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EPS Outing Almond Dell - 1883 The Annual Excursion in 1883 was to a picnic at Almond Dell. The cost was 7s 6d for gentlemen and 5s 6d for ladies. The outing left by barge, at 9.20am on 12 July, from the Wharf opposite India Rubber Works, Fountainbridge. Luncheon was served at noon, and the barge arrived at Almond Dell at half-past one. Mr Tamkin and Mr McKean each took a group photograph of the party. Tickets for the Outing to Almond Dell
© Reproduced by courtesy of Edinburgh Photographic Society
The report of the 1883 outing to Almond Dell, travelling by barge on the Union Canal, captures the spirit of the occasion: “A
Party of 109 travelled on a decorated barge with a couple of violins,
’cello and piano, dances and song. News of the EPS picnics spread. The Chicago Beacon of April 1886 reported: “EPS organises frequent camera excursions and a grand annual picnic on which occasion the whole of the photographic establishments are closed and amateur and professional employer and employé meet together and have a right good time.” |
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The Union Canal continues to be photographed. It was one of the venues visited by EPS Members on their "Wednesday Evening Walkabouts" in the 1990s. The photograph above shows a canal barge on the Union Canal in 2000. The canal is again being opened up for navigation trough funding from the Millennium Project. |
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NOTE: Details of many outings from 1970 onwards have still to be added to this web site. |
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