Groups

and a few other related photos

Workers

 

A

 

Anchor Inn Roadhouse

   Anchor Inn Roadhouse, 114-116 West Granton Road ©

114-116 West Granton Road

 

Annandale Motors

   Annandale Motors  - 4 workers, around 1964 ©

Around 1964

Off Eyre Terrace

 

B

 

Beehive Inn

Grassmarket

Staff at Beehive Inn Restaurant, 1950 ©

1950s

Staff at Beehive Inn

 

British Ropes

Two of the workers at British Ropes' works at Bath Street, Leith, in 1956 ©

1956

2 workers

Some of the workers at British Ropes' works at Bath Street, Leith, in 1956 ©

1956

6 workers

Some of the workers at British Ropes' works at Bath Street, Leith, in 1956 ©

1956

8 workers

 

Brown Brothers

Brown Brothers Team at Earls Court, 1973 ©

1973

Brown Brothers

 

Bruce Peebles

Bruce Peebles, Edinburgh  -  Winders, 1905 ©

1905

Bruce Peebles

Bruce Peebles, Edinburgh  -  Workforce, 1957 ©

1957

Bruce Peebles

Bruce Peebles, Edinburgh  - Transformer Winding Shop Gang, 1963-64 ©

1963-64

Bruce Peebles

Winding Shop Gang

 

Buttercup Dairy Farm

Boys with hens on Buttercup Poultry  Farm, Clermiston, Edinburgh - 1935 ©

1935

Buttercup Dairy Farm

Poultry Assistants on Buttercup Dairy Farm, Clermiston, Edinburgh - 1935 ©

1935

Buttercup Dairy Farm

 

C

 

Caledonian Brewery

   Caledonian Brewery Foremen  -  1966 ©

Foremen - 1966

Caledonian Brewery

 

Canal Banksman

Banksmen on the Union Canal ©

Canal Banksmen

 

Central Restaurant

Central Restaurant, 5 Union Place - Fish & Chips - Party 1957-58 ©

1957-58

Central Restaurant

 

R&R Clark

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  Offices in Brandon Street ©

Offices, Brandon Street

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  Colophon on the office wall ©

Colophon on Office Wall

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  George Berry's Retirement Presentation ©

George Berry's Retirement Presentation

R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  Depositors in Caseroom No.2, around 1953 ©

Around 1953

Compositors in Caseroom No.2

R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  Binding Department, Joyce Thomson and (perhaps) Pat ©

Binding Department

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  -  Apprentices' Tea Break, around 1962 ©

Around 1962

Apprentices' Tea Break

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  - Jim Cairns, setting type by hand ©

Jim Cairns  -  Setting type by hand

    R&R Clark, Brandon Street, Canonmills  - Jim Cairns, getting a 32 page forme of type ready to go to press ©

Jim Cairns - with a 32 page forme of type

R&R Clark workers on their outing to the Burns Supper 1959 ©

Outing to Burns Dinner in Dalkeith, 1959

 

JP Cochrane

    Employees of J P Cochrane on an outing to Haddington, 1906 ©

Outing to Haddington - 1906

JP Cochrane

    Ninety-one employees of JP Cochrane, golf club manufacturers outside their premises at Murano Street, Pilrig ©

91 workers outside their premises
at Murano Street, Pilrig

JP Cochrane

   One hundred and forty-eight employees of JP Cochrane, golf club manufacturers outside their premises at Murano Street, Pilrig ©

148 workers outside their premises
at Murano Street, Pilrig

JP Cochrane

   Thirty employees of JP Cochrane, golf club manufacturers outside their premises ©

30 workers outside their premises
-  where and when?

