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Commonwealth Games The Queen's Baton
passes through Edinburgh Approaching the end of it's 288-day journey through all 70 Commonwealth nations and territories, in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games that open in Glasgow this evening, the Queen's Baton finally reached Scotland in June 2014. The baton passed across the border from England to Scotland on the morning of June 14, 2014. Later that morning, it reached Edinburgh. Here are photos of the baton as it passed through Edinburgh. |
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The Queen's Baton arriving on a tram that took it from Murrayfield Stadium to West Princes Street Tram Stop
An Edinburgh tram is in the background. Trams started running again in Edinburgh on 31 May 2014, for the first time since 1956. There is now just one tram route: Edinburgh Airport to York Place.
© Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: June 14, 2014
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The Queen's Baton at The Hub on its way to Edinburgh Castle
The baton had just been carried from Shandwick Place, up
Lothian Road
through Grassmarket, up Victoria Street and Lawnmarket to The Hub
© Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: June 14, 2014
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The Press photograph The Queen's Baton in the Royal MIle
Press photographers, using their long lenses, were taken
on the back of a truck
that preceded the baton carriers on their route through the centre of Edinburgh.
© Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: June 14, 2014
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The Queen's Baton emerges from The Scottish Parliament in front of a choir singing Gaelic songs
Wendy Carle Taylor conducts members of two choirs,
'Singing4Fun ' and 'Edinburgh Gaelic Choir' in front of the baton holders
as they depart from the Scottish Parliament. The choir had previously sung
at a brief ceremony inside the Parliament.
Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park can be seen in the background, beyond the Scottish Parliament, in this photo.
© Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: June 14, 2014
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