East Princes Street Gardens, beside the Scott Monument

Wave Swinger

Stationary

Christmas 2011

IN THE BACKGROUND:  Part of Edinburgh Old Town

Princes Street - Wave Swinger  -  December 2011

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                                                                           Photograph taken December 22, 2011 at 4.10 pm

 

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East Princes Street Gardens

Fairground Rides

This view looks to the east from the junction of Princes Street and South St David Street towards Waverley Bridge.

The main subjects of the picture are the Helter Skelter and the Wave Swinger fairground rides, both in East Princes Street Gardens, close to the Scott Monument.

Wave Swinger

The Wave Swinger was a popular ride, with its chairs swinging out high above Princes street, as it rotated , moving higher and lower, tilting in different directions, sometimes appearing to be mainly red:

Princes Street - Wave Swinger  -  December 2011 © 

sometimes mainly yellow:

Princes Street - Wave Swinger  -  December 2011 © 

 

Fairground Rides

This view looks to the east from the junction of Princes Street and South St David Street towards Waverley Bridge.

The main subjects of the picture are the Helter Skelter and the Wave Swinger fairground rides, both in East Princes Street Gardens, close to the Scott Monument.

 

Princes Street, Looking East

The Scott Monument

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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