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5.
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History of Photography in
Edinburgh
Talk at
Old
Edinburgh Club
13 November 2013
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5.
Professional
Photographers
and their studios |
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Photographic studios in
Edinburgh
Princes Street Studios
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Photography became well established in Edinburgh
from the 1840s onwards.
Most of the early photographic studios were in
Princes Street
initially, but from the
mid-1860s onwards, studios began to open up elsewhere in the
city.
Edinburgh Studios - 1840 to 1900
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Princes Street
was well suited to photography. There was an
open outlook to the
south towards Edinburgh Castle, so studios on the upper floors in
Princes Street got the good light that was needed for photography in
the early days.
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There were
many tourists and local residents passing along Princes Street, who
might visit the photographic studios - but not many would have been
prepared to pay the high cost for photos in the early days.
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Talbot had
patented his Calotype photographic process in England, and Daguerre
had placed restrictions on the use of his Daguerreotype in
England, but photographers in
Scotland were free to
use either process.
Edinburgh Studios in 1840s
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Calotype
and
Daguerreotype
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Throughout the 1840s, the number of daguerreotype and calotype studios
in Edinburgh increased. Many of these were based in Princes Street.
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Below
are the earliest professional photographers that I have found in
Edinburgh - up to 1850. Most of these
studios were in Princes Street.
The dates
below are based on listings in the
Edinburgh trade directories, so all dates should be regarded as approximate
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John Counsell
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19
Princes St |
1842-3 |
Daguerreotypist |
Thomas Davidson
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Canongate
High
Street
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1840
1841
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He
constructed lenses for many of Edinburgh’s professional
photographers
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Messrs
Edwards |
19
Princes St |
1842 |
Daguerreotypists |
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Charles
Gray |
19
Princes St |
1844 |
Photographic
Portrait Institution |
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David Octavius Hill
&
Robert Adamson
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Rock House
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1843-47
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The
partnership produced over five thousand calotypes before Adamson
died aged 26.
Their
work is well documented elsewhere, and will be the subject of many
exhibitions during 2002.
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James
Howie
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64
Princes St
68
Princes St
45
Princes St
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1840
1840-41
1841-65
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Portrait
and animal painter.
Daguerreotypist.
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James
Howie jun.
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45
Princes St
49
Princes St
71
Princes St
63
Princes St
60 Princes St
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1844-45
1848-50
1852-63
1863
1864-88
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Miniature
Painter and Photographic Artist
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Mr Miles |
19
Princes St |
1842 |
Daguerreotypist |
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Mr
McMillan
&
Mr
Thomson |
19
Princes St |
1845 |
Daguerreotype
Portrait Gallery |
Horatio
Nelson
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72 Princes St
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1850-53
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Portrait
Painter
He later moved
to London. |
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Joseph J Ponder |
Greenside St |
1848 |
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George
Popowitz
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4
Mound
60
Princes St
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1849
1850-56
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Daguerreotypist.
He
later worked with albumen on glass.
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Ross
& Bishop
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23 West Lauriston Pl
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1844
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James
Ross (calotypist) and
Robert Bishop (wood engraver).
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Ross
& Thomson
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90 Princes St
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1848-64
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James
Ross (calotypist) and
John Thomson (daguerreotypist)
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James
Ross
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Calton
Hill
90
Princes St
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1846-48
1848-58
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By
Appointment “Photographer to the Queen from 1849.
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John Stanley |
75 Princes St |
1848-49 |
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John
Thomson
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90 Princes St
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1848-53
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PSS
Member.
EPS
President 1874-76.
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James
Good Tunny
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78 S Clerk St
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1850-59
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PSS
Exhibitor from 1856
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Rock House Studio
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Rock House was
beside the steps leading up to Calton Hill from Waterloo Place, about
1/4 mile to the east of the East End of Princes Street.
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This studio
was used by Hill & Adam, calotypists, in
1843-47, then by a succession
of other photographers over the next hundred years.
Rock House
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Reproduced by courtesy of
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
Hill & Adamson
Rock House
1843-47
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Here are a few of the many
1843-47 calotypes that have
survived from the studio of Hill & Adamson at Rock House.
