Dumbiedykes  Photos

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

Streets

H - R

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 ©

 

 Heriot Mount

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Washing hanging from the front of the houses in Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Beside the steps leading into Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Clearing the Drains ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Looking down Heriot Mount towards the steps into Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - A room in No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The Barber's Shop in Heriot Mount with a corporation dustcart parked outside. ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The bedroom at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Gran in the bedroom at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The kitchen at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Heriot Mount Coronation Street Party, Dumbiedykes - 1953 ©

 Shoes and Boots in front of the Fireplace at Wullie Croal's house, 6 Heriot Mount, Edinburgh ©

Victory Tea arty at Heriot Mount, 1946 ©

Victory Tea Party at Heriot Mount - 1946

   Boys from Heriot Mount in King's Park, August 1950 ©

Boys from Heriot Mount - 1950

   Ladies from Heriot Mount hold a jumblke sale to raise funds for the Street Party to celebrate the Coronation of the Queen in 1953. ©

Mothers from Heriot Mount - 1953
Recollections of Heriot Mount

 

Heriot Mount Steps

Party in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Party - children

Party in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Party - adults

Five girls in Holyrood Park beside the entrance to Heriot Mount ©

Five Girls

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Holyrood Park - 2005 ©

View from the back window of No 6 Heriot Mount - around 1950 - Photograph by Wullie Croal ©

Dumbiedykes - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park ©

The steps into Holyrood Park at the end of Heriot Mount. The tenements in Heriot Mount were demolished around the 1960s. ©

 

 

 Holyrood Square

Photograph oh Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, formerly of Dumbiedykes ©

Photograph oh Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, formerly of Dumbiedykes ©

Photograph of children from Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, one of the children in the photo. ©

c.1940

Photograph of David Malcolm and sister at Holyrod Square, around 1936 ©

c.1936

The Weddell Family from Holyrood Square © 

Peter P Weddell holding Paul Weddell at Holyrood Square, Edinburgh - 1956 ©

1956

Peter P Weddell holding Paul Weddell

Mrs Finlayson and others at at Holyrood Square, Edinburgh - 1956 ©

1956

Mrs Finlayson and Others

 

 Lower Viewcraig Row

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Lower Viewcraig Row, with an arrow pointing to Number 65, First Balcony ©

and

Recollections of
 Lower Viewcraig Row

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Playground at the foot of Salisbury Street ©

Dumbiedykes - Lila Keighren on the balcony at Lower Viewcraig Row ©

Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - The five Keighrens at the merry-go-round in King's Park ©

Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - Wedding ©          Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - Wedding - back of the photo ©

 

Nicolson Street

   Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Nicholson Street ©

 

The Pleasance

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Pleasance - opposite St John's Hill ©

c.1961-63
Opposite St John's Hall

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Pleasance - Young Brothers, bakers ©

and
Recollections of
Young Brothers' Bakery,
Linton's Workshop and No 132

Photograph of Woodard & Son in the Pleasance, near the top of Arthur Street - photograph taken by Wullie Croal ©

Around 1960

looking to the NE

Near the top of Arthur Street

Photograph of Woodard & Son in the Pleasance, near the top of Arthur Street - photograph taken by Wullie Croal ©

Around 1960

looking to the SE

Near the top of Arthur Street

The backs of the buildings in

The Pleasance

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Waste ground behind The Pleasance ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Waste ground behind the Pleasance ©

Recent photographs of

The Pleasance

Edinburgh University Buildings, The Pleasance, Edinburgh - December 2007 ©

Edinburgh University Buildings, The Pleasance, Edinburgh - December 2007 ©

The Pleasance - August 2008 ©

The Flodden Wall and Police Box on the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance - December 2007 ©

Edinburgh University Buildings on the eastern side of the Pleasance - December 2007 ©

 Looking down the Pleasance towards Holyrood Road and St Mary Street ©

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

Looking to the north down The Pleasance towards St Mary's Street ©

1975

Looking to the north down The Pleasance towards St Mary's Street ©

2011

 

From a collection of 1920s photographs of St Leonard's District

The Pleasance

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 6

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 14

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 14 left

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo  - 14 right

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 15

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 15 left

St Leonards - 1920s ©

Photo - 22

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 left

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 centre

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 right

 

Prince Albert Buildings

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings ©

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings - Frontage ©

and recollections

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings - South Entry ©

   

Prospect Place

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

 Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Prospect Terrce - Laing Grocers ©

   

Prospect Street

and St Margaret's Church

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Place ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

 

Prospect Terrace

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Prospect Terrce - Laing Grocers ©

 

 

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