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Edinburgh
Themes

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Work

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Shops

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Cars

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Bus
Termini

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Festivals

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Forth
Bridges

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Street Art
& Graffti

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Leith
Docks

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Police
Boxes

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Then
 & Now

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Trams

 

 

Edinburgh Photographic Society

December 3, 2014

 

 

 

Royal Mile

Canongate, Royal Mile School

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May 2008

Looking south to Royal Mile School

Police Box and Zebra Crossing outside Royal Mile Primary School, Canongate

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken May 1, 2008

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Royal Mile

Canongate, near New Street

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August 2010

Looking east down the Royal Mile

Police Box on the corner of Canongate and Cranston Street, beside the Edinburgh School of English

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photograph taken August 16, 2010

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Royal Mile

High Street, near Hunter Square

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August 2010

Looking east down the Royal Mile  -  Festival 'Balloon Man'

Police Box in the High Street - part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                          Photograph taken: August 16, 2010

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August 2010

Looking west up the Royal Mile  -  Festival street artist

Police Box in the High Street - part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                    Photograph taken: August 16, 2010

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May 2012

Looking north across the Royal Mile towards Cockburn Street.  Police Box for sale.

Police Box in the High Street - part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                      Photograph taken: May 22, 2012

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Royal Mile

Lawnmarket, near George IV Bridge

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May 2012

A fine spring day

Police Box in the Lawnmarket - part of Edinburgh's Royal Mile - For Sale, May 2012

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                         Photograph taken: May 22, 2012

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August 2011

Festival Street Artist

Lawnmarket - Grey Man and Birds - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

©  Peter Stubbs    Photo taken during the first week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. August 12, 2011

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August 2011

Festival Street Artist  -  Image modified in Photoshop

Lawnmarket - Grey Man and Birds - Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

©  Peter Stubbs    Photo taken during the first week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. August 12, 2011

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Cowgate

near Pleasance

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October 2010

This box has now moved a few yards round the corner into Pleasance

Police Box in Cowgate, close to the Salvaton Army building at the foot of Pleasance - October 2010

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photograph taken October 9, 2010

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Grassmarket

near West Bow

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November 2010

Winter evening

Telephone Kiosk and Police Box in the Grassmarket - November 2010

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken:  November 27, 2010

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November 2010

Winter evening (again)

Telephone Kiosk and Police Box in the Grassmarket - November 2010

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken:  November 27, 2010

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November 2010

Winter evening (again) - converted to sepia tone

Telephone Kiosk and Police Box in the Grassmarket - November 2010

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                       Photo taken:  November 27, 2010

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November 2010

Painting titled:  'Weird Night'

The foot of West Bow and West Bow Well - view from the Grassmarket

©  Matylda Konecka, Newhay, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

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Drummond Street

at junction with Pleasance

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March 2011

Beneath the Flodden Wall

Police Box at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alex Jackson, Mortonhall, Edinburgh:  March 1, 2011

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May 2008

Looking shabby

Coffee Bar and Police Box on the corner of Middle Meadow Walk and Lauriston Place

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken May 14, 2008

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August 2010

Repainted

Police Box beneath the Floddon Wall at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken August 19, 2010

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August 2010

Door open!

Police Box beneath the Floddon Wall at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                               Photograph taken August 19, 2010

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August 2010

Inside the Police Box

Police Box beneath the Floddon Wall at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                               Photograph taken August 19, 2010

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October 2010

Decorated

Police Box beneath the Floddon Wall at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                               Photograph taken October 3, 2010

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October 2010

Re-decorated.  The box has since been decorated in different styles,
including a 'Yes' theme for the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014.

Police Box beneath the Floddon Wall at the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                   Photograph taken August 3, 2011

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October 2010

Zoom-in to left-hand side of box

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October 2010

Zoom-in to front of box

Zoom-in to see one of the pictures on the Police Box at Drummond Street - August, 2011       Zoom-in to see one of the pictures on the Police Box at Drummond Street - August, 2011

  ©   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                    Photos taken August 3, 2011                          ©   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                  Photos taken August 3, 2011

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October 2010

Zoom-in to right-hand side of box

Zoom-in to see one of the pictures on the Police Box at Drummond Street - August, 2011

©  Laurence Neil, Fountainbridge Edinburgh:                               Photo taken  Aug 2011

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Lauriston Place

at junction with Middle Meadow Walk

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October 2010

A wooden replica Police Box on a trailer + genuine larger cast iron Police Box

Police Box at Lauriston Place, and Police Box Coffee Bar at the northern end of Middle Meadow Walk

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                         Photograph taken: May 20, 2008

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May 2010

The replica and genuine Police Boxes (again)

Coffee Bar and Police Box on the corner of Middle Meadow Walk and Lauriston Place

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken May 10, 2008

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Richmond Lane

near former Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance

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May 2008

This Police Box was decorated for a small art exhibition during the Edinburgh Festival a few years ago.

