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Postcard - Albany Series Portobello Bandstand |
Early 1900s
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Postcard - Albany Series Portobello Bandstand |
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The View In the early 1900s, the bandstand was beside Portobello Portobello, close to the foot of John Street. The area was later converted to a children's paddling pool. This, in turn, had become abandoned by the late1900s |
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The Postcard This postcard was posted from Portobello on 5 Oct 1910 to 'Mr Ernest Saville, 2nd Writer, HMS Attentive, Granton'. 'HMS Attentive' was launched at Elswick in 1904. - Displacement 2640 tons - Length, beam, draught are 374ft, 38ft, 14ft. The ship visited Granton following a re-fit in 1907 and, apparently, again in 1910. 'HMS Attentive' was sold for scrap in 1920. |