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Stone |
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Metal |
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Wood |
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Printing |
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Food |
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Drink |
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Transp. |
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Clocks |
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U'ground |
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Fire |
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Manuf. |
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Finance |
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Teaching |
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Background
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- 1963: Arrived in Edinburgh + joined EPS
- 1971: Married, Family, Holiday photos
- 1990: Projects - Shops, Workers, Stations,
etc.
- 2001: Web Site |
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Web Site
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- Edinburgh Photographic Society - history
- Professional Photographers - dates and addresses
- Old Engravings of Edinburgh
- Recent Photos of Edinburgh
- Postcards of Edinburgh
- My Photos: Shops, Workers, Stations, etc.
- Recollections of Edinburgh
- Transport
- Maps
- Questions and Answers |
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Edinburgh at Work
This
is a copy of the 3-page 'hand-out' that I wrote for my Lecture at Lauriston Castle on 26 September 2011
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Page 1. |
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A Few
of the Trades
1840
to 1940
The
‘Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories’, was published annually until
1973 They include a wealth of detail about Edinburgh in earlier times.
These directories can be consulted in the Edinburgh Room at Central
Library.
They
show the wide range of businesses that once existed in Edinburgh, many of
them small family-run businesses. The tables below show the number of
companies that were listed in the directories for a few of these
businesses.
1. The number of businesses in some
trades gradually declined and vanished over the century
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1840 |
1850 |
1860 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1920 |
1930 |
1940 |
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Candlemakers |
15 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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Miniature
Painters |
12 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Straw & Leghorn
Hat Makers |
30 |
25 |
19 |
19 |
14 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2. Some trades changed, reflecting
the changes in modes of transport
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1840 |
1850 |
1860 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1920 |
1930 |
1940 |
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Horse Dealers |
9 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
19 |
19 |
14 |
18 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
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Saddlers &
Harness Makers |
20 |
18 |
19 |
29 |
32 |
34 |
31 |
31 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
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Van & Lorry
Builders |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
19 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
3. Some trades grew then declined
over the century (and have declined further since 1940).
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1840 |
1850 |
1860 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1920 |
1930 |
1940 |
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Artists |
12 |
8 |
33 |
44 |
78 |
131 |
128 |
139 |
100 |
81 |
38 |
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Boot & Shoe Makers |
178 |
158 |
167 |
278 |
310 |
314 |
268 |
218 |
148 |
115 |
72 |
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Clock and Watch
Makers |
33 |
40 |
44 |
80 |
111 |
136 |
132 |
131 |
81 |
49 |
31 |
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Engravers &
Lithographic Printers |
49 |
70 |
74 |
83 |
113 |
119 |
116 |
103 |
69 |
36 |
25 |
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Golf Club & Ball
Manufacturers |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
30 |
29 |
15 |
7 |
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Photographers |
0 |
2 |
27 |
41 |
43 |
52 |
57 |
63 |
56 |
27 |
22 |
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Mills
on the
Water of Leith
1961
Around
1961, The Geographical Association published ‘An Atlas of Edinburgh’. It
has maps showing the locations of some of the major businesses in
Edinburgh. It shows:
- a
fairly extensive railway network, including freight lines to Granton
Harbour, Leith Docks, Canonmills, Warriston, Gilmerton and passenger lines
to Balerno, and South Suburban stations.
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Edinburgh still had 2 flour mills, 9 biscuit works 3 bakeries and 8
breweries, 28 printing works and 10 binderies, each employing over 12
people, several of them employing over 100.
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There were still 20 mills and works in business along the course of the
Water of Leith between Balerno and Leith Docks with brief descriptions of
each. They are:
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Balerno Bank |
Balerno |
Paper
mill, using esparto grass from North Africa. |
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Kinauld |
Currie |
Tan
Works, using pigskins from Scotland and Japan. |
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Kinleith |
Currie |
Paper
mill, established at least 150 years ago. |
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Woodhall Paper Co. |
Juniper Green |
There
has probably been a mill here since 1618. |
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Woodhall Grain Mills |
Juniper Green |
Animal
feedingstuffs |
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Mossy Mill |
Colinton |
Paper
mill, formerly a flax mill |
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West Mills |
Colinton |
Oatmeal mills for Porage Oats and infant feeds |
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Redhall Mill |
Colinton |
Producing wood flour. |
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Saughton Leather Works |
Saughton |
Established mid-C18, tans sheepskins. |
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Coltbridge Mills |
Roseburn |
Formerly flour mills, now paper processing works. |
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Bell’s Mills |
Dean |
Milling has been continuous here since C12. Still powered by water
wheels (now + electricity). |
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Skinners & Wool |
Dean |
Formerly flour mills, are now used as a wool store. |
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Canonmills Cooperage |
Canonmills |
Corn
mills were here in C12 |
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Beaverbank Skin Works |
Powderhall |
Tannery, using sheepskins, goatskins and calfskins from Scotland and
Indonesia. |
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Chancelot Flour Mills |
Bonnington |
Over
100 years old, and using flour from Canada, Australia, Russia and
home-grown. |
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Skinners, Tanners, Wool |
Bonnington |
Established 200 years ago. |
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Bonnington Mills |
Bonnington |
Producing animal feedingstuffs. |
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Bonnington Bridge |
Bonnington |
Paper
Mills. |
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Junction Mills |
Leith |
Preparing oat meal and pot barley cake mixes |
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Quayside Mills |
Leith |
Produces animal feedingstuffs, |
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Page 3. |
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Businesses Photographed
1990s
Around 1960s, most of Scotland was given Development Status, but not
Edinburgh. This gave an incentive to industries to set up outside
Edinburgh, and many did.
