J R Russell,
Edinburgh - Postcards
25
George Square
Home of Sir Walter Scott |
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25 George Square
Home of Sir Walter Scott |
This is one of two postcards
published by J R Russell,
showing Edinburgh homes of Sir Walter Scott, the author to whom the
Scott Monument
in
Princes Street is dedicated.
Scott Monument
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George Square
is on the southern side of the Old Town of Edinburgh, about half a mile
south of the Royal
Mile. Most of the houses in George
Square were demolished around the 1960s to make way for the new tall
buildings for Edinburgh University. |
Here is the 'other' postcard of one of
Sir Walter Scott's homes, published by J R Russell:
Castle Street
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