Talk to Museum of Edinburgh - February 4, 2013 - Page 5 - Edinburgh Old Town - Royal Mile

Museum of Edinburgh Talk 4 February, 2013 PAGE INDEX The History of Edinburgh Old Town & Royal Mile in Pictures
0.	Introduction	Lots of photos to see. EdinPhoto web site.
1.	Early Photography and Engravings	Talbot, Daguerre, Hill & Adamson, Engravings.
2.	Edinburgh Photographic Societies	Edinburgh Calotype Club PSS, EPS.
3.	Old Town - Houses and Streets	Dumbiedykes, St Leonard's.
4.	Old Town - Shops and Police Boxes	Shops, Shops and Cars, Police Boxes.
5.	Royal Mile - Earlier Views	Festivals and Processions, Closes, Castle to Palace
6.	Royal Mile - Recent Photos 2013	Castle to Palace
7.	Panoramas	Royal Mile. From Camera Obscura,

Edinburgh Castle

Prisoners' Quarters

Bunks at the time of Napoleonic Wars in 19th Century

Prisoners' Quarters

zoom-in to some of the beds

Prisoners' Quarters

zoom-in to the Table and Fire

Small window

St Margaret's Chapel

the oldest building at Edinburgh Castle

Photograph taken on January 26, 2013

Old Town Weaving

Near the top of Castlehill, Edinburgh,
in a building that was once a covered reservoir

This building, at the top of the Royal Mile was a large indoor reservoir until about 25 years ago. Now, it is the home to weaving companies. It has a large sales floor below ground level, and looms in the basement below the sales floor.

Looms in the Basement

View across the large open Sales Floor

Kilts through the Ages - Part 1

Kilts through the Ages - Part 2

Scotch Whisky Experience

354 Castlehill, Edinburgh, in a building that was once Castlehill School

This large map with a list of Scotland's distilleries is on the wall of the at the bar on the first floor of the Scottish Whisky Experience.

Distillery Map

Whisky Bottles

A small proportion of the bottles on the shelves at the Scotch Whisky Experience

A large display of bottles with a changing screen behind.

This display is in the centre of the shop. Here the display is showing a moving film of a waterfall.

Bottles and Screen

Zoom-in: Here the screen is showing a stone wall, without any movement

Bottles and Screen

A figure slowly appears through the mist.

Bottles and Screen

The figure becomes clearer

Castle Gift Shop

539 Castlehill, Edinburgh
Near 'The Hub', a short distance down from Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

This is one of many shops in the Royal Mile catering for the tourists in Edinburgh.

Castle Gift Shop - Shop Window - from the street

Castle Gift Shop - Shop Window - from inside the shop

Castle Gift Shop - View with a fisheye lens - from inside the shop

The Court Curio Shop

519 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Across the road from The Hub in The Royal Mile

The Court Curio Shop is at the top of Lawnmarket, across the road from The Hub.

Here are three views of the shop, taken with a fisheye lens, one taken from inside the shop and two from outside.

Curios For Sale

Counter and Walls

Shop Front

Shops and Tenements

The Writers' Museum

Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

The Writers' Museum is housed in Lady Stair's House, a 17th century building originally known as Lady Gray's House. The building is beside James Court, off Lawnmarket.

The building was restored in 1896-97, then gifted to the Borough of Edinburgh for use as a municipal museum. It now presents the lives of three Scottish writers:

- Robert Burns

- Walter Scott

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Looking Down from the Balcony

This view looks down to the ground floor, where a model of Sir Walter Scott is seated beside
the far window at the the table that he once wrote from when he lived at 39 Castle Street.

Spiral Staircase

This staircase leads to the upper floors at The Writers' Museum

Spiral Staircase

This is the central portion of the staircase.

Spiral Staircase

This is the lowest part of the staircase, leading to the front door.

Gladstone's Land

483 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Thomas Gledstane

This building at 483 Lawnmarket was originally built in 1550. It was bought by Thomas Gledstane, who extended and redeveloped it in 1617. He lived in part of the building and rented out other parts of it.