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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Queen Street
has a large collection of Hill & Adamson calotypes and has published
books about this collection.
D O Hill
©
Reproduced
by courtesy of Edinburgh Photographic Society
Newhaven Fishwives
©
Reproduced by courtesy St Andrews
University Library
ALB6-92
The Scott Monument
© This photograph is included with National
Galleries of Scotland permission. See
Copyright Conditions
White Horse Close
© This photograph is included
with National Galleries of Scotland permission. See
Copyright Conditions
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(B)
Salisbury Place Studio
Kenneth McLeay RSA
Photographic Studio: 1859-63
Kenneth McLeay
by Hill & Adamson
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Reproduced by courtesy of
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
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Kenneth McLeay's
Price List |
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Plain Photographs
1st size - no hands
10s 6d
2nd size - with hands
15s 0d
3rd size - half length
£1 1s 0d
4th size - whole length £1
11s 6d
Plain copies of the first 3 sizes - 5/- each
Plain copies of the 4th size
- 7/6 each.
Painted Photographs
1st size - tinted
£2 2s 0d
1st size - finished £3 13s
6d
2nd size - tinted £2
17s 0d
2nd size - finished £4 19s
0d
3rd size - tinted
£3 13s 6d
3rd size - finished £6
6s 0d
4th size - tinted
£5 15s 6d
4th size - finished £8 18s
6d
4th size - in uniform or highland dress £10 10s 0d
Miniatures for Bracelets, Lockets, etc. - smallest size £6 6s 0d
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NOTE: £1 in 1859 is equivalent
to almost £100 in 2010.)
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Cartes de Visite
See also 'Further Notes'
The
Daguerreotype and
Calotype photography of the
1840s involved time,
expertise and expense. It was not suited to supplying the
general public with affordable photos
However, within a couple of decades, studio
portraits had become far
more affordable.
Competition between photographers was increasing.
Most Edinburgh photographers were selling:
- cartes de visite between the
late-1850s and
1900, then also
- cabinet prints between the
late-1860s and
1900.
Victorian
photograph albums of this era were specially designed to hold
these sizes of photo.
Here are a few cartes de visite from Edinburgh
studios:
James Ross
Studios: 1846 to
1870
Cartes de visite: Newhaven Fishwives
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to National Galleries of
Scotland permission.
John Ross
Studios: 1858 to
1900
©
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
John Moffat
Studios: 1853 to
1962
Cartes de visite
showing medals awarded to him
1875-80
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peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
1882-86
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peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
1890-97
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peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
From 1897
©
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
James Howie
Jun
Cartes de visite: 20 men:
Cowgate Free Church Choir
Cartes de visite: 42 men: Who are they?
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to the
Scottish Genealogy Society
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to the author of www.cartedevisite.co.uk
The Cost
See also 'Further Notes'
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A typical charge for cartes de visite in the 1860s
was about 6 shillings / dozen - equivalent to about £25 a dozen
in today's money, in 2010.
Cabinet Prints
See also 'Further Notes'
Parisian Photo Co
Studio: 1887 - 1914
Cabinet Prints
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I believe that all the
'Parisian Photo Co' photos
below are likely to have been taken between about 1887 and 1905:
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These photos all
have backdrops, suggesting grander or more exotic
surroundings than the
sitter might have been accustomed to. But they are obviously studio
shots. e.g. where the photographer has made no attempt to hide
join of the backdrop and the flooring.
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A couple of the
people in the photos are in uniform. Did these uniforms belong to the
studio? I suspect the answer is 'Yes' - at least in the case of the
Fire Officer's uniform.
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For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Bryan
Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
In Fire Officer's uniform
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Bryan
Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
©
For permission to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Here is how the last photograph above was taken:
Parisian Photo Co -
75 Princes Street - Studio Interior
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
Harper & Smellie
Leith Walk (1899-1908)
and Princes Street
(1902-1906)
William Crooke
1883 -1929
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William Crook
was a prominent
Edinburgh photographer whose reputation had spread around the world. He
won many awards for his photography.
