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St Andrew's House Regent Road, Edinburgh |
Floodlit for 'Victory Day' - June 1946
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Photo Ref H2188 Any reproduction requires prior permission The Scotsman and of Edinburgh City Archives
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St Andrew's House |
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Location St Andrew's House, Government Offices, was built, 1936-39 in Regent Road, immediately to the North of Calton Hill, on the site where Calton Jail once stood. The dark silhouettes in this photo are: - LEFT: The Governor's House from the old jail - CENTRE: The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill. |
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Floodlighting St Andrew's House in this photo was floodlit to celebrate Victory Day in June 1946. This must have made quite a contrast to the six years of black-out that Edinburgh had endured during World War II, 1939-45 Here is another photo of the floodlit St Andrew's House: |