A decorated Police Box on the corner of Richmond Lane and Gilmour Street in Edinburgh Old Town - May 2008

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken May 14, 2008

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May 2008

Zoom-in.      This Police Box has now (Nov 2014) been removed

A decorated Police Box on the corner of Richmond Lane and Gilmour Street in Edinburgh Old Town - May 2008

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken May 14, 2008

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Market Street

near the foot of Cockburn Street

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June 2008

Police Box + Blossom

Police Box near the foot of Market Street, at the SE corner of Princes Street Gardens - 2008

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                      Photograph taken: June 22, 2008

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November 2010

Police Box damaged

Police Box (now damaged) at the foot of Market Street, at the SE corner of East Princes Street Gardens

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken: November 8, 2010

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May 2012

Box repaired and For Sale.   This box is due to open as a coffee stall in winter 2014-15

Police Box near the foot of Market Street, at the SE corner of Princes Street Gardens - 2012

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                       Photograph taken: May 22, 2012

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Princes Street

near National Galleries

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May 2012

National Galleries and Old Town in the background

Police Box in the SW corner of East Princes Street Gardens

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Photograph taken May 20, 2008

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October 2010

This box opened as a snack bar on 23 November 2014

Police Box in the NW corner of East Princes Street Gardens - October 2010

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photograph taken October 9, 2010

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Princes Street

West End

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June 2008

Police Box near the West End of Princes Street, at the top of the steps leading down to Princes Street Gardens

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                        Photograph taken: June 23, 2008

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Little King Street

near John Lewis

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June 2008

Snack Bar in front of St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral at the top of Leith Walk

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                       Photograph taken:  June 9, 2008

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Heriot Row

near the junction with India Street

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December 2007

Police Box in Heriot Row near the junction with India Street

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken December 22, 2007

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December 2007

I felt that the main features of this photo,  the cobbles and the police box, stood out  better when this picture was displayed as a  negative image.

Police Box in Heriot Row near the junction with India Street

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken December 22, 2007

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Drumsheugh Gardens

near Queensferry Street

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November 2010

Winter

Drumsheugh Gardens - Police Box - November 2010

©  Copyright: For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                            Photograph taken November 29, 2010

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May 2012

Pillar Box, Postman and Police Box

Drumsheugh Gardens - Pillar Box, Postman, and Police Box for sale - May 2012

©  Copyright: For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                      Photograph taken May 28, 2012

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Whitehouse Loan

Bruntsfield

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October 2010

Police box at Whitehouse Loan, close to the junction with Thirlstane Road and the former St Margaret's Convent - Photograph taken Octber 2010

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photograph taken October 9, 2010

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Morningside Road

at the junction with Morningside Park

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June 2006

Snack bar

Police Box converted to a snack bar at the corner of Morningside Road and Springvalley Gardens - June 2006

© Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken 15 June 2006 at 1.45pm

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June 2006

There are two police boxes in this photo.  The one at the back was removed some time after the photo was taken.

Police Box converted to a snack bar at the corner of Morningside Road and Springvalley Gardens - June 2006

© Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken 15 June 2006 at 1.46pm

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Canonmills

Howard Street, beside the Water of Leith

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October 2010

Looking down from the upper deck of a 23 bus

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Photograph taken October 18, 2010

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October 2010

Police Box at Howard Place, beside the Water of Leith, on the corner of Brandon Terrace and Inverleith Row - Photographed October, 2010

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                      Photograph taken October 19, 2010

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November 2013

The Police Box is wearing a 'Doctor Who' scarf  - 

Police Box atCanonmills on the bridge over the Water of Leith on the corner of Howard Street and Brandon Terrace - November 2013

©  Neil Kennedy , Edinburgh                                                                                                                                                     Photograph taken November 26, 2013

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Leith Links

Links Gardens

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June 2008

Police Box on the corner of Links Gardens and East Hermitage Place - June 2008

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                         Photograph taken: May 20, 2008

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Leith

Shore, beside the Water of Leith

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May 2012

For Sale  -  This box has since been repainted

The Shore - Police Box beside Cruz Restaurant - Police Box for sale, May 2012

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken May 25, 2012

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Newhaven Harbour

Pier Place

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May 2008

Police Box at Newhaven Harbour - May 2008

© Peter Stubbs  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Photograph taken May 16, 2008

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Granton Square

Around 1958

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Around 1958

The estimated date is based on comments that I've received about the ships, rig, train, transport, buildings and people in this photo!

Looking down on Granton Square and across to Granton Harbour - Photograph possibly taken around 1950

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Robert Grieves Collection and to Argyll Publishing

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