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Pilton Avenue Coronation Day - Street Party |
Street Party on one of the grass 'Half-Circles' in Pilton Avenue
June 1953
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Douglas Roberts New Town, Edinburgh
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Recollections 1. Douglas Roberts New Town, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Douglas Roberts for allowing me to reproduce this photo. Douglas, who used to live in Pilton Avenue, told me: |
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Street Party "This Street Party was held for the Queen's Coronation in 1953. The party was just for the 'little ones' - hence the absence of 'grown-ups' at the table - although they were around supervising the proceedings! This party is one of my earliest memories of living in Pilton. I remember there were races around the two 'half circles', as we called them. There was one on each side of the road here. There were very few cars on the streets then. There is just one parked car in this photo, and a lady walking down the middle of the road! This view looks up Pilton Avenue towards the Bruce Peebles factory." Douglas Roberts, New Town, Edinburgh: email 14 Feb 2016 + earlier discussions |
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Recollections 2. Douglas Roberts New Town, Edinburgh |
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Douglas Roberts wrote to me again, after discussing this photo with a Bruce Johnstone of Haddington, East Lothian, who had previously contributed recollections of Pilton and Crewe Toll to the EdinPhoto site. Douglas wrote: |
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Douglas wrote: Street Party "I was just five when this photo was taken and at that time my daily world was almost wholly concentrated in Pilton Avenue - between the Park and the Parkway. Replying to Bruce Johnstone, Douglas added: "You are perfectly correct in identifying the dapper gentleman as Mr Boswall. I don't know if you knew any of the others in the photo, but he is standing next to Mr Llewellyn (from No.61 the avenue) and they are beside their wives. The tall gent with his back to the camera is Mr Hitchcock (from No.41 the avenue)." Douglas Roberts, New Town, Edinburgh: 18 April 2016 |