JP Cochrane

 

 

Colin MacAndrew

Stonemason's Yard

©

Post-war photo

Alexander Sim Milne and other workers

 

Construction Site Workers

Workers on an Edinburgh Construction Site  -  Around 1947 ©

c.1947

Construction Site Workers

 

D

 

Davey's Bar

Leith

Davey and Nellie behind the bar at Davey's Bar, Leith ©

Davey & Nellie Hutchison behind the Bar

 

Dean College of Nursing

Dean College of Nursing, Edinburgh  -  Final Year Students.1952 ©

1952

Dean College of Nursing

 

Joe Dolny, Jeweller

Edinburgh Tramways Workers  -  Dressed for Leith Pageant, 1931 ©

c.1970

Joe Dolny, Jeweller

 

Joe Dolny, Jeweller

Three of the workers at Duncan's Chocolate Factory, Beaverbank, Edinburgh ©

Three Workers

 

E

 

Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department

Twelve Clippies with their TIM Ticket Machines, standing outside Annandle Street Depot in the 1930s ©

1930s

Twelve Clippies

 

F

 

Ferranti Apprentices

©

1952

Ferranti Apprentices

Ferranti Apprentices, Coupar Street Training School, Leith - 1965 ©

1965

1963 Ferranti Apprentices

1963 Ferranti Apprentices at their Reunion in 2013 ©

2013

1963 Ferranti Apprentices' Reunion

1963 Ferranti Apprentices and Recent Apprentices amd SALEX Employeesat their Reunion in 2013 ©

2013

1963 and recent Ferranti Apprentices

©

2013

1963 Ferranti Apprentices' Reunion Dinner

 

Fishmarket Workers, Glasgow

©

Fishmarket workers, Glasgow

 

Fire Brigade - Lauriston Place

Lauriston Fire Brigade  -  The Royal Wave, 1903 ©

1903

Lauriston Place Fire Brigade - Royal Wave

 

Fire Brigade, Leith

Funeral Procession for Fireman, A Tait, leaves Leith Fire Station  -  September 12, 1946 ©

1946

Leith Fire Brigade - Funeral for A Tait

 

Fire Brigade, Stockbridge

Stockbridge Fire Station  -  New Recruits to Edinburgh Auxiliary Fire Service, 1939 ©

1939

Stockbridge Fire Brigade - Recruits

Stockbridge Fire Station  -  New Recruits to Edinburgh Auxiliary Fire Service, 1939 ©

1939

Stockbridge Fire Brigade - Recruits

 

Stockbridge Fire Station Christmas Party - 1951 ©

1951

Stockbridge Fire Station Christmas Party

 

David Forrest  -  Abbeyhill Grocer

    Grandfather Forrest and Family, at 60th Wedding Anniversary ©

David Forrest and family

Abbeyhill Grocer's Shop owner

60th Wedding Anniversary

 

G

 

Grampian Television

    Grampian Television Edinburgh Crew, 1969 ©

1969

Edinburgh Crew

 

Grays of George Street

    A Gang of Workers from James Gray & Son, Edinburgh  -  Photo taken around 1880 ©

Around 1880

Gang of Labourers

 

Gas Board

Edinburgh Gas Dept Fitters  -  1933 ©

1933

Edinburgh Gas Dept - Fitters

Gas Board Day Out  -  1937 ©

1937

Gas Board Day Out

 

Otto Goll
Barber, 28 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge

Otto Goll and 2 other men outside his Hairdressing Saloon, Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh ©

What date

Otto Goll's Hairdressing Saloon

Otto Goll and 2 other men outside his Hairdressing Saloon, Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh ©

Zoom-in

Otto Goll + 2 other men.  Who are they?

 

H, I

 

Henry Robb

Henry Robb Platers  -  1927 ©

1927

Henry Robb - Platers

 

Hugh Stevenson & Sons

Hugh Stevenson & Sons, Box Makers, Leith  -  1933 ©

1933

Hugh Stevenson & Sons, Leith Box Makers

 

Hospital

Photograph taken at the Royal Naval Hospital, South Queensferry ©

World War I

Royal Naval Hospital, Queensferry

 

J

 

Jaeger Coach Outing

Staff from the Jaeger shop in Princes Street on a coach outing - 1956 ©

August 1956

Jaeger Coach Outing

 

W & AK Johnson

Workers from W & AK Johnson in their overalls.  Photo taken from the company's roof in 1950 ©

1950

W & AK Johnson Workers

 

K

 

Ned Kane  -  Hairdresser

Ned Kane, Hairdresser, and Family ©

Ned Kane,
Hairdresser, Morison Street
with family and friends

 

L

 

Lady Haig Poppy Factory

A Group of Nurses and Workers from Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, 65 Cnaongate, Edinburgh.  Where and when was this photo taken? ©

Where and when?

