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81 Grove Street |
Spahis leaving Grove Street
to perform in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 1959
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Stuart Wilson, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Photo taken 1959
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Stuart Wilson Recollections 1. |
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1959 Thank you to Stuart Wilson for allowing me to reproduce this photo that he took from his home at 81 Grove Street of the Spahis (French light cavalry regiment) leaving the street to perform in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 1959. |
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Liz Haggard Fountainbridge, Edinburgh Recollections 2. |
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Thank you to Liz Haggard who wrote: |
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Grove Street "I lived in Grove Street and have a distinct memory of looking out of the window one summer - I think in 1962 - and seeing elephants walking down Grove Street!" Elephants "At that time St. Cuthbert's Dairy Stables at the top of Grove Street must still have been just open, or at least usable. I have found out that the Indian Army was at the Tattoo for the first time in 1962. I think the elephants were stabled in the Dairy Stables. Can anyone confirm this memory? I think I have seen a photo of the elephants but I can't find any trace of one." Liz Haggard, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh: 11 January 2018
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Liz Haggard Fountainbridge, Edinburgh Recollections 3. |
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Thank you to Liz Haggard for writing again. Liz wrote: |
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Elephants "I have done some more searching and although the Indian Army were at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo one year, I now think that the elephants I remember seeing in Edinburgh in the 1960s were probably from Billy Smart's Circus. There is a photo on line of them coming along Shandwick Place in 1966." Liz Haggard, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh: 5 February 2018
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