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A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

Out of School

Streets and Gardens

and Parks and Seaside

 

Abbeyhill

    Thirty-one children at Abbeyhill - Photo taken 1922 ©

1922

31 Children

 

Albany Street

    ©

Around 1945-46

Children on Steps

 

Baird Avenue

    Three boys in Baird Drive, around 1930 ©

Around 1930

Cricket

 

Blackfriars Street

The 'Blackie Boys' from Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh ©

When?

The Blackie Boys

The 'Blackie Boys' from Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh - Message ©

When?

The Blackie Boys

Blackfriars Street Residents - Photo probably taken in the early-1940s ©

early-1940s

Blackfriars Street Residents

 

Bonnington Primary School Pupil

Home Breadlebane Street

Annie Coyle and her young cousin, photographed in 1940s ©

1940s

Annie Coyle and her young cousin

Annie Coyle on her Wedding Day. Annie was married at South Leith Parish Church in 1945 ©

1945

Annie Coyle on her Wedding Day,

 

Burntisland Ferry

Three boys on the Burntisland Ferry - Photo probably taken around Summer 1949 ©

Summer 1949?

On the Ferry

 

Canongate Kirk

Three Locals on a Bench at Canongate Kirk, 1959 ©

1959

Three Locals on a Bench

 

Craigmillar

Children's playground 'The Venchie' - Craigmillar, 1973 ©

1970s

'The Venchie'

Group at Craigmillar - Eric Gold's family, 1962  ©

1962

Eric Gold's family at Craigmillar

Davis Stewart's uncle and grandfather from Craigmillar, Edinburgh ©

1940s

The Stewart Family

Children's playground 'The Venchie' - Craigmillar in the winter - When? ©

When?

'The Venchie'  and snow

 

Dalgety Street

Abbeyhill

    ©

1922-23

30 Children

 

Dumbiedykes

and

Holyrood
The five Rawley sisters, Dumbiedykes ©

Dumbiedykes - Rawley sisters

Heriot Mount Coronation Street Party, Dumbiedykes - 1953 ©

1953

Dumbiedykes - Heriot Mount

Coronation Street Party

A group of children at 'First Coort', Dumbiedykes Road ©

Dumbiedykes '1st Coort' - Picture 1

A group of children at 'First Coort', Dumbiedykes Road ©

Dumbiedykes '1st Coort' - Picture 2

A group of nine children at Dumbiedykes in the mid-1950s ©

Mid-1950s

Dumbiedykes

 A group of six children at Dumbiedykes in the mid-1950s ©

Mid-1950s

Dumbiedykes

Party in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Children
Heriot Mount beside Holyrood Park

Party in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Adults
Heriot Mount beside Holyrood Park

Five girls in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Five girls
Heriot Mount
beside Holyrood Park
Photograph of children from Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, one of the children in the photo. ©

Holyrood Square - children

A Group with a Pram in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh ©

Holyrood Park

A group of six children on the 'Low Road' at Upper Viewcraig, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh ©

1954

'Low Road'

Upper Viewcraig

Dumbiedykes - A group of 30 children and two men, all on the pavement - around 1922 ©

c. 1922

Kids from around
Arthur Street, Dumbiedykes

Kids from the streets around West Catherine Place, Haymarket, Edinburgh - around 1929 ©

c.1929

Kids from around
West Catherine Place

Seven children from Holyrood Square, in Holyrood Park - around 1937 ©

c.1937

Holyrood Park
kids from Holyrood Square

Coronation Celebrations in Lower or Upper Viewcraig Row - 1953 ©

1953
Coronation Celebrations
Viewcraig Row

Coronation Celebrations in Lower or Upper Viewcraig Row - 1953 ©

1953
Coronation Celebrations
Viewcraig Row - 2 names

Coronation Celebrations in Lower or Upper Viewcraig Row - 1953 ©

1953
Coronation Celebrations
Viewcraig Row - 7 names

Ian, Alan and Kenny Raeburn fishing, probably somewhere in Edinburgh, 1950s. Where was this photo taken? ©

1950s

Duddingston Loch

The Raeburn Family - Ian, Eileen, Alan, Evelyn and Kenny - around 1953-54 ©

1954-55

Holyrood Palace

Photograph of children from Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, one of the children in the photo. ©

c.1940

Holyrood Square

 