Lady Haig Poppy Factory

Lady Haig's Factory at the Canongate:  Workers and Visitors ©

When?

Lady Haig Poppy Factory
Workers and Visitors

Lady Haig's Factory at the Canongate:  Men working, one on the guillotine ©

When?

Lady Haig Poppy Factory
Workers, one at a guillotine

Lady Haig's Factory at the Canongate: Ten workers with wreaths ©

When?

Lady Haig Poppy Factory
Workers and Wreaths

 

Large Store

©

c.1918-20?

Large Store - Girls Gargling

 

Leith Bus Depot

Leith Bus Depot - Drivers' and Conductors' children's picnic at Alva Glen - 1965 ©

1965

Leith Bus Depot Children's Picnic
Alva Glen

©

Children's Party

 

Leith Docks

Tommy at Leith Docks ©

Tommy

    Thorsten Rasmussen and the Forsyth Family at Leith  -  1965 ©

T R + Forsyth Family

Leith Docks Commission, 1911 ©

1911

Leith Docks Commission

 

Leith Nautical College

Students at Leith Nautical Collect in 1951 ©

1951

Leith Nautical College

Students at Leith Nautical Collect in 1951 ©

1951

Leith Nautical College

    ©

 

Leith Pilots

Some of the Leith Pilots, 1938 ©

1938

Leith Pilots

 

Leith Police

Leith Police - early 1960s ©

Early-1960s

Leith Police

 

Leith Provident Co-op

Workers at Leith Provident Coop, Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, 1935 ©

1935

Leith Provident Co-op

Boswall Parkway

Workers at Leith Provident Coop, Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, 1935 ©

Date?

Leith Provident Co-op

Dalmeny Street

 

Leith Walk Goods Office

Leith Walk Goods Office Staff, 1952 ©

c.1952

Leith Walk Goods Office Staff

 

Lochrin Garage

Thomas Robertson's Workers  -  1932 ©

1940s

Lochrin Garage

 

Lothian Region Council  -  Transport Dept

Lothian Region Council Transport Department ©

early- to mid-1980s

Seafield Paintshop

 

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998 ©

1998-99  -  on the summit

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade
Line Rescue Team

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998 ©

1998-99  -  looking down

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade
Line Rescue Team

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998 ©

1998-99  -  looking up

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade
Line Rescue Team

 

Lunn's Removals

Retirement Presentation to Managing Director of Lunns, John Blackwood  -  Around the mid-1970s ©

Around mid-1970s

Retirement of Managing Director, Alex Blackwood

 

M

 

McDonald & Muir

Workers from McDonald & Muir Bond, beside where Britannia Spice Restaurant now stands at the entrance to Leith Docks ©

Before 1969

McDonald & Muir

 

Mackie's Buttery

   ©

c.1955

Mackie's Buttery Staff

 

McLachlan's Cooperage?

Was this photo taken at McLachlan's Coopers in the 1950s?  One of he men in this photo is Tom Bain.  Who are the other men? ©

1950s

Is this McLachlan's Cooperage?

 

Marionville Park

Archibald Veitch with friends at Marrionvale Park  -  early 1940s © 

Early 1940s

Marionville Park - retired workers

Was this photo taken at McLachlan's Coopers in the 1950s?  One of he men in this photo is Tom Bain.  Who are the other men? ©

1950s

Is this McLachlan's Cooperage?

Was this photo taken at McLachlan's Coopers in the 1950s?  One of he men in this photo is Tom Bain.  Who are the other men? ©

1950s

Is this McLachlan's Cooperage?

