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St Leonard's District Photos Photo 19 Dalrymple Place? |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to David Gordon, Old Town, Edinburgh
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St Leonard's District - 1920s |
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Collection of Photos The image above is taken from a collection of whole-plate negatives. The photos were probably taken around the 1920s. If you recognise this street, please email me. Thank you. Peter Stubbs: July 6, 2008 |
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Reply 1. Lyndsay Montgomery Old Town, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Lyndsay Montgomery who wrote: |
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Dalrymple Place or Prospect Street? "A friend thinks that this photograph is of either the back of Dalrymple Place, or the back of a stair in Prospect Street." Lyndsay Montgomery, Old Town, Edinburgh: July 26, 2008 |
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Reply 2. Eric Gold East London |
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Thank you to Eric Gold who wrote: |
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Dalrymple Place? "Prospect Street, like most of Arthur Street, was about five to six flights of stairs. I should know as I sold broken sticks to people when I was wee. In the photo above, the building is only 3 flights, so I would guess it was Dalrymple Place. The hooses are wee compared to Arthur Street. Eric Gold, East London: July 28, 2008. |
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We still don't know whether the photo is of Dalrymple Place or not; but Dalrymple Place is certainly closer than Prospect Street to the area where the rest of the photos in this St Leonard's series were taken. - Peter Stubbs: July 29, 2008 |
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Reply 3. Andy Duff Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
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Thank you to Andy Duff who wrote: |
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Not Dalrymple Place "This building is not Dalrymple Place. The reasons being the flat roof. Dalrymple Place had a pitched roof. The window with bars on it could be a stair window. Dalrymple Place. There were stairs at the back of the building in Dalrymple Place. If memory serves me right, they were three flights high. I know because I used to deliver papers up this stair." Andy Duff, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia: October 10, 2010 |
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1891 Map Prospect Street can be fond centre-right on the Dumbiedykes map below. Dalrymple Place can be found towards the upper-left corner of the St Leonard's map below. |
