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Postcard - Sutherland Portobello High Street |
Date - not known
Portobello High Street
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire, England
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Portobello High Street |
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Date When might this photo have been taken? The notice on the left of the photo may help to provide an answer. It reads:
* I cannot be sure about the street number. It is not very clear in my copy of the photo. |
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Reply 1. Archie Foley Joppa, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Archie Foley who wrote: |
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The Tram "I have this postcard in my collection and whoever had the card before me wrote on the back in pencil 'Edinburgh Corporation standard type car 323 going to Joppa (Rt. 20)'. Of course, the tram is not going to, but coming from Joppa. It is number 323, however." The Car "Other information that might help to date the card is that the registration number of the car is 'SF 1340' and I have been told that it is a Bullnose Morris." Ground To Let "On my copy of the card, it is clear that applications about the ground to let had to be made to 259 High Street. I haven't checked but think this would have been, in fact, where the sign is." Archie Foley, Joppa, Edinburgh: October 31, 2010 |
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Thank you to Archie Foley for also sending me a recent photograph taken at roughly from the same spot. Archie added |
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Buildings Today "The gable end before Windsor Place Church (now flats) belongs to Carlo's take away that replaced the Blue Bell Inn. It is numbered 227 Portobello High Street. The terrace of one-storey shops still remains between it and the new health centre, which is numbered 265." |