Edinburgh retained a few large industries until late in the 20th century, but most of
these have now closed, including Monktonhall colliery, North British
Rubber Works, Portobello potteries, Caledonian Distillery and McEwan’s and
Roseburn breweries. Now, it’s finance and tourism that are providing more
employment in Edinburgh.
In
1990, I started to photograph ‘Edinburgh at Work’. So far, I’ve
visited over 200 companies. Today, I'll be showing about 300 photos
from 41 of these companies. (See table below.)
Yellow
shading indicates that the company is no longer in Edinburgh. The
column on the right shows the number of photos that I have included in the
talk for each of the companies.
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Work |
Company |
Industry |
Photos |
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STONE |
Clark |
Stonemasons |
15 photos |
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David Lindsay |
Stonemasons |
7 photos |
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METAL |
Lonsdale & Dutch |
Lantern Makers |
15 photos |
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Stevenson & Cheyne
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Engineers |
23 photos |
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United Wire Works |
Wire Works |
14 photos |
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WOOD |
Whytock & Reid |
Furniture Makers |
17 photos |
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PRINTING |
Speedspools |
Hot Metal Monotype Printers |
5 photos |
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Baker & Claremont |
Hot Metal Linotype Printers |
1 photo |
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FOOD |
Rank
Hovis |
Caledonia Mill: Flour Mill |
3 photos |
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Chancelot Mill |
Flour Mill |
2 photos |
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Burton’s Biscuits |
Biscuits |
6 photos |
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Croan’s |
Kippers |
4 photos |
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Newhaven Fishmarket |
Fishmarket |
6 photos |
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DRINK |
Scottish & Newcastle
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Brewery |
6 photos |
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Caledonian |
Brewery |
6 photos |
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Crabbie’s |
Green Ginger Wine |
3 photos |
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North British Distillery |
Distillery + Cooperage |
6 photos |
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Anderson’s |
Cooperage |
4 photos |
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Drysdale |
Tea + Coffee |
5 photos |
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Brodie Hamilton Melrose
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Tea + Coffee |
3 photos |
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Brodies |
Tea + Coffee |
4 photos |
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TRANSPORT |
Bruce Lindsay Waldie
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Coal deliveries |
3 photos |
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Forth Bridges |
Railway + Road |
17 photos |
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Leith Docks |
Shipping |
13 photos |
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Lothian Region Transport |
Buses |
4 photos |
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Scotmid |
Milk–horse deliveries |
5 photos |
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Scotmid |
Coachworks |
10 photos |
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CLOCKS |
James Ritchie |
Clocks & Watches |
4 photos |
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James Ritchie |
Clock winding |
22 photos |
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UNDERGROUND |
Lothian Region |
Drainage Dept |
2 photos |
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Monktonhall |
Colliery |
4 photos |
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FIRE |
Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade |
Fire Brigade |
24 photos |
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Central Demolition |
Demolition |
1 photos |
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MANUFACTURING |
Carberry Candles |
Candles |
4 photos |
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Chapham Inveresk |
Envelopes |
7 photos |
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SAI |
Fertiliser |
3 photos |
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Craig & Rose |
Paint manufacturers |
3 photos |
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J Hewitt & Sons |
Tannery |
7 photos |
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FINANCE |
Standard Life |
Life Assurance & Investment |
9 photos |
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Bank of Scotland |
Banking |
2 photos |
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Royal Bank of Scotland |
Banking |
7 photos |
Peter Stubbs
September 21, 2011
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Food |
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Drink |
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Transp. |
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Clocks |
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U'ground |
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Fire |
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Manuf. |
12
Finance |
13
Teaching |
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