Dumbiedykes  Photos

Dumbiedykes is on the western edge of Holyrood Park.  Read about the name here.

Streets

A - G

including Survey Photographs  c.1959

Colour Photographs  c.1961-63 and 2004 onwards, and other photos

Streets A - G          Streets H - R          Streets S - Z

Map

    Edinburgh and Leith map, 1925 - Dumbiedykes and St Leonard's ©

 

Arthur Place

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Arthur Place - Mid and East Tenement Ends ©

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Between Mid and West Arthur Place © Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Between Mid and West Arthur Place ©

 

Arthur Street

1910s

   Shop at the foot of Arthur Street - Aitchison Greengrocer. Photo possibly taken just before World War 1. ©

Aitchison, Greengrocer

David Drysdale and his horse and cart at Broxburn, West Lothian,around 1910 - before moving to his shop at 21 Arthur Street, West Lothian. ©

David Drysdale

(before moving to Edinburgh)

c1920

Thomas Cullen's Shop at 37 Arthur Street, around 1920 ©

Thomas Cullen's - Confectioner

1930s

David Drysdale and his daughter outside his baker's shop at 21 Arthur Street, around 1937 ©

David Drysdale, Baker's Shop

1950s

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Arthur Street with lemonade lorry ©

Tizer Lorry

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Place ©

The Scotchie

Coal Lorry accident at the foot of Arthur Street ©

Accident, Arthur Street

1960s

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Arthur Street Brae ©

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Arthur Street - Final stages of demolition ©`

Arthur Street, East Arthur Place and a Tizer Lorry - 1960s ©

Tizer Lorry (again)

2000s

Cobbles at the top of Arthur Street, now named New Arthur Place ©

 

Beaumont Place

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Demolition of Beaumont Place ©

Demolition

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Demolition of the Penny Tenement in Beaumont Place ©

After demolition

Inspecting the damage at Beaumont Place and Dalrymple Place - November 1959 ©

Beside the Penny Tenement

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Beaumond Place after the demolition ©

After demolition

See also:  Edinburgh Old Town Recollections  -  'The Penny Tenement'

 

Brown Street

2006

Brown Street, Dumbiedykes - Photograph 1006 ©

 

Carnegie Street

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Carn egie Street, West End ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Carn egie Street,Nos 26-34 ©

Inside No 35 Carnegie Street ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Inside No 35 Carnegie Street ©

Inside No 35 Carnegie Street ©

 

Davie Street and Davie Street School

Davie Street, Dumbiedykes, around 1963 ©

 

Davie Street Primary School

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Davie Street School ©

Davie Street Primary School - July 2008 ©

 

Dalrymple Place

Inspecting the damage at Beaumont Place and Dalrymple Place - November 1959 ©

 

Deaconess Hospital

Pleasance

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Deaconess Hospital ©

 

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

 Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

Photograph taken in Edinburgh, 1960 - Where is it? ©

 

 Dumbiedykes Road

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Looking to the north down Dumbiedykes Roadedykes Road ©

Dumbiedykes District - Dumbiedykes Road from the front of Prospect Place - 1959 ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The corner of Dumbiedykes Road and Heriot Mount ©

Demolition of 134-138 Dumbiedykes Road ©

Demolition of 134-135 Dumbiedykes Road ©

Demolition of 134-135 Dumbiedykes Road ©

Day Nursery at 69 Dumbiedykes Road ©

 Demolition of 134-138 Dumbiedykes Road ©

Day Nursery at 69 Dumbiedykes Road ©

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photographs - 1959 Survey - Dumbiedykes Road ©

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Dumbiedykes Road ©

 Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Heriot Mount and Dumbiedykes ©

Pat Ramage on the Second Balcony at 34 Dumbiedykes Road, around 1955 ©

 Three workers from William Waugh, Metal Merchants, 6 and 8, Dumbiedykes Road ©

Dumbiedykes Road - no traffic, just a pram. ©

 Elizabeth Bottomley and Jean Aithie on the Green outside 42 Dumbiedykes Road in the mid-1950s ©

The Big Green, seen from the greens in front of 'The Balconies', Dumbiedykes Road ©

 Looking towards 'The Plantations' from Dumbiedykes Road after 'The Brickies' had been demolished. ©

Linda Graham, aged 4, standing on the steps to the houses in Dumbiedykes Road, near the 'Big Green' ©

Looking down on Dumbiedykes from a path through Holyrood Park leading from James Clark's School ©

Kenny Blackwood and Brian Gilhooley at 41 Dumbiedykes Road around 1955 ©

2006 - 2008

Dumbiedykes Road ©

Dumbiedykes Road from Viewcraig Street - April 2006 ©

Looking to the east to the backs of the homes in Dumbiedykes Road, and beyond to Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park ©

The Entrance to Holyrood Park from Dumbiedykes Road ©

The Braidwood Centre, 69 Dumbiedykes Road - Photographed 2008 ©

 

East Adam Street

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - East Adam Street ©

 

East Arthur Place

East Arthur Place being demolished - 1961 ©

East Arthur Place being demolished - 1961 ©

East Arthur Place being demolished - 1961 ©

Photograph of Tommy Valance, Jimmy Broadbent and Bella Gold (nee McMillan) in East Arthur Place, Dumbiedykes, 1958 ©

Photograph of Tommy Valance, Jimmy Broadbent and Bella Gold (nee McMillan) in East Arthur Place, Dumbiedykes, 1958 ©

Arthur Street, East Arthur Place and a Tizer Lorry - 1960s ©

 

 Forbes Street

Dumbiedykes District - Forbes Street - 1959 ©

Dumbiedykes District - Forbes Street - 1959 ©

Dumbiedykes District - Forbes Street - 1959 ©

Forbes Street, Dumbiedykes, around 1956 ©
Recollections of  Forbes Street

 

 

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