In 1934 the building was condemned and scheduled for demolition, but was rescued by the National Trust for Scotland who bought it, fully restored it, fitted it with period decoration and furniture and opened it to the public as 'Gladstone's Land'.

Mounted to the front wall of the building is a gilt-copper hawk with outstretched wings holding a mouse in its claws. 'Gled' (as in Gledstane) is the Scots word for .hawk'.

Hawk and Mouse

with Gladstone's Land in the background

Hawk and Mouse

zoom-in

Edinburgh City Chambers

253 High Street, Edinburgh

The Main Staircase

The Council Chamber

Display Cabinets

Members' Lounge

Stained Glass Window

'Be unanimous ...'

Stained Glass Window

'Malcolm Canmore'

East Staircase

St Giles' Church

High Street, Edinburgh

Stained Glass Window

Ceiling at NE Corner of Cathedral

Ceiling of Thistle Chapel

Looking South
to the Organ

Looking West

Looking East

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Looking North

11.

Looking North

Market Cross

Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh

Charlie Chaplin stands on his plinth in the High Street in front of Edinburgh City Chambers, on a quiet cold day in January.

Charlie Chaplin in his bowler hat with cane is facing the statue to Firemaster Braidwood with a parking cone perched on his head.

The Market Cross in Parliament Square is on the extreme right of this photo

Charlie Chaplin

Police Information Centre

188 High Street, Edinburgh

The Police Information Centre is a small office with a few exhibits in Edinburgh's Royal Mile. It is close to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Office and almost opposite Edinburgh's City Chambers.

Police Man

Police Woman

Police Man and Town Guard

The Cigar Box

361High Street, Edinburgh

The Cigar Box in Edinburgh's Royal Mile is one of the city's specialist shops. It sells pipes as well as cigars from Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Shop Window

Inside the Shop

Zoom-in

World's End Pub

4 High Street, Edinburgh

World's End Pub is on the corner of High Street and St Mary Street, beside where the Netherbow Gate (the eastern approach to the walled city of Edinburgh) once stood.

The Bar

The Bar - Zoom in to the money and the beer!

Food

The Window, looking out to the Royal Mile

People's Story

Canongate, Edinburgh

Prisoners

Town Crier

Newhaven Fisherwoman

Family

Conductress

World War 2

Banner

Map of Council Housing

Museum of Edinburgh

Canongate, Edinburgh

Cabinets

Window into a Room

This is an example of how how one of the rooms in Huntley House might have been furnished

in the 19th century, before the building was converted to become The Museum of Edinburgh.

Sedan Chair

The Royal Mile - Cushion

Wall Hanging

Looking North across High Street

Looking North across Canongate

Looking South across Canongate

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Looking South across High Street

Scottish Parliament

Horse Wynd, Edinburgh

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The Scottish Parliament

LOWER LEFT: The Scottish Parliament

UPPER LEFT: Monuments on Calton Hill

CENTRE: The Scottish Parliament

FAR RIGHT: Holyrood Palace Gates

Holyrood Palace

View from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park

CENTRE LEFT: Holyrood Palace (and Abbey, almost hidden behind the Palace

CENTRE: Hibernian Football Cub ('Hibs') new green football stands

UPPER CENTRE: The island of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth

LOWER RIGHT: Leading (out of photo, on the right) below Salisbury Crags

View from the Radical Road in Holyrood Park

Zooming-in on Holyrood Palace

Museum of Edinburgh Talk 4 February, 2013 PAGE INDEX
0.	Introduction	Lots of photos to see. EdinPhoto web site.
1.	Early Photography and Engravings	Talbot, Daguerre, Hill & Adamson, Engravings.
2.	Photographic Societies	Edinburgh Calotype Club PSS, EPS.
3.	Old Town - Houses and Streets	Dumbiedykes, St Leonard's.
4.	Old Town - Shops and Police Boxes	Shops, Shops and Cars, Police Boxes.
5.	Royal Mile - Earlier Views	Festivals and Processions, Closes, Castle to Palace
6.	Royal Mile - Recent Photos 2013	Castle to Palace
7.	Panoramas	Royal Mile. From Camera Obscura,
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh Web site: www.edinphoto.org.uk