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Five boys in Edinburgh |
Where Are They?
Answer: Wardrop Close. (See reply 3 below)
© Oliver Leach, Edinburgh
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Where Are They? |
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This photo may have been taken some time around the late-1970s ***. Do you recognise where the photo was taken? The slope of the street may be a clue. *** UPDATE: It is more likely to have been taken in the late-1960s. See Answer 3 below. |
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Acknowledgement Thank you to the family of Oliver Leach for allowing me to reproduce some of Oliver's colour slides on the EdinPhoto webs site, including this photo looking down on Waverley Station from the Scott Monument |
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Answer 1. Alan Monk Warriston, Edinburgh |
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Alan Monk wrote: |
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Lambs House? "Could this be Lambs House in Leith? The windows look similar to the lower ones in photos I have, but don't have anything from this angle. Also the stone cladding looks similar. Just a thought." Alan Monk, Warriston, Edinburgh: June 29, 2010 |
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Lambs House? Thanks for your comments Alan. I agree that the photo does look rather like Lamb's House. My only reservation is that in the photo above the street appears to slope up from left to right. So far as I remember, Lamb's House is on more level ground, but I'll check. Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: June 29, 2010 |
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Answer 2. George Smith Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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George wrote: |
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Bonded Warehouse? "It looks like a bonded warehouse to me. Iron bars 4 inches apart and shutters behind the lower windows are the basic requirements for a bonded warehouse." George T Smith, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: June 29, 2010 |
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Answer 3. Ben Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Ben who wrote: |
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Wardrop's Court "That was a fairly easy one due to: - the angle (of the shadows and ground) - the barred windows - the unsightly render on the walls. |
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Location It's just down the North side of the High Street, towards North Bank Street, through Wardrop's Court. Every detail apart from the main window and the tree match nicely (even the notch under the window ledge). Where Are They?
© Oliver Leach, Edinburgh Wardrop's Court
© Ben, Edinburgh. This is one of the photos displayed on Ben's Flickr web site.
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Date it's not unreasonable to expect the windows to be upgraded, but according to a nearby sign the tree was placed there by 'The Edinburgh Women Citizens' Association' on 14th December 1973. This, and the the boys'sensible fashions (straight leg jeans) suggest that the photo at the top of this page is more likely to have been taken in the late-1960s than the late-1970s."
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Ben, Edinburgh: June 30, 2010 |