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He had studios in Princes Street from
1883 until
1929, with
rather more furniture than Harper & Smellie had above.
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The studio must have looked impressive, with its outlook to
the south across Princes Street Gardens to Edinburgh Castle.
Princes Street Studio - 1911
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services.
Princes Street Studio - 1911
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services.
E R Yerbury
The Yerbury family had studios
in Edinburgh 1869 - 2003
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Several generations of the Yerbury family have had studios in
Edinburgh, beginning with E R Yerbury who had a studio at the corner of
Princes Street and Hanover Street in the 1860s, and ending with Trevor Yerbury
who had a studio in East Claremont Street and specialised in wedding
photography. His studio remained in business until
2003.
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Here are some photos of the Yerbury family:
Three Generations
LEFT: Edward Reuben
Yerbury
[b.1843]
CENTRE: Edward Roper Yerbury
[b.1915]
RIGHT: Edward Reuben Yerbury
[b.1881]
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
the Yerbury family.
Click here for link to web site.
Edward Reuben Yerbury
b.1843
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
the Yerbury Family.
Edward Reuben Yerbury
b.1881
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
the Yerbury family.
Edward Roper Yerbury
1915 - 1949
Aged
about three
Photographed
by his father
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
the Yerbury family.
Edward Roper Yerbury
1915 - 1949
'The Sky Pilot'
©
Reproduced by courtesy of
Trevor E R Yerbury, Edinburgh
Trevor Yerbury
1951 -
©
Reproduced by courtesy of Trevor
Yerbury.
Click
here for link to web site.
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Yerbury photographers took over the businesses of several
prominent Edinburgh photographers:
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William Crooke (1930)
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JCH Balmain (1958)
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Andrew Swan Watson (1958)
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John Moffat (1962)
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Here are some early images from the
Yerbury collection, taken
in and around Edinburgh. The first was taken around 1850. I believe that most
of the others would have been taken by Balmain:
Cramond
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
family. Click here
for link to web site.
Cramond
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
family. Click here
for link to web site.
Maule's Dept Store
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
family. Click here
for link to web site.
St
Giles
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High Street, Edinburgh
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
family.
Click
here for link to web site.
East End of Princes Street
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
Family. Click here
for link to web site.
West
End of Princes Street
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
Family. Click here
for link to web site.
Elephant Parade,
North Bridge
©
Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury
family. Click here
for link to web site.
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Here are some recent photos of Edinburgh with an impressionistic
feel. They were created by Trevor and Faye Yerbury, using original
Polaroid material. They were exhibited, together with some Yerbury images
from 1850 to 1950, in Ocean Terminal in 2004:
The Forth Rail Bridge
©
Trevor and Faye Yerbury,
Edinburgh
Newhaven Lighthouse
©
Trevor and Faye Yerbury,
Edinburgh
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Thomas Vernon Begbie
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Thomas Vernon Begbie took many photos of streets and
views around Edinburgh that others ignored.
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In 1950, his collection of
451 glass plate negatives of Edinburgh was found in an attic and rescued.
Here are a few of them
The Scott Monument
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City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Waverley Bridge
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Leith Inner Harbour
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City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Leith Shore
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Canongate Tolbooth
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Whitehouse
Close
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Demolition to enable Cockburn Street to be built
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Leith Wynd
- leading from the Royal Mile to Leith Walk
©
City Art Centre, City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
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Norward Inglis
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Norward Inglis took still photos then, latterly,
movies.
Most of his still photos were taken around the 1950s, about a century after
Begbie's photos above.
Norward Inglis
©
Copyright: Norward
Inglis and peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Princes Street
© Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
Barbara Simpson
Edinburgh Castle
©
Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
his daughter, Barbara Simpson
George Street
© Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
his daughter,
Barbara Simpson
Edinburgh Military Tattoo -
1950 - The second year of the Tattoo
©
Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
his daughter, Barbara Simpson
Holyrood Palace Gates
©
Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
his daughter, Barbara Simpson
Princes Street -
Looking West - What was the occasion?