East Edinburgh

Portobello - Paddling in the Sea - Jean Dalgleish with mother and cousin ©

Late-1940s

Portobello

Great Aunt Aggie walks along Portobello Promenade in her fur coat, probably early-1950s ©

early-1950s

Portobello Promenade

Group at Craigmillar - Eric Gold's family, 1962 ©

1962

Eric Gold's family at Craigmillar

 

East Thomas Street

East William Street

Elgin Street

Three ladies and a young boy at East Thomas Street, around 1940 ©

Around 1940

East Thomas Street

Gran Annie Patterson and her son Jacon ©

Around 1940s

East Thomas Street

A young boy and three ladies at East Thomas Street, around 1940 ©

Around 1940

East Thomas Street

Children at East Thomas Street, Edinburgh, around 1950 ©

Around 1950

East Thomas Street

Members of the Patterson family on the pavement with bird cages at 6 East Thomas Street ©

East Thomas Street

David Nelson's family and friends - East Thomas Street ©

When?

East Thomas Street

Group of Children - East Thomas Street ©

1953

East Thomas Street

David Nelson, Jim Ruxton and Dena Webster - East Thomas Street ©

1950

East Thomas Street

David Nelson's Dad and Sister - East Thomas Street ©

When?

East Thomas Street

Group of Children - East Thomas Street ©

1955

East Thomas Street

Seven children in the back green of 2 East William Street ©

1950

Back Green
2 East William Street

Group of Children outside 6 South Elgin Street - late-1920s ©

Doorway to 6 South Elgin Street

Group of Children outside 6 South Elgin Street - late-1920s ©

late-1920s

Outside 6 South Elgin Street

Group of Children outside 6 South Elgin Street - around 1930 ©

c.1930

Outside 6 South Elgin Street

1953 Coronation Street Party in East Thomas Street ©

East Thomas Street
Coronation Party - 1953,

 

Fillyside Avenue

Portobello

Dorothy and John Addison with chickens at 21 Fillyside Avenue, Portobello - 1941 ©

1941

Dorothy & John Jenkins + chickens
Photo 1

Dorothy and John Addison with chickens at 21 Fillyside Avenue, Portobello - 1941 ©

1941

Dorothy & John Jenkins + chickens
Photo 2

Gorgie

Ted, Douglas and Margaret Garry at the top of Wardlaw Street, Gorgie, on their way to a Coronation Party in 1953. ©

1953

Wardlaw Street - Garry Children

 

Greyfriars Graveyard

Ian Hastie and friends at Greyfriars Graveyard, 1956 ©

1956

Ian Hastie and Friends

 

Holyrood Square

Peter P Weddell holding Paul Weddell at Holyrood Square, Edinburgh - 1956 ©

1956

Peter P Weddell holding Paul Weddell

Mrs Finlayson and others at at Holyrood Square, Edinburgh - 1956 ©

1956

Mrs Finlayson and Others

 

Horne Terrace

Viewforth

Twenty-seven children in the street in Horne Terrace, around 1926-27 ©

c.1926-27

27 children

Jamaica Street

Children playing with a gird in Jamaica Street ©

Children + gird

Three on a step in Jamaica Street in Jamaica Street ©

Sitting on the step

Six girls and a dog near the Howe Street end of Jamaica Street, around 1952 ©

6 Girls and a Dog  -  Around 1950

Near the Howe Street end of Jamaica Street

Three boys near the Howe Street end of Jamaica Street, around 1952 ©

3 Boys  -  Around 1952

Near the Howe Street end of Jamaica Street

Leith

Street Entertainment to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 - 'Eightsome reelr' ©

1953

Pirrie Street, Leith
'Eightsome Reel'

Street Entertainment to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 - 'The Farmer's in his Den' ©

1953

Pirrie Street, Leith
'The Farmer's in his Den'

Street Entertainment to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 - 'The Pied Piper' ©

1953

Pirrie Street, Leith
'The Pied Piper'

Fort Place - Day Trip to Blackpool ©

1952/53

Fort Place Day Trip
to Blackpool

Pirrie Street - Street Party to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ©

1953

Pirrie Street, Leith
'Street Party'

The Jones family kids and their gran, probably at Pilrig Street ©

Jones Family

Pilrig Street

Children who lived in Farrier Streeet, Leith - 1958 photo ©

1958

Children from
18 Ferrier Street

Children who lived in Farrier Streeet, Leith - 1958 photo ©

1958

Children from
18 Ferrier Street

Children who lived in Farrier Streeet, Leith - 1958 photo ©

1958

Children from
18 Ferrier Street

Corunna Place, Leith - Street Party, 1953 ©

1953

Corunna Place, Leith
'Street Party'

Corunna Place, Leith - Street Party, 1953 ©

1956

Sailing to Leith
on MV Cairndhu

Kenny Raeburn and Car - 1960s - Where was this photo taken? ©

1960s

Henderson Street?

