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Edinburgh History 1958 as reported by the Evening Dispatch |
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Please scroll down this page to read: 1. Edinburgh Newspapers 2. News in 1958 3. Adverts - Polyfotos 4. Adverts - Railways 5. Pedestrian Crossing 6. Photographs in the Paper 7. Shopping - Edinburgh Districts
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1. Edinburgh Newspapers |
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Edinburgh Evening News and Evening Dispatch In 1958, Edinburgh had two newspapers, Edinburgh Evening News and Evening Dispatch. They merged in 1963 to form the Edinburgh Evening News & Dispatch, now the Evening News. |
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Layout of the Evening Dispatch The Evening Dispatch followed a fairly predictable format in 1958. - CAR ACCIDENTS: The photograph on page 1 was frequently of a car accident, sometime a fairly minor accident. Such photos appeared on page 1 on Jan 4, 6, 30; Feb 1, 8, 16, 22 and throughout the year. - GROUPS: Most of the photos inside the paper were of groups of people at different social gatherings in Edinburgh. Presumably the paper did good business in selling copies of these photos to readers. - GUINEA PRIZES: Crowds were photographed at football matches. The heads of three people in the crowd were circled, and they were offered one guinea (£1.05) each for identifying themselves to the paper. This may have boosted the newspaper sales. - PREMIUM BONDS: There were regular lists of the numbers of the winning Premium Bonds. Premium Bonds had been introduced in 1956.
- HOSPITAL PATIENTS: There were regular reports of the health of people in
hospital, each given a number and categorised as: - SHOPS: Every second Friday, except during the summer months, the newspaper ran a shopping article. This included a photograph of an Edinburgh street and usually a street plan showing the locations of the shops. |
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2. News in 1958 |
News reported in the Evening Dispatch in 1958 included: - 'The Big Freeze' and heavy snow Jan 20-24
- USA launches first satellite to
orbit the world
Feb 1
- Manchester United team in Air Crash on take off at Munich
Feb 6 - Leith Docks strike Mar 4-7 - Floods and storm damage at Portobello April 4 - Donald Campbell sets new water speed record, 248mph, in 'Bluebird' Nov |
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3. Adverts Polyfotos |
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In 1958, PTs (Patrick Thomson's) department store at North Bridge, then Binns department store at the West End of Princes Street advertised special rates for Polyfotos taken in their stores. Polyfotos were popular in the 1950s - forty-eight different small photos, often of children, were contact printed onto a single sheet, then the best would be chosen to be enlarged. |
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4. Adverts Railways |
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On Jan 21, the Evening Dispatch announced five railway routes that were to be converted to diesel operation during 1958. In the early months of 1958, the paper published British Railways advertisements for each of these lines. |
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Evening Dispatch: Jan 21, 1958, p.8 |
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5. Pedestrian Crossing |
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Most of the photos in the Evening Dispatch were of groups of people in Edinburgh. However, the paper also published a number of photographs of views around Edinburgh. I particularly liked these:
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6. Photographs in the Paper |
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In addition to printing many photos of groups of people in Edinburgh, the Evening Dispatch also published a number of photographs of scenes around Edinburgh. I particularly liked these:
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7. Edinburgh Districts Shopping |
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Every second Friday, except during the summer months, the Evening Dispatch ran a shopping article. This included a photograph of an Edinburgh street and usually a street plan showing the locations of the shops. These were the locations covered in 1958
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| Evening Dispatch: 16 May 1958, p.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||