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stewart, Livingstone,
West Lothian, Scotland
Looking down on Dumbiedykes
from Salisbury Crags
©
Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Norward Inglis and
his daughter, Barbara Simpson
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Photos of Dumbiedykes have attracted a lot of
interest
amongst visitors to =the EdinPhoto site who used to live in Dumbiedykes
and are now scattered around the world. The Dumbiedykes houses were
demolished in the
1960s.
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Here are a few more views of the area. These have
not been taken by Norward Inglis:
The Scotchie, Dumbiedykes - 1959
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Edinburgh City Libraries and
Information Services
Neg. A904A
Looking down on Dumbiedykes
from Salisbury Crags
©
Reproduced by courtesy of Evening
News. Click here
for web site details.
Clearing the Drains in Heriot Mount - 1959
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Edinburgh City Libraries and
Information Services
[Ref S1014 D]
Arthur Place - 1959
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Edinburgh City Libraries and
Information Services
Neg. E932F
Three workers from William
Waugh Ltd, Metal Merchants - Late-1950s
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jean Rae,
daughter of Tom Aithie on the left of this picture
Top of Arthur Street - 1959
©
Reproduced with acknowledgement to Edinburgh City Libraries and
Information Services
Neg. F936C
Run-away Coal Lorry at
the foot of Arthur Street
- 1950s
© Reproduced with
acknowledgement to Ron Leckie, California, USA |
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but we'll probably not look any
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Street
Views
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Buildings
and statues
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Districts
Parks and Towns 
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A
Abbey Strand
Academy Street
Admiralty Street
Advocate's Close
Ainslie Place
Albert Place
Albert Road
Albion Road
Anchor Close
Anderson
Place
Angle Park Terrace
Annandale Street
Annfield
Annfield Street
Arboretum Avenue
Arden
Street
Ardmillan Terrace
Argyle Place
Argyle Square
Arthur Place
Arthur Street
Ashley Terrace
Atholl Crescent
B
Baberton Avenue
Baberton
Loan
Baird Drive
Bakehouse Close
Balfour
Street
Ballantyne's Close
Bangor Road
Bank Place Leith
Bath Road
Bath Street
Beaumont Place
Beaverbank Place
Beaverhall Road
Bedford Street
Belford Mews
Belford
Road
Bellevue Place
Bellevue Road
Bellevue Street
Bell's Brae
Bernard Street,
Leith
Bingham Broadway
Bingham Place
Blair Street
Blackford Avenue
Blackfriars Street
Blackhall Cycle Path
Bonaly Road N
Merchiston
Bonaly
Wester
Bonnington Avenue
Bonnington Road
Bonnington Toll
Blenheim Place
Boswall Avenue
Boswall
Drive
Boswall Parkway
Boswall Quadrant
Boswall Road
Braid
Avenue
Braid Place
Braid Road
Brandon
Street
Bridge Place
Brighton Street
Bristo
Place
Bristo
Street
Broomhouse Road
Broomhouse Drive
Broomhouse Place North
Brougham
Place
Broughton Place
Broughton Road
Broughton Street
Brown Street
Brunswick Road
Brunswick Street
Bruntsfield
Buckingham Terrace
Buccleuch Place
Buccleuch Street
Burlington Street
C
Cables Wynd
Calder Road
Calton Hill
Cambusnethan Street
Candlemaker Row
Canongate
Carberry Place
Cargil Terrace
Carnegie Street
