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Lochinvar Camp

Camp for the Homeless following World War 2

Women and Children in the Kitchen  -  1951

Lochinvar Camp - 1951

©  Reproduced by courtesy of Evening News.   Click here for web site details.   Scotsman Photo H2344. (I have added the sepia toning)

 

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      Lochinvar Camp - 1951  ©

 

Lochinvar Camp

Housing for the Homeless

During World War II Lochinvar Camp was a Naval training establishment, but following the end of the war, in 1946, it passed to Edinburgh Council and was used to house homeless families that did not qualify for council housing.

The camp was on the northern half of Wardie Primary School playing fields, Granton Road, about half a mile to the south-east of Granton Harbour. 

Lochinvar Camp

  Aerial view of Wardie School Grounds - 1947 ©

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Key to aerial view of Wardie School Grounds - 1947 ©

The camp remained in use from 1946 until around 1956.

1951

The photo above shows the exterior of one of the corrugated iron buildings at Lochinvar Camp.  This photo was taken on November 16, 1951.

 

Lochinvar Camp

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