 

Milk Boys

Milk Boys, Leith ©

Milk Boys, Leith

 

Miners

A group of Miners at Bo'ness  -  Photo possibly taken during the General Strike, 1926 ©

Possibly 1926

Bo'ness

 

Murray's Cooperage

  Workers at Murray's Cooperage, Craigmillar  -  Photo probably taken around early 1930s ©

c. early-1930

Murray's Cooperage, Craigmillar

Workers at Murray's Cooperage, Craigmillar  -  Photo probably taken around early 1930s ©

c. early-1930 (zoom-in)

Murray's Cooperage, Craigmillar

 

N, O

 

Thomas Nelson & Sons

Workers at Nelson's Printers, around 1962 ©

Around 1962

Thomas Nelson & Sons

Workers at Nelson's Printers, around 1962 ©

Jim Wright  -  21st Birthday Card

Thomas Nelson & Sons

 

Northern General Hospital

Northern General Hospital Staff  -  At the Gate ©

Early-1990s?

Northern General Hospital

Northern General Hospital Staff  -  Ward 4 Sign ©

Early-1990s?

Northern General Hospital

Northern General Hospital Staff  -  Outside the Cafe, beside the Gate ©

Early-1990s?

Northern General Hospital

 

P,Q

 

Painters

A group of painters - around 1900 ©

Around 1900

Painters

 

Parsons Peebles

Parsons Peebles Apprentices, 1975 ©

1975

Parsons Peebles Apprentices

Polar Ices

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

Ice Cream Van at Crewe Toll

Cafe selling Polar Ices = Betty King and Vince D'Angelo ©

Cafe + Betty King and Vince D'Angelo

Ice Cream Van selling Polar Ices + Leslie King ©

Ice Cream Van + Leslie King

 

Police

Police from the St Leonard's District.  Photo taken some time between 1885 and 1914 ©

Between 1885 and 1914

Police  -  St Leonard's

©

Edinburgh Police

Edinburgh Police, 'D' Division, 1921 - Outside West End Police Station at Torphichen Street ©

Edinburgh Police, 'D' Division, 1921

Edinburgh Police, 'A' Division, 1922 ©

Edinburgh Police, 'A' Division, 1922

James Kidd on Police Points Duty in Princes Street, at the foot of The Mound © 

James Kidd on Points Duty in Princes Street

 

 

Portobello Wave Pool

Portobello Wave Pool Designer, John Tocher, and others ©

Portobello Wave Pool Designer and others

 

Post Office Supplies Department

   Post Office Supplies Dept.  -  Annual Dance, 1970 ©

1970

Annual Dance

  

Post Office Workers

Post Office Workers   -  Edinburgh Parcels Sorting Staff, 1910 ©

Around 1910

Edinburgh Parcels Sorting Staff

South Queensferry Post Office  -  Later Position ©

Around 1914-18

South Queensferry Post Office

Post Office Workers   -  Penicuik Post Office, early-1900s ©

Around 1900

Penicuik Post Office

Post Office Worker and Vehicles   -  Gorebridge Post Office, early-1900s ©

Around 1900

Gorebridge Post Office

These photos are from Edinburgh and Midlothian.  I would normally add only Edinburgh photos to the  web site, but I thought the two Midlothian photos above were too good to omit from the site!

 

R

 

Railway Workers

©

Railway Workers

Locomotive Cleaners at Work

St Margaret's Railway Depot  -  Cleaners and Carriage ©

Railway Workers

Cleaners and Carriage

   Caledonian Railway Engine and Workers, near Slateford, Edinburgh ©

Railway Workers

Slateford

Caledonian Railway Engine and Workers, near Slateford, Edinburgh ©

Railway Workers

Slateford

   Caledonian Railway Engine and Workers, near Slateford, Edinburgh ©

Railway Workers

Slateford

Caledonian Railway Engine and Workers, near Slateford, Edinburgh ©

Railway Workers

Dalry Station Staff

A group of Railway Workers  -  Where and when might this photo have been taken? ©

Railway Workers

When and Where

 