Caroline Park Grove
Carrick Knowe Hill
Castlehill
Castle
Street
Castle
Terrace
Castle Wynd South
Causewayside
Causewayside
- shops
Chambers Street
Chapel Street
Charles Street
Charlotte Square
Chessel's Court
Clarenden Crescent
Circus Lane
Clerk Street
Clermiston Road
Cluny Drive
Coalhill
Coates Crescent
Coates Gardens
Coatfield Lane
Coburg Street Cockburn
Street
Colinton Road
Comely Bank
Avenue
Comely Bank Roundabout
Comiston Road
Commercial Street,
Leith
Corunna Street
Cowan's Close Cowgate
Craigentinny Ave North
Craigentinny Crescent
Craighall Crescent
Craighall Road
Craigleith Road
Craigmillar Castle Grove
Craigmillar Castle Gardens
Craigmillar Castle Road
Craigmillar Castle Terrace
Craigmillar Park
Craigour
Avenue
Craigour Crescent
Craigour Drive
Crewe Crescent
Crewe Road Gardens
Cross
Entry
Cumberland Street
D
Dalhousie Terrace
Dalkeith
Road
Dalmeny Street
Dalry Road
Danube Street
Davie Street
Darnaway Street
Dean Bank Lane
Dean Bridge
Dean Path
Dean
Street
Dean Terrace
Denham Green Avenue
Dreghorn Loan
Drum Street
Drummond Place
Drummond Street
Drumsheugh Gardens
Duke Street
Edinburgh
Duke
Street
Leith
Dumbiedykes
Road
Dundas Street
Dundee
Street
E
Earl Grey Street
Earl Haig
Gardens
East Arthur Place
East Claremont Street
East Crosscauseway
East London Street
East
Market Street
East Norton Place
East Preston Street
East Thomas Street
East Trinity Road
East William Street
Easter
Road
Ebenezer Mount
Edina Street
Edinburgh Bypass
Edinburgh Road
Elgin
Terrace
Ellen's Glen Loan
Ellen's Glen Road
Eyre Place
Elm Row
F
Ferry Road
Ferry Road Avenue
Ferry Road Drive
Fettes Row
Fleshmarket Close
Forbes Street
Forrest
Road
Fort Place
Fort Street
Forth Street
Fountain Close
Fountainbridge
Fraser
Avenue
Fraser
Grove
Frederick Street
Frogston Road
G
Gardner's Crescent
Gayfield Square
George
Square George
Street
George IV Bridge
Gibb's
Entry
Gifford Park
Giles
Street
Gillespie Place
Gilmerton Road
Gilmour Street
Gladstone Terrace
Glasgow Road
Glenallan Drive
Glenfinlas Street
Glengyle Terrace
Glenlockhart
Road
Glenogle Road
Gogar Junction
Gorgie Road
Graham
Street
Granton Road
Granton Square
Grassmarket
Great Junction St,
Leith
Great
King Street
Greenbank
Drive
Greenbank Grove
Greenbank Road
Greendykes Road
Greenhill Place
Greenside Place
Greenside Row
Grindlay Street
Grove
Street
Gypsy Brae
H
Hailsland Park
Hamilton Place
Hamilton Street
Leith
Hanover
Street
Harewood Road
Harrison Gardens
Harrison Road
Haugh
Park
Hawthornbank Lane
Hay Drive
Hay Road
Haymarket
Henderson Place
Henderson
Row
Henderson Street
Heriot Hill Terrace
Heriot Bridge
Heriot Mount
Heriot Row
High School Wynd
High
School Yards High
Street
High Street, Portobello
High Street, Queensferry
High
Street Closes
Hillside Crescent
Holyrood Park Road
Holyrood
Road
Holyrood Square
Hope Park Terrace
Hope Street
Howard
Place
Howard Street
Howe
Street
Hugh Miller Place
Hunter Square
Hutchison Crossway
Hutchison Road
Hyvot Terrace
I
India Place
India Street
Inglis Green Road
Infirmary Street
Inverleith Gardens
Inverleith Place
Inverleith Row
Inverleith Terrace
J
Jamaica Street Edinburgh
Jamaica Street Leith
James' Court
Jameson
Place
Jawbone Walk
Jeffrey
Street Johnston
Terrace
Joppa
Road
Junction Bridge
K
Keir
Street
King's Road,
Portobello
King's Stables Road
Kirk Street,
Leith
Kirkgate,
Leith
Kirkgate,
Liberton
L
Lady
Stair's Close
Lauderdale Street
Lauriston Place
Laverockbank Road Lawnmarket
Learmonth Avenue
