Talk to Broughton History Society  -  Monday 9 February 2015                                                            Introduction

1

Newhaven

    Postcard  -  Castle Series  -  Newhaven ©

2

Leith

Lothian Buses  -  Terminus  -  Ocean Terminal  -  Route 1 ©

3

Stockbridge

    Engraving from 'Modern Athens'  -  hand-coloured  -  St Bernard's Well beside the Water of Leith at Stockbridge ©

4

Canonmills

    Canonmills Clock, and Looking to the NW along Inverleith Row from the junction with Brandon Terrace  -  Christmas Eve, 2009 ©

5

Broughton History

Broughton Tolbooth ©

6

Broughton Maps

Broughton Ward (1995-2007)    -  1904 Ainslie Map © 

7

Broughton
Recollections

    Duncan's Chocolates  -  Albion van and  Andrew Beveridge Douglas ©

8

Broughton
Transport

St Cuthbert's Milk Deliveries  -  January 1985 ©

9

Broughton
Work

The Lady Haig Poppy Factory, Warriston, Edinburgh - Photo taken January 2015 ©

10

Broughton
Churches

    St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh ©

11

Broughton
Shops

    Inside Joey D's shop at 54 Broughton Street, 2015 ©

12

Broughton
Bars

'Basement Bar', 10A + 12A Broughton Street   -  Photo taken 2015 ©

  

Broughton Churches

St Mary's RC Cathedral  -  Pews and Altar

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs

The churches on this page are all in or near Broughton street or Rodney Street.

They are listed below in order from South to North  -  Picardy Place Roundabout to Canonmills

 

St Mary's RC Cathedral

4 Broughton Street

Roman Catholic Church

St Marys RC Cathedral
1.
Pews and Altar

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken: January 19, 2015

St Marys RC Cathedral
2.
Zoom-inon the Altar

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken: February 2, 2015

St Marys RC Cathedral
3.
 Looking up  -  The altar is at the bottom of this photo.  The organ and church entrance are at the top of the photo.

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken: January 19, 2015

St Marys RC Cathedral

4.

 Looking up  -  The altar is at the bottom of this photo.  The organ and church entrance are at the top of the photo.

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken: January 19, 2015

 

St Paul's & St George's Church

10 Broughton Street  -  on the corner of York Place and Broughton Street

Episcopal Church

St Paul's & St George's Church
1.

The corner of York Place and Broughton Street


©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                            Photo taken February 6, 2015

 

Albany Street Church

24 Broughton Street  -  on the corner of Broughton Street and Albany Street  -  Now Edinburgh Assay Office

former Congregational Church
 

Broughton St Mary Parish Church
1.

This church on the corner of Broughton Street and Albany Street was built in a style to match the Albany Street housing

Albany Street Church, 24 Broughton Street - NowEdinburgh Assay Office

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken January 10, 2015

 

Broughton Place Church

33 Broughton Place  -  Now Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms

United Free Church of Scotland

Broughton Place Church
1.

In the Rain  -  January 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Photo taken January 6, 2015

Broughton Place Church
2.
Furniture for Auction  - On display inside the Sale Room

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 6, 2015

Broughton Place Church
3.
 Looking down on the Sale Room from the Balcony

The furniture was in the process of being re-arranged in the room when I took this photo.

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 6, 2015

Broughton Place Church
4.

In the snow  -  Auction Day, January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 28, 2015

Broughton Place Church
5.
Lyon & Turnbull  -  Auction Day  -  View from the Gallery

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 28, 2015

Broughton Place Church
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Auction Day  -  View from the Gallery  -  Zoom-in

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 28, 2015

 

Catholic Apostolic Church

15 Mansfield Place  -  on the corner of Mansfield Place and East London Street  -  Now Mansfield Traquair Centre

Formerly:  Catholic Apostolic Church

 

We'll begin with a few photos taken in 2006 ...

Mansfield Apostolic Church
1.
On the corner of Mansfield Place and East London Street  -  March 6, 2006

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                   Photo taken March 6, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
2.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  March 6, 2006

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo taken March 6, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
3.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  March 2006

This photo was taken on March 12, 2006;
just 6 days after the two photos with the blue skies above.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                     Photo taken March 12, 2006

Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals

The Mansfield Traquair Centre has many murals painted in 1893-1901 by the artist Phoebe Anna Traquair, and now fully restored.

These can be seen on Sunday Open Days organized by 'Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre'.  There will be Open Days on the 2nd Sunday of each month from January 2015 until at least June 2015, at 1pm- 4pm.

For more details, see the Mansfield Traquair web site abd the book ,"A Guide to The Mansfield Centre",  published by 'Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre' in 2006, available from the church.

 Thank you Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre for allowing me to take the photos below inside the church.

