Around Edinburgh

The North Bridge

 

 

Douglas Stereoscopic Card

Stereo view by Douglas - Looking towards Calton Hill and Edinburgh Jail ©

Looking towards

Calton Hill and Edinburgh Jail

 

Engravings - Old and New Edinburgh  -  c.1890

Engravings - The North Bridge and Edinburgh Old Town ©

North Bridge

and Old Town

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh' - North Bridge and Calton Hill ©

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh' - The North Bridge and the Bank of Scotland. ©

Old North Bridge

and Calton Hill

from The Mound

Engraving - North Bridge and Old Town from Princes Street ©

North Bridge

and Old Town

from Princes Street

 

The New North Bridge

The North Bridge - Elephant Parade - by JCH Balmain ©

Around 1900

Elephant Procession
JCH Balmain

The North Bridge - and Duke of Wellington Statue - by JCH Balmain ©

View from the 
Wellington Statue
JCH Balmain

Tower Wagons on the North Bridge - North British Hotel in the background ©

Tower Wagons

The North Bridge
 and North British Hotel

 Old Town and North Bridge - Photograph by Begbie ©

T V Begbie - late 1850s

The Old North Bridge
and Old Town

The North Bridge - on a dull day in 1954 ©

Evening News Photo

A dull day in 1954

 

Ceremony to commemorate
the Laying the Foundation Stone for

The North Bridge

1896

Procession of Masons passes along Princes Street to commemorate the Laying of the Foundation Stone for North Bridge, 1896 ©

Masons' Procession

Princes Street

Magistrates wait at the foot of the Mound as a Procession of Masons passes along Princes Street to commemorate the Laying of the Foundation Stone for North Bridge, 1896 ©

Magistrates

The Mound

 

Street Photography

'Walking Photographs'

1920s - 1930s

  Jerom Photograph - North Bridge, 1926 ©

c.1926

Ian Thomson's Grandfather +
comments on 'Walking Photographs'

Jim Cairns' Grandfather in North Bridge, early 1930s - possibly photographed by a street photographer ©

Early-1930s

Jim Cairns' Grandfather

Jim Cairns' Grandmother in North Bridge, early 1930s - possibly photographed by a street photographer ©

Early-1930s

Jim Cairns' Grandmother

'Walking Picture' on North Bridge taken by Spotlight Photos Ltd ©

1933

Pat Woolley + her Dad, Robert

'Walking Picture' on North Bridge taken by Spotlight Photos (GB) Ltd ©

1934-35

Pat Woolley + Doll's Pram

©

1930s

Mary Leckie

 Alan Grieve's grandmother, Mary Finlay, and uncle, Harry Finlay ©

September 1934

Mary Finlay + Harry Finlay

 

 

Torchlight Procession

December 2012

    Torchlight Procession to Calton Hill, Edinburgh - December 30, 2012 ©

North Bridge

    Torchlight Procession to Calton Hill, Edinburgh - December 30, 2012 ©

North Bridge

 

Map

Please click here to locate North Bridge on a map of the Royal Mile.

It is named on this map, half way down the map on the right.
 

 

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