Dumbiedykes Survey Photographs  -  1959 Survey

Beaumont Place

Demolition

Beaumont Place

Beaumont Place was part of the Dumbiedykes area of Edinburgh, close to the north-west corner of Holyrood Park.  Housing in the area was demolished around the early-1960s and replaced by new housing.

Two demolition workers and a cloud of dust can be seen on the left-hand side of the street.

This photograph  was reproduced in 'The Scotsman' on 23 November 1959.  George Smith, British Columbia, Canada, formerly Edinburgh, describes the location:

The large photograph above was one of several dozen taken in 1959 by Adam H Malcolm in the Dumbiedykes area of Edinburgh.  These photographs were taken shortly before the houses were demolished.  Adam H Malcolm donated these photographs to the Edinburgh City Libraries in the 1960s and they can now be found in the Library's Edinburgh Room Collection.

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