Thread by @cocteautriplets

I wonder if the collieries and miners rows of Niddrie, the Jewel and Newcraighall were some sort of vernacular inspiration, but here's another one of those odd 80s brick extravaganza estates

There are weirder corners. You could give that pair of sentinels shaft names.

That's a *very* convicing east wing that's been tacked on at the side, only subtle differences in the brick colour and patterns, the mortar and the roofing details give it away (apart from that big expansion joint between the original and new)

🚨 Mock Mock Tudor klaxon! 🚨

I'm only half-joking about the probable reference to the miners rows/colliery style, the whole place is steeped in coal mining history, and the area name of The Jewel is a direct reference to the Jewel coal seam mined as far back as the 18th century

And the streets are all named after coal (or limestone) seams; appended with -shot, -rigg or -park, common in Midlothian placenames.

So the North Greens is the North Green seam, Parrotshot is the Rough Parrot seam, bright burning "cannel" (candle) coal that was good for the home grate as it gave off a lot of light and made a distinctive crackling sound form where "parrot" may come.

Corbyshot is the Corbie Craig seam, there's a similar named newbuild street in Bilston, Midlothian for the same reasons. I can only assume it was Corbie from the Scots for crow, and either it was first mined from Corbie Craig (rock) or it was thought to be the same colour

And Vexhim Park and Hosie Rigg are from the Lower Vexhim and Top Hosie limestone measures. I think the names are nice touches, but the whole place is a bit of a case study in bad 1980s urban planning ideas, with a motorway through the middle and disconnected residential areas