James Ritchie & Son

Clocks and Watches

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1.  Repairing Clocks and Watches

2.  Repairing Public Clocks

3.  Clock Winder at Work

4.  St Andrew's & St George's Church

5.  St Gile's Church

6.  St Stephen's Church

7.  Tolbooth St John's Church

 

1.

Repairing Clocks and Watches

Below the shop at Broughton Street
Ritchie watch and clock repairs below the shop at 54 Broughton Street - Broughton Street, Edinburgh ©

Bench and Young Worker

Ritchie watch and clock repairs below the shop at 54 Broughton Street ©

Worker with Loup

Ritchie watch and clock repairs below the shop at 54 Broughton Street ©

Bench and Workers

Ritchie watch and clock repairs below the shop at 54 Broughton Street ©

Bench

 

2.

Repairing Public Clocks

Clock works at Livingston

James Ritchie & Son - Repairing public clocks in the workshop at Livingston ©

Worker and Clock Dial

James Ritchie & Son - Repairing public clocks in the workshop at Livingston ©

Clock Parts, restored

James Ritchie & Son - Repairing public clocks in the workshop at Livingston ©

Clock Parts, restored

 

3.

Canongate Tolbooth

Canongate

Clock at Tolbooth St John's Church - 1992 ©

Clock Winder

 

4.

St Andrew's & St George's Church

George Street

The clock at St Andrew's & St George's Church, George Street, Edinburgh ©

Clock

The Bell Ropes at St George's & St Andrew's Church, George Street, Edinburgh ©

Bell Ropes

The Bell Ropes at St George's & St Andrew's Church, George Street, Edinburgh ©

Bell Ropes:  zoom-in

The clockwinder, winding the clock at St ANdrew's & St George's Church ©

Clock Winding

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Clock Winding

More pictures:  Tollbooth St Andrew's & St George's Church

 

5.

St Gile's Church

High Street

Ritchie - Clock Winder at work at St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Clock Winding

Ritchie - Clock Winder at work at St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Clock Winding

The Clock at St Giles Church in the High Street, Edinburgh ©

Clock

Bells in the tower of St Gile's Church in the High Street, Edinburgh - 1993 ©

Bells in the Tower

Looking down the Royal Mile from the roof of St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Looking east down the Royal Mile

from the roof of St Gile's Church

Looking up the Royal Mile from the roof of St Gile's Church - 1992 ©

Looking west up the Royal Mile

from the roof of St Gile's Church

More pictures:  St Gile's Church

 

6.

St Stephen's Church

St Vincent Street, Stockbridge

Looking north down St Vincent Street towards St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge - 1996 ©

The front of the church

The Bell Wheel, no longer in operation , in the tower of St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge ©

The Bell Wheel

St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge - Looking down inside the tower ©

Looking down
inside the tower

The clock winder raises the weight for the clock at St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge ©

Looking up
Raising the Weight

On the roof of St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge - looking up ©

On the church roof

looking up to the sky

View from the roof of St Stephen's Church, looking to the south towards Ediburgh Castle ©

On the church roof

looking south

towards Edinburgh Castle

Ritchie - Clock Winder at work at St Stephen's Church - 1993 ©

The Clock

More pictures:  St Stephen's Church

 

7.

Tolbooth St John's Church

Castlehill

Also known as the Highland Church, built in 1842 as Assembly Hall (Victoria Hall)
 to house the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.  Now 'The Hub'

Clock at the Highland Tollbooth Church ©

Clock

Tolbooth St John's Church - 1993 ©

The Old Church

  Ladder at Tolbooth St John's Church - 1993 ©

Ladder to the Clock

Colour

Ladder to the clock at the Highland Tollbooth Church, now 'The Hub' ©

Ladder to the Clock

Black + White

Ladder to the clock at the Highland Tollbooth Church, now 'The Hub' ©

Ladder to the Clock

Sepia

More pictures:  Tollbooth St John's Church

 

 

All Companies

Edinburgh at Work

   Photograph of people at work in Burton's Biscuit Factory - with 'Edinburgh at Work' title ©

Scotland at Work

   Carnoustie Castings ©

      

   

 

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