The Exhibition

This is a small exhibition comprising a collection of photographs of Granton, Newhaven and Leith, assembled several years ago by the Pilton Elderly Project together with some more recent views, including aerial views, of the Granton Waterfront developments.

The exhibition is on display on the first floor of Upper Strand Offices, beside the new developments at Saltire Square, half way up Waterfront Avenue.

Photos in the exhibition include:

Granton:

-  A fishing trawler.

-  A tram and the railway, near Granton Square.

-  Granton Gas Works Railway Station - workers on the platform.

Newhaven

-  Newhaven Fishmarket - a busy scene from earlier days.

-  A protest during the Dock Strike, 1889.

-  Salvesen's Whalers from Leith in South Atlantic, 1910.

-  Leith Docks Demonstration, 1913.

-  Closure of Henry Robb shipyard -  protest march, 1984.

The photos are interesting in showing the extent of the changes in Granton over recent decades, with almost all of the industry now closed.

Most of the exhibition photos  are well captioned, but unfortunately the captions on a few of them have vanished.

A Selection of Photos from the Exhibition