Edinburgh Talks
at Edinburgh Central Library
June 2008 |
The following
talks are to be given at Edinburgh Central Library as part of Edinburgh's
'Old Town
Festival':
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1.
Thursday 19 June - 6.30pm - 7.30pm
FREE
Central Library, George IV Bridge, Washington Browne Room
Edinburgh: A Changing City
©
An illustrated talk with photographer Roddy Simpson in
the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, with the photographs of Alvin
Langdon Coburn.
This photo of R L Stevenson, aged 20, taken by John Moffat, is from the
the collection held in the Edinburgh Room |
2.
Thursday 26 June - 6.30pm - 7.30pm
FREE
Central Library, George IV Bridge, Washington Browne Room
Rock House
©
A hundred years of
photography. Edinburgh’s Old Town through the photographs of Hill and
Adamson, Archibald Burns and the Inglis family with photographer Roddy
Simpson
This photo of Rock House, beside the steps to Calton Hill, is from the
the collection held in the Edinburgh Room
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Please contact the Edinburgh
Room to book a place.
Tel:
0131 242 8030
email:
edinburgh.room@edinburgh.gov.uk |
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