants Leith is seeing another changes. A museum records historic changes. It would be good for the tourists as well as the locals to see the changes that have occurred and are occuring to this vibrant community. |
| 19 | Isabel Brown | |
| 20 | G. Cron Mackay | |
| 21 | Duncan Scotland | A must for Leith as it is long overdue. |
| 22 | John Crerar | Having owned a 100 year old business and worked in Leith for 30 years I am keen to see a Museum of Leith develop, so that the heritage of the Port can be retained. |
| 23 | Gail MacGregor | Think a Museum in Leith would be a great way to immortalize a lot of history and should be a great tourist attraction. |
| 24 | Anonymous | A museum in Leith would be a great insight into the past for those who have not appreciated its development and change over the years. Once a small independent burgh, it grew into a thriving part of Edinburgh, the dock life contributing hugely to its success. |
| 25 | Fred Guy | |
| 26 | Fred Guy | Ensuring that the history of the evolution of an area is both recorded and made accessible to citrizens and visitors in as attractive a way as possible is a mark of a civilised and mature community. Leith deserves nothing less than a modern, high quality museum in which the past can be brought alive. |
| 27 | Angus Bruce | After completing 36 years in Leith's once flourishing Scotch whisky sector, I fully support the campaign for a Leith museum. In the 19th century Leith was where the concept of Scotch whisky blending began, so starting the popularity of what would become today Scotland's most famous and economically important industry. Many famous brands began life in Leith's bonded warehouses, providing employment for several generations of Leithers. This era merits a section of its own in any Leith museum. |
| 28 | Jean Lyle | |
| 29 | Chris Arthur | |
| 30 | Richard Alexander | |
| 31 | Irene Sweeney Townsley | I have just recently retired, having worked in
Leith most of my working life.
Shipping clerk with a few Shipping Lines. Also I have worked for a few Advertising Agencies also.
I have a few tales to tell. And probably would like to
contribute some knowledge I have of the area.
I will forward this onto a few people I know who
will gladly sign this petition.
Regards
Irene Sweeney Townsley |
| 32 | Peter Stubbs | |
| 33 | Steve Mitchell | I trust 'Lambs House' will be high on the List of suitable locations for this Project. |
| 34 | Brian Wilson | Always happy to support the good poeple of Leith.
Good luck !! |
| 35 | Brian Wilson | Always happy to support the good poeple of Leith.
Good luck !! |
| 36 | Alistair Stark | Long overdue
Alistair Stark
Ontario, Canada |
| 37 | Lawrence Dinse | I agree there should have been a leith museum built by now. With the millions being made on the Waterfront, The developers along with the council should have been far more pro active in creating a museum. The people deserve it, with a history second to none. I support the cause all the way.
Kind Regards
Lawrence Dinse. |
| 38 | Chris | |
| 39 | Yvonne Henderson | |
| 40 | Anonymous | yes i am a guest house owner it would be good to have another attraction in Leith |
| 41 | Clark Dickson | |
| 42 | Anonymous | About time! - should have been negotiated during all the 'redevelopment' in the docklands. Definitely long overdue. |
| 43 | Jm hunter | |
| 44 | Jim Hunter | |
| 45 | jim cairns | sign me up ! |
| 46 | Janet Ormiston | Leith should not be forgotten, my childhood was spent there and as I am 84 quite a long time ago. It was great to live there, my mum lived in 11 Dock Place, her window looked over the docks. My dad was in the navy in the Great War. Now it’s so different. Good luck with your museum, I’d love to be able to see it. |
| 47 | Margaret Allan | Fully support this initiative! |
| 48 | Jack Hood | This is one of these things that I would not have thought of, had I not stiumbled across this site.
Of course Leith should have its own Museum I'm just surprised that nobodies mooted it before |
| 49 | Ian Y Gilmour | This can be a great opportunity to celebrate the rich colourful story of that marvellous community, Leith. |
| 50 | Maureen Hunter | This is badly needed for an area with such a rich heritage. |