Around 1953

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Cairns, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland                               Photographer David Cairns

 

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Around 1953 Thank you to Jim Cairns for providing this photograph, taken by his dad, David Cairns. Jim tells, who lived at the top of Ramsay Lane, beside the Castle Esplanade, tells me that he believes that this photo of troops parading down Castlehill would have been taken during the visit to Edinburgh of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, following the Queen's Coronation in 1953. Acknowledgement:  Jim Cairns, Dunfermline, Fife;  October 14, 2008

More Photos Here are more photos taken nearby on the same occasion by David Cairns: ©       © and here is a view of Edinburgh Castle and Esplanade, taken from Jim Cairns' home at the top of Ramsay Lane.  Please click on this photo to enlarge it, or click this link to read Jim's recollections of his home. ©

Jim later wrote, sending me this photograph of his sisters and friends, taken at the foot of the stairs to his house at 1 Ramsay Lane. ©