Ramage & Ferguson

Shipbuilders, Leith

   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith Shipbuilders  -  Apprentice Platers, 1903 ©

1903

Apprentice Platers

Ramage & Ferguson, Leith Shipbuilders  -  Platers, 1906 ©

1906

Platers

Shipyard Apprentices - 1909.  Are they Henry Robb workers? ©

1909

Apprentices

   Ramage & Ferguson  -  Apprentice Joiners, 1911 ©

1911

Apprentice Joiners

Ramage & Ferguson  -  Caulkers, 1911 ©

1911

Caulkers

   Ramage & Ferguson workers, 1927 ©

1927

What is known about this photo?

 

Robert Ritchie

Robert Ritchie Coal Merchants  -  Three workers and a coal lorry ©

When?

3 Workers and a Coal Lorry

 

Royal Victoria Hospital

   Employees of J P Cochrane on an outing to Haddington, 1906 ©

When?

Royal Victoria Hospital

 

Thomas Robertson

Thomas Robertson's Workers  -  1932 ©

1932

Thomas Robertson's Workers,

Leith

 

Ruberoid

   Ruberoid & Co Ltd  -  Annual Outing, 30 August 1947 ©

30 Aug1947

Annual Outing

 

Rutherford's Bar

The Bar Staff at Rutherford's Bar, Edinburgh, around 1960 ©

1960

Rutherford's Bar Staff

 

S

 

Sailors

The Crew of HMS Columbine, photographed at Peter McGill's studio, Queensferry ©

World War I

Sailors from HMS Columbine

 

St Cuthbert's Co-op

   St Cuthbert's Coop Football Club, 1911 ©

1911

St Cuthbert's Co-op Football Club

St Cuthbert's Coop Football Club, 1913-14 ©

1913-14

St Cuthbert's Co-op Football Club

    Jimmy Hathaway and the farrier at St Cuthbert's Stables, Grove Street, Edinburgh ©

St Cuthbert's Co-op Stables

    St Cuthbert's Co-operative Asssociation Women's Guild - Craigentinny Branch ©

St Cuthbert's Cooperative Association

Women's Guild

Craigentinny Branch

 

St Margaret's Railway Depot

   St Margaret's Railway Depot  -  Cleaners at work ©

Cleaners and locomotive

St Margaret's Railway Depot

   St Margaret's Railway Depot  -  Cleaners and Carriage ©

Cleaners and carriage

St Margaret's Railway Depot

   St Margaret's Railway Depot  -  Cleaners on the Steps ©

Cleaners on steps

St Margaret's Railway Depot

   St Margaret's Railway Depot  -  Railway Picnic ©

Railway Picnic

St Margaret's Railway Depot

 

Scottish & Newcastle

or perhaps it was

William Younger

Brewery

   Snow White Laundry  -  possibly 1952 ©

Coach Outing

 

SMT

Edinburgh

1920s

   A Group of ataff at the SMT Bus Garage.  Photo taken some time in the 1920s. ©

Staff at the Bus Garage

 

Snow White Laundry

Saughton

1952

   Window of a Launderette advertising Snow White Laundry  - Photo possibly1952 ©

1952

Advert for the Laundry

Snow White Laundry  - Photo 1952 ©

1952

Workers at their Desks

   Snow White Laundry  - Photo 1952 ©

1952

Workers at their Ironing Boards

Snow White Laundry  - Photo 1952 ©

1952

Workers at their Sewing Machines

   Snow White Laundry  - Photo 1952 ©

1952

Eight Workers, looking Happy

Snow White Laundry  - Photo 1952 ©

1952

Eight More Workers, looking Happy

Snow White Laundry  -  possibly 1952 ©

Possibly 1952

Coach Outing from Snow White Laundry

 

Charles Spinks

   Charles Spinks, Sawmills  -  10 men, a horse and a dog ©

10 men, a horse and a dog  -  when?

Charles Spinks, Sawmills

Charles Spinks, Sawmills  -  10 men, a horse and a dog ©

11 men and a dog  -  when?

