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This photo was taken at Victoria Docks Leith
despite early opinions that it might have
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Late-1970s
© Mark Harris, London, England Photograph taken late-1970s
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Where is it? |
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Late-1970s Photos Thank you to Mark Harris for allowing me to reproduce this photo. This is one of many black and white photos that Mark took in Edinburgh in the late-1970s. |
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Questions Please email me if you can help to answer to these questions. (a) Where exactly might the photo have been taken? (b) Is the building on the left in the background St Cuthbert's Headquarters at Fountainbridge? Thank you. Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: June 29, 2013 |
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Reply 1. John Gray Fairmilehead, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to John Gray who wrote: |
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Fountainbridge North British Rubber Mills *** "The building on the left in the distance in this photo is indeed the St Cuthbert's Headquarters. So, I would hazard a guess that the scene in this photo would be the site of the demolished North British Rubber Mills / Vulcanite Works that were in that general vicinity." John Gray, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh: June 30, 2013 |
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*** BUT please see 'Reply 2' below, which I believe gives the correct answer |
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Reply 2. Danny Duff Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Danny Duff, Edinburgh, who wrote: |
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Leith Victoria Docks "In fact, the view on this photo is NOT of the Rubber Mill at Fountainbridge. The photo is of Victoria Docks in Leith. That's where the pipe coaters used to stack their pipes. The clock tower on the left in the distance is the old Sailors' Mission, now the hotel at Tower Street, Leith." Danny Duff, Edinburgh: July 1, 2013 |
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North British Rubber Mills Please click on the thumbnail image below to see a view of the former Sailors' Mission, now the Malmaison Hotel, at Tower Street, Leith. Malmaison Hotel Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: July 8, 2013 |