The Stewart family on the balcony at 1 Cables Wynd ©

1936

The Stewart Family
1 Cables Wynd

Leven Street

©

No. 41 - Back Green

Liberton

Kirkgate

    The first family at Kirkgate, Liberton on the doorstep of their house, around 1900 ©

Around 1900

First Inhabitants of Kirkgate

Little France

Caravan Park

    Little France Caravan Site - David Bain and Susan Bain on their Father's Motorbike ©

c.1955/56

Caravan and Motorbike

Little France Caravan Site - David Bain, Peter O_Hara and Susan Bain, Caravans and Hay Stacks ©

c.1955/56

Caravans and Hay Stacks

Loanhead

    Loanhead Boys gardening_1908 ©

1908

Boys Gardening

©

1915

Return to Scotland

 

Meadowbank Crescent

    Street Party in Meadowbank Crescent to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953 ©

1953

Street Party for Queen Elizabeth's Coronation

 

Moredun

    Moredun Gala - 1957 ©

1957

Gala

 

Newhaven

   Newhaven Fishwives Choir ©

Thumbnail images of Newhaven Groups

 

New Town

Edinburgh

Four boys at Puddockie ©

Broughton - Puddockie

A group of children at St James Square, Edinburgh - Around 1928 ©

c.1928

St James Square

A group of children at St James Square, Edinburgh - Around 1935 ©

c.1935

St James Square

 

Niddrie Mains Terrace

Edinburgh

A group of neighbours and family in Niddrie Mains Terrace for the wedding of Bobby Quilietti and Jeanette Henderson ©

Wedding Group
Family and Neighbours

 

North Edinburgh

A group of seven, somewhere at West Pilton - 1950s or 1960s ©

1950s / 1960s

West Pilton

 A group of 21 children on the back green behind West Pilton Crossway, 1955 ©

1955

West Pilton Crossway
Backgreen

A group of ten, somewhere at West Pilton - 1950s or 1960s ©

1950s / 1960s

West Pilton`

The Welsh famly outside their prefab at 23 West Pilton Path - photo probably taken in summer 1961 ©

1961

West Pilton Path

Norrie Downie and Kenny Raeburn at West Pilton Crossway - 1950s ©

1950s

West Pilton Crossway

Royston Mains Road - backgreen ©

c.1940

Royston Mains Road
Backgreen

 

Old Town

Edinburgh

The Burns girls and others in the back garden of 160 Cnongate ©

Back Garden, 160 Canongate

Elizabeth Imrie and her granddaughter, Doreen Brown on the back green of Elizabeth's tenement at Murdoch Terrace, Edinburgh - around the 1950s ©

Around 1950s

Murdoch Terrace - back green

Group of Children at the foot of the Stair, 1 Ramsay Lane ©

1 Ramsay Lane

Rankeillor Street - Coronation Street Party 1953 ©

1953

St Leonards - Rankeillor Street

Coronation Street Party

Children in Whitson Terrace, around 1948 ©

c1948

Whitson Terrace Children

Outside 29 St Leonard's Hill - Willie Haddow and Jean Dalgleish - mid-1950s ©

mid-1950s

Outside 29 St Leonard's Hill

James Morton- Robertson and friends from Dumbiedykes ©

James Morton Robertson
and friends from Dumbiedykes

James Morton- Robertson and friends from Dumbiedykes ©

1932

Dave Cairns, cousins
and friends in
The Lawnmarket

Seven children and the cannon, Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle ©

1945

'Mons Meg'

c.1956

A group of eight on the steps of 5 Keir Street, around 1956 ©

On the steps outside
5 Keir Street

 

Portobello

©

Around 1950

'Porty Rebels'

 

Ramsay Lane
Group of Children at the foot of the Stair, 1 Ramsay Lane ©

Around 1956

Foot of the Stair

George and Mary Robertson outside The Jacobean Cafe at 1 Ramsay Lane, 1970 ©

1970

George and Mary Robertson

George Robertson Carving Unicorns in his workshop at 1 Ramsay Lane, 1962 ©

1962

George Robertson, Carving Unicorns

 

Around

Salisbury Street

The Keith Family in the Dumbiedykes area ©

c.1916

The Keith family

The Keith Family in the Dumbiedykes area ©

When?