Charles Spinks, Sawmills

 

Standard Life Assurance Company

Actuarial Students

   Standard Life Assurance Company  -  Actuarial Students, around 1965 ©

After Work

Heading for Inverleith Park

 

David Stevenson

   Workers outside the premises of David Stevenson, Photo (Process) Engravers ©

Photo (Process) Engravers

David Stevenson

 

T

 

Thomson & Porteous

Thomson & Porteous Workers, Leith Street, Edinburgh - December 1907 ©

1907

Thomson & Porteous

 

Tramway Workers

Tramway Workers being innoculated against influenza  -  possibly around 1918 ©

c.1918-20?

Tramway Workers
being inoculated against influenza

Edinburgh Tramways Workers  -  Dressed for Leith Pageant, 1931 ©

1931

Edinburgh Tramways Workers
Dressed for Leith Pageant

 

U

 

United Wire Works

Around 1963-70

United Wire Works Outing to Newcastle  - Waiting for the bus to Newcastle ©      United Wire Works Outing to Newcastle  -  On board the bus to Newcastle©

United Wire Works Outing to Newcastle  -  Outside the CIU Club ©      United Wire Works Outing to Newcastle  -  Outside the CIU Club ©      United Wire Works  -  Waiting to go to the Football in Newcastle ©

 United Wire Works - The Workshop (1)  - Jimmy Young (plumber), Jimmy Robertson (fitter) and Peter Stewart (fitter) ©      United Wire Works  - The Workshop  (2)  -  David Cartledge, Jim Pantling, 1 other (name not known) ©      United Wire Works  -  in the Workshop (3) ©

©      United Wire Works  -  In the Workshop (5) ©      United Wire Works  -  Christmas in the Workshop (1) ©

United Wire Works  -  The Workshop at Christmas (2) ©      United Wire Works  -  Kids' Christmas Party at The Railway Clunb, London Road (1) ©       United Wire Works  -  Kids' Christmas Party at The Railway Clunb, London Road (2) ©

United Wire Works  -  Stan Miller's pre-marriage (1) ©      United Wire Works  -  Stan Miller's pre-marriage (2) ©      United Wire Works  -  Stan Miller's pre-marriage (3) ©

United Wire Works  -  Stan Miller's pre-marriage (4) ©      United Wire Works  -  Stan Miller's pre-marriage (5) ©

 

Around 1973

United Wire Works Engineers Social Club  -  Engineers gathering around 1973 for their annual outing to Newcastle.  This photo was  probably taken outside the United Wire Works gates at West Granton Road ©

 

V, W, X, Y, X

 

VAT 69

Whiskey Bond Workers  -  1930s ©

1930s

Whisky Bond Workers, Leith

A group of VAT 69 whisky bond workers at Leith  -  Photo taken around 1930s ©

1930s

Whisky Bond Workers, Leith

©

1930s

Informal Group  -  Whisky Bond Workers, Leith

 

?

 

Edinburgh Workers

Which Company?

14 Edinburgh workers  -  around 1937  -  Which company? ©

c1937

Edinburgh Workers - Which company?

 

Edinburgh Workers

on a cobbled yard or street

©

1937

Who?  Where?

 

Weavers or Loom Workers

Which Company?

Are these Edinburgh Weavers or Loom Workers, around 1915-15?    Which company did they work for? ©

Around 1915-25?

Edinburgh Weavers or Hand Loom Workers

 

Miners

Where and when?

Miners, possibly from near Edinburgh  -  Where and when? ©

2 miners
Where and when?

Miners, possibly from near Edinburgh  -  Where and when? ©

3 miners
Where and when?

 

Burntisland

Apprentice Riveters

Burntisland - Apprentice Riveters ©

Apprentice Riveters

 

 

Groups in Edinburgh

Groups of Photographers

Schools

Concerts

Musical Groups

Out of School

Sports Clubs

Other Clubs

Events

Military

Workers

Hill & Adamson

1892 UK Convention

19th Century outings

20th Century outings

21st Century outings

Groups and Outings    All Pages

 

 

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