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The corner of Cowgate and St Mary's Street |
Photo 1 - 2009
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken: October 26, 2009
Photo 2 - 1911 to 1916
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stirling, Currie, Edinburgh: Oct 22, 2009 Photographer not known
Photo 3 - 1951
© Forbes Wilson, Guilford, Surrey, England Photo taken: December 1951
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The corner of Cowgate and St Mary's Street |
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Location The first photograph above was taken in October 2009. The second was taken almost a hundred years earlier, between 1911 and 1916. The roads in both of these photos above are: - LEADING TOWARDS LEFT BORDER: Cowgate - LEADING TOWARDS RIGHT BORDER: St Mary Street - LEADING TOWARDS LOWER LEFT CORNER: Pleasance - LEADING TOWARDS LOWER RIGHT CORNER: Holyrood Road |
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Photos 1 and 2 Comparing the two photos, we see: - The shop belonging to Joseph Weinberg, Furniture and Tool dealer at 85 St Mary Street and the low buildings beside it have been demolished and replaced by a new hotel: Travelodge, Edinbrugh Central. - A Holiday Inn has been built a little further up Cowgate, at the junction of Cowgate and South Gray's Close, centre-left in the 2009 photo. - The old lamp post on the extreme right has been replaced by a sandwich board advertising pizza, falafel, panini and coffee. - The shop in the bottom left corner of the old photo has been taken away BUT the high wall behind it, part of a Salvation Army building has survived. The same piece of stonework can be seen jutting out into the sky on both photos. |
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Photo 3 Thank you to Forbes Wilson, now living in Guildford, Surrey, England for sending me Photo 3 above, after seeing Photos 1 and 2. Forbes' photograph was taken in December 1951. I feel that it really captures the atmosphere of a damp and misty day in Edinburgh. Acknowledgement: Forbes Wilson, Guildford, Surrey, England: October 27, 2009 |
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