The Keith Family

The Keith Family in the Dumbiedykes area ©

1942

The Keith Family

 

Waddell Place

    Paul Weddell and other children at Waddell Place, Leith - 1962 ©

1962

Paul Weddell and other children

 

Wardieburn Drive

Outside the 'Sally Ann'

    Children outside the 'Sally Ann' (Salvation Army) at Wardieburn Drive, Edinburgh ©

1960

12 children

 

West Pilton Grove

Group in front of an ice cream van in West Pilton Grove ©

Late-1950s

Children in front of an Ice Cream Van

 

South Edinburgh

Colinton Photos taken around 1945 ©

c.1945  -  Several photos

Colinton Street Party and Gala

Jimmy white, his brother and sister - Gilmerton, around 1950 ©

Around 1950

Gilmerton - Children

Seven children at South Oxford Street, 1957 ©

June 1957

South Oxford Street

Six children at South Oxford Street, November 1956 ©

November 1959

South Oxford Street

 

Wardrop's Close

5 boys in Edinburgh - Where are they? ©

Wardrop's Close

 

West Edinburgh

Picnic at Edinburgh Zoo, 1940 or 1941 ©

1940-41
Picnic at Edinburgh Zoo

Bowling at Meggetland ©

Meggetland  -  Bowling

A group of children in Duff Street ©

Around 1920

Duff Street

 ©

Callaghan Family
Around 1949-50

at Cramond

West Granton Road

    Three Boys on the back green at West Granton Road - Photo taken around 1954 ©

Around 1954

Three Boys on the back green at No.39

    Dave Ferguson and his younger brother, Rab, in the back green of their home at 39 West Granton Road, around 1940 ©

Around 1940

Two Boys on the back green at No.39

 

Westland Cottages

Gilmerton

Photo of a barrow box and 4 children, taken around 1933. Where might this photo have been taken? ©

Around 1933

4 children and a barrow box

 

'Walking Photographs'

taken by street photographers

1920s - 1930s

  Jerom Photograph - North Bridge, 1926 ©

c.1926

North Bridge

Jim Cairns' Grandfather in North Bridge, early 1930s - possibly photographed by a street photographer ©

Early-1930s

North Bridge

Jim Cairns' Grandmother in North Bridge, early 1930s - possibly photographed by a street photographer ©

Early-1930s

North Bridge

'Walking Picture' on North Bridge taken by Spotlight Photos Ltd ©

1933

North Bridge

'Walking Picture' on North Bridge taken by Spotlight Photos (GB) Ltd ©

1934-35

North Bridge

©

1930s

North Bridge

 Alan Grieve's grandmother, Mary Finlay, and uncle, Harry Finlay ©

September 1934

North Bridge

Walking Photograph taken at Princes Street, near Waverley Steps - William Gibson and Richard Craik ©

1936

Princes Street

 

And a few locations outside Edinburgh ...  

 

Outside Edinburgh

East Lothian

James Morton-Robertson's family outing to Gullane ©

James Morton Robertson family

Holidays at Gullane

Jeanette Boon and her family on Yellowcraigs Beach, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland - July 2010 ©

Jeanette Boon and family

Yellowcraigs Beach

Kirknewton Post Office

    Four Children outside McNaught's store, 1959 ©

1959

Four Children

    Four Children outside McNaught's store, 1959 ©

1959

Four Children - zoom-in

Outside Edinburgh

West Lothian

©

1913

Linlithgow Marches

 

Unknown Locations

Photograph from Los Angeles Portrait Studios, 75 Princes Street - Bobby Kernan and Friends ©

Bobby Kernan and Friends

The Kernan Kids ©

Kernan Kids

Rose Kernan and Family ©

Rose Kernan and family

 

 

Groups in Edinburgh

Groups of Photographers

Schools

Concerts

Musical Groups

Out of School

Sports Clubs

Other Clubs

Events

Military

Workers

Hill & Adamson

1892 UK Convention

19th Century outings

20th Century outings

21st Century outings

Groups and Outings    All Pages

 

 

 

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EdinPhoto - Home Page      Please send me an e-mail ... with your questions, comments, suggestions or news.      At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.            At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.

Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

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