Mansfield Apostolic Church
4.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  The Nave and West Wall

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
5.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  The West Wall

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                  Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
6.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  - 
Mural on the West Wall:  "The Second Coming"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
7.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  - 
Nave and Chancel Arch

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                      Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
8.
Mansfield Traquair Centre  - 
Mural featuring some of:  "The Wise Virgins"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Apostolic Church
9.
Stained Glass windows in the South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

Also a ceiling mural by Traquair, illustrating Psalm 148

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                Photo taken March 12, 2006

 

... and no for a few photos taken 2015 ...

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

East London Street on the right   -   8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Nave and Chancel Arch

 The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                           Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass and Murals

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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The South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

Also a ceiling mural by Traquair, illustrating Psalm 148

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                 Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Murals

"The Parade of the Wise and Foolish Virgins"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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South Chapel  -  Murals illustrating Psalm 148

"Ye fruitful trees and all cedars, ...beasts and all cattle, Kings of the earth, and all People""

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Mural in the South Chapel

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins  - 'The Awakening'

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass windows in the South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                               aken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass window  -  Luke XV - VIII

I've taken the caption above from the central window.  I don't know the significance of it.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass window  -  Luke XV - VIII

I've taken the caption above from the central window.  I don't know the significance of it.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass window - 1

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass window - 2

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk

Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Stained Glass window - 3

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk

Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Looking up  -  Photo taken with an 8mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Apostolic Church

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Nave and Chancel Arch  -  Photo taken with a 15mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Looking up  -  Photo taken with an 8mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

 

Broughton St Mary Parish Church

12 Bellevue Crescent

Church of Scotland

Broughton St Mary Parish Church
1.

This photo was taken from close to the church, so its high tower is almost hidden.

roughton St Mary's Parish Church, 12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo taken January 22, 2015

Broughton St Mary Parish Church
2.

This photo shows the church tower

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                    Photo taken January 22, 2015

 

Bellevue Chapel

7 Rodney Street  -  on the corner of Rodney Street and Cornwallis Place

Independent Evangelical Church

Bellevue Chapel
1.

Bellevue Chapel  -  Cornwallis Place and Rodney Street

Bellevue Chapel, 7 Rodney Street, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken January 10, 2015

Bellevue Chapel
2.
Bellevue Chapel and Rodney Street

Bellevue Chapel, 7 Rodney Street, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photo taken January 10, 2015

 

 

Canonmills Baptist Church

14 Canonmills

Baptist Union of Scotland

Canonmills Baptist Church
1.
This Chapel is opposite the Esso Petrol Station at Canonmills  - 2006

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Photo taken March 6, 2006

Canonmills Baptist Church
2.
Zoom in to the notice on the chapel wall  -  2006

This notice refers to some of the earlier buildings used by Canonmills Baptist Church

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                            Photo taken March 6, 2006

Canonmills Baptist Church
3.
Looking north towards Canonmills  -  2006

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo taken February 24, 2006

Canonmills Baptist Church
4.
Canonmills Baptist Chapel  -  2015

It looks like a quiet evening ahead  -  especially for the man whose car has broken down!

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photo taken January 19, 2015

Canonmills Baptist Church
5.
A New Notice on the Chapel Wall  -  2015

This notice mentions that the building was once been a Primary School attended by Robert Louis Stevenson

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                     Photo taken January 20, 2015

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Talk to Broughton History Society  -  Monday 9 February 2015                                                            Introduction

1

Newhaven

    Postcard  -  Castle Series  -  Newhaven ©

2

Leith

Lothian Buses  -  Terminus  -  Ocean Terminal  -  Route 1 ©

3

Stockbridge

    Engraving from 'Modern Athens'  -  hand-coloured  -  St Bernard's Well beside the Water of Leith at Stockbridge ©

4

Canonmills

    Canonmills Clock, and Looking to the NW along Inverleith Row from the junction with Brandon Terrace  -  Christmas Eve, 2009 ©

5

Broughton History

Broughton Tolbooth ©

6

Broughton Maps

Broughton Ward (1995-2007)    -  1904 Ainslie Map © 

7

Broughton
Recollections

    Duncan's Chocolates  -  Albion van and  Andrew Beveridge Douglas ©

8

Broughton
Transport

St Cuthbert's Milk Deliveries  -  January 1985 ©

9

Broughton
Work

The Lady Haig Poppy Factory, Warriston, Edinburgh - Photo taken January 2015 ©

10

Broughton
Churches

    St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh ©

11

Broughton
Shops

    Inside Joey D's shop at 54 Broughton Street, 2015 ©

12

Broughton
Bars

'Basement Bar', 10A + 12A Broughton Street   -  Photo taken 2015 ©

 

 

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