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Corunna Place, Leith Street Party 1953 |
Street Party to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
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Reproduced with acknowledgement
to John
Stewart on whose
web
site this photo appeared
and to Lee Patterson who lent the photograph to John Stewart.
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Recollections 1. Lee Patterson Australia |
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The Photo Here is a photograph of a street party in Corunna Place, taken in 1953. Corunna Place is near the eastern end of Bonnington Road, close to Great Junction Street. Lee Patterson who provided this photo wrote: "My father, John Patterson, is the boy standing against the wall on the left. My grandfather, Arthur, a news vendor on Leith Walk, is holding forth at the table. Does anybody recognises anyone else in the photo." Lee Patterson |
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Do you recognise anybody? If you recognise anyone please email me then I'll pass your message on to Lee. Thank you - Peter Stubbs: January 25, 2008 |
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Recollections 2. Dorothy Hay Leith, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Dorothy Hay, who still lives in Leith and is one of the people in this street party photo, for telling me the names of many of the people in the photo. Dorothy wrote: |
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Coruna Place "I have great memories of Corunna Place. My dad was born there and I stayed their until I got married. My husband stayed in the next street, Tennant Street, and we both had the same surname." Corunna Place "I'm glad that we still stay quite near Corunna Place. I knew everyone in the picture. Here are a few of the names: - Dorothy Warddel - Margaret Reilly - Elizabeth Cunningham - Janette McKenzie - Ella Smith - Rosie Inglis - Evelyn Irvine - Myself - Ronnie Tait - Johnny Paterson - Ina Grainger - My sister Violet - Anne Brownlee - Ray Brownlee - Margaret Burns - Margaret Tait - Betty Tait - Margaret Crosbie - Marlyn Kidd - Moira Davidson - James Brownlee - James Inglis - Sandra Reilly - Jimmy Hoy - May Kidd - Pearl Reilly - May Sanderson - Lucy Lawrence - Andrew Reilly - Lizzie Paterson - Jimmy Paterson - Arthur Paterson. The Coronation Day was a fantastic party." Dorothy Hay,
Leith, Edinburgh: February 6, 2009 |
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Recollections 3. Mark McCue |
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On seeing this photo, Mark McCue wrote: |
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My Mum My Mum, Catherine Smith, is the wee girl, about 5 up on the left. - down from her sister, Ella Mark McCue: July 4+11, 2013 |