Craigour

Moredun lies to the south of the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary,
about 4 miles SE of the centre of Edinburgh.

 

A.

Prefab Housing

New Houses  -  1950-53

 

Craigour Avenue

No.5

John + Joan Morton at their prefab at 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken in 1950 ©

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Prefabs and open fields at Craigour Avenue - Photo taken in 1950 ©

2.

John + Joan Martin at their prefab, 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken 1950 ©

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John Martin in the garden of his prefab at 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken 1950 ©

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John + Joan Martin in the garden of their prefab at 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken 1950 ©

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Bathtime: Leanna Weeks + John Morton at their prefab, 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken August 1950 ©

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Group including John Martin and 11 other children at 5 Craigour Avenue - Photo taken around 1953 ©

7.

Coronation Party at the prefabs, Craigour Avenue - Photo taken 1953 ©

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Prefab Housing

Photos 2008

 

Craigour Avenue

Looking north down Craigour Avenue, including some prefab housing ©

Looking to the South

Craigour Avenue - Prefab bungalows erected in the 1940s ©

No 8, 6

Looking north down Craigour Avenue, including some prefab housing ©

No 14

Craigour Avenue - prefab housing erected in the 1940s ©

No 14

Craigour Avenue - Prefab bungalow from the 1940s ©

No 36

Craigour Avenue - prefab bungalows erected in the 1940s ©

No 38, 36

Craigour Avenue - Prefab house erected in the 1940s and Palm Tree ©

No 19

 Craigour Avenue - Housing including prefab houses erected in the 1940s ©

Nos 35, 37

Looking south up Craigour Avenue, including one of the prefab houses ©

No 55

 

Craigour Crescent
Craigour Crescent - Prefab bungalows erected in the 1940s ©

No 51, 53

Craigour Crescent - Prefab bungalows erected in the 1940s ©

Nos 53, 55

 

Craigour Drive
Looking to the NW down Craigour drive, with prefab bungalows built in the 1940s ©

Looking to the NW

Looking to the NW down Craigour drive, with prefab bungalows built in the 1940s ©

No 70

 

Prefab Housing

Background and Recollections

 Craigour Gilmerton Moredun West Pilton

 

 

 

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