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Robert Lamb Wood Flour Mill 23 Dunedin Street, Edinburgh Photos taken inside 1991-93 Photos taken outside 2002-03 |
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Inside the Mill
On the corner of Beaverhall Road and Dunedin Street
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 4 June 1991
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At Work in the Mill
Wearing a mask for protection against the clouds
of wood flour.
I'm surprised that my camera survived the atmosphere there!
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 8 August 1991
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At Work in the Mill
There is a ''Pin-up' calendar in the background
(better seen in Photo 1!)
a common site in most of the workplaces that I visited in the 1990s.
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 8 August 1991
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It didn't take long from them to acquire a thick covering of wood flour.
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 8 August 1991
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I think these machines were probably grinding the wood into wood flour. I'm not sure.
The fire hydrant in the background looked as if it may well be needed at some stage.
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 3 May 1993
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This photo was found in Robert Lamb's mill at Dunedin Street.
It features of one of the company's lorries - Where and when was this taken.
Lamb's were still producing boxes in Dunedin Street, beside the mill in the 1990s.the
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the company, Robert5 Lamb
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Photo 6 Comment 1. Brian Alexander Prestonfield, Edinburgh |
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Around 1960? "That's a great photo of the Lorry outside Robert Lamb's Mill in Dunedin Street. The vehicle is a Commer Superpoise Mk II manufactured from 1953. The registration number (NFS 183) was part of a batch released in 1955 (issued in Edinburgh). The square badge on the radiator grill belongs to Trojan Vehicles, not Commer. This has been added to the vehicle, probably as a decoration. ** The information above doesn't give a year for the photo, but it's probably somewhere between late-1950's and early-1960's. The lorry has a few dents in the bumper, so it's not new." Brian Alexander, Prestonfield, Edinburgh: February 5, 2014 |
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** PLEASE SEE ALSO : Comments 2 below. |
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Photo 6 Comment 2. Alan Grieve Minehead, Somerset, England |
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Thank you to Alan Grieve for replying to Comment 1 above. Alan wrote: |
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Around 1960? "Comment 1 above states that the sign on the front grille of this Lamb's lorry was a Trojan sign, probably put there for decoration. It is, in fact, a Perkins Diesel sign showing that the lorry had been fitted with a Perkins Diesel engine which was a very popular conversion just after the war Most earlier lorries, and some Bedford buses, had petrol engines which did not do many miles to the gallon and conversion to a Perkins diesel was a good way to transform the fuel consumption and give considerable savings on fuel costs." Alan Grieve, Minehead, Somerset, England: March 16, 2015 |
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Badge on the Lorry Thank you to Alan for sending me a photograph of the badge that he mentions above. The badge comprises: - four large silver circles, as can be seen on the photo of the Lamb's lorry above, AND - in the centre of the badge, the words 'PERKINS DIESEL' surrounded by a silver diamond. Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: March 16, 2015 |
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Robert Lamb's premises being converted to housing - 2002
This view looks to the north down Beaverhall Road towards the former Duncan's Chocolate factory
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 28 July 2002
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Robert Lamb's premises - Conversion almost complete - 2003
This view looks to the west along Dunedin Street from Beaverhall Road
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 1 may 2003
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Robert Lamb's premises - Converted almost complete - 2003
This view looks to the east along Dunedin Street towards its junction with Beaverhall Road
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 1 may 2003
