Around Edinburgh

Pilton

and

Pennywell

Suburbs, about 3 miles NW of the centre of Edinburgh

 

Crewe Crescent

   Brian Swanney and dog, 16 Crewe Crescent ©

Brian Swanney + dog

16 Crewe Crescent

Brian Swanney and rabbit, 16 Crewe Crescent ©

Brian Swanney + rabbit

16 Crewe Crescent

Eric Swanney and rabbit, 16 Crewe Crescent ©

Eric Swanney + rabbit

16 Crewe Crescent

 

Crewe Road Gardens

2007

   Crewe Road Gardens  -  2007 ©

Looking south

  Crewe Road Gardens  -  2007 ©

Waiting for the Rubbish Collection

 

Crewe Road Gardens

and Granton Baptist Church at

Crewe Road North

2014

       Crewe Road Gardens  -  No.8  -  March 2014 ©

No. 8

    Crewe Road Gardens  - Baptist Church -  March 2014 ©

Granton Baptist Church

      Crewe Road Gardens  -  Houses (old style + newer style)  -  March 2014 ©

LEFT: Old style      RIGHT: Modernised

Looking South

       Crewe Road Gardens  -  Houses (modernised)  -  March 2014 ©

West side of the street: Modernised

Looking North

     Crewe Road Gardens  -  Houses (old style)  -  March 2014 ©

East side of the street:  Old style

Looking North

 

Ferry Road Avenue

   The back green behind 25 Ferry Road Avenue, Pennywell ©

c.1960

The Back Green

 

Ferry Road Drive

   Ferry Road Drive  -  Shops  2006 ©

2006
North side of circle

Ferry Road Drive  -  Shops  2007 ©

2007
South Side of Circle

 

Pilton Avenue

   Bob sinclair and his dad - Photo taken behind 317 Pilton Avenue, around 1938 ©

c.1938

The Back Green at No 317

   Bob sinclair and his mother - Photo taken behind 317 Pilton Avenue, 1937 ©

c.1937

Behind No 317

   Douglas Roberts on his tricycle in his garden at Pilton Avenue  -  early-1950s ©

c.1956

Douglas Roberts on his Tricycle in his Back Garden

For aerial views see Construction of Bruce Peebles' Factory at East Pilton, 1962-64

 

West Pilton Gardens

West Pilton Gardens  -  Removal ©

2006

West Pilton Gardens  -  Removal ©

2006

 

West Pilton Grove

Inchcolm Court

  Group in front of an ice cream van in West Pilton Grove ©

late-1950s

 View across West Pilton Park to Inchcolm Court and Inchgarvie Court ©

2006

 

West Pilton Place

Swedish Houses

'Swedish Houses' in West Pilton Place ©

1950s ?

 

West Pilton Road

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

Demolition of houses in West Pilton Road ©

2006

 

West Pilton Street

   Fire in an empty house at West Pilton Street ©

2006

   Fire in an empty house at West Pilton Street ©

2006

   West Pilton Street  -  after the fire in the empty house ©

2007

 

West Pilton Terrace

   Francis in her pram outside her prefab at 8 West Pilton Terrace.  THe photo was taken in 1964.  The prefab was semolished in 1968. ©

1964

 

 

 

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