Joe Paterson from Piershill Square West

BILL Ford from Queensland, Australia, is looking to trace an old friend from his days in Edinburgh.Joe Paterson was his next door neighbour when the pair lived in Piershill Square West. Mr Paterson lived at number 13, but it is understood he moved to Penicuik when the Edinburgh and Leith Glassworks closed.

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