Learmonth Terrace Leith
Street
Leith Walk
Leith Walk
- shops
Leith
Wynd
Lennox Row
Leven
Terrace
Leslie
Place
Lindsay
Road
Little King Street
Littlejohn Road
Lochend Drive
Logie Green Road
London
Street
London Road
Longstone Road Lothian
Road Low
Calton
Lower Granton Road
Lower Viewcraig Row
Lutton Place
Lyne
Street
Lynedoch Place
M
McDonald Road
Madeira Street
Main Street
Manderston Street
Marchmont Road
Mardale Crescent
Market Street Edinburgh
Market Street
Leith
Marionville Drive
Maritime Street
Marshall Street
Mayfield Gardens
Meadow Lane
Mayfield Road
Melgund Terrace
Melville Drive
Miller Row
Milne's Court
Montpelier Park
Moray
Place
Moredun Crescent
Moredun
Park
Morningside Road
Morrison Street
Mound
Mountcastle Drive
Muirhouse
Green
Muirhouse Way
Murano Place
Murrayfield Avenue
N
New Lane
New Street
New
Town
Newcraighall Road
Newtoft Street
Newhaven Esplanade
Newhaven Road
Nicolson Square
Nicolson Street
Niddrie House Avenue
Niddrie Mains Drive
Niddrie Mains Road
Niddry Street South
North Bank Street
North Bridge
North Fort Street
North Junction Street
North West Circus Place
O
Ocean Drive
Ocean Way
Old
Sugarhouse Close
Old
Tolbooth Wynd
Old
Town
Orchard Brae
Orchard
Road
P
Parliament Place
Leith
Parliament Square
Leith
Patrick Geddes Steps
Peffermill Road
Pembroke Place
Pennywell Gardens
Pennywell Grove
Pennywell Medway
Pennywell Place
Pennywell Road
Picardy Place
Pier Place
Newhaven
Piershill Square West
Pirrie Street Leith
Pilton Avenue
Pitt Street
Pitt Street Leith
Pleasance
Portobello Road
Portobello Roundabout
Portsburgh Square
Potterrow
Primrose Bank Road
Prince Consort Place
Leith
Prince Regent Street
Princes
Street
Princes
Street:
looking
E
Princes Street:
looking
N
Princes Street:
looking
S
Princes
Street: looking
W
Prospect Place
Prospect Street
Prospect Terrace
Q
Queen Charlotte Street
Queen
Street
Queen's
Drive
Queensferry Road
Queensferry Street
R
Raeburn Place
Ramsay
Lane
Randolph Lane
Rankeillor Street
Rattray Grove
Rattray Loan
Ravenscraig Street
Redbraes Place
Regent
Terrace
Regent Road
Reid
Terrace
Reid's
Close
Restalrig Road
Restalrig Road South
Richmond Lane
Riddle's Court
Rintoul Place
Rodney Street Rose
Street
Rosebank Road
Roseburn Street
Roseburn Terrace
Rossie Place
Royal Circus
Royal Terrace
Royal Mile
Royal Mile Closes
Royal
Terrace
Rutland Square
S
St Andrew Place
St
Andrew Square
St Andrew Street Leith
St Anthony Lane
St Bernard's Crescent
St
James' Square
St John Street
St John's Hill
St John's Place
St John's Road
St John's Square
St Leonard's Bank
St
Leonard's Hill
St Leonard Lane
St Leonard Street
St Leonard's Terrace
St
Mary's Street St
Mary's Wynd
St Patrick Square
St Stephen Street
St
Vincent Street
St
Vincent Place
Salamander Street
Leith
Salisbury Square
Salisbury Street
Saltire
Square
Saughton Mains Gardens
Sandport Place
Seafield Road
Seafield Road East
Semple
Street
Simon Square
Shaftesbury Park
Shandwick Place
Sheriff Brae,
Leith
Shore,
Leith
Simon Square
Slateford Road South
Bridge
Southfield Place
South Charlotte Street
South Elgin Street
South Oxford Street
South Richmond Street
South St Andrew
Street
South St David Street
South Trinity Road
Southhouse Road
Springwell Place
Stamp Office Close
Starbank Road
Station Brae
Stenhouse Road
Stewartfield
Stirling Road
Straiton
Place
Straiton Road
Strathearn Place
Sugarhouse Close
Summerhall
Surgeons' Square
T
Tanner's Close
Telford
Road
Temple Park Crescent
The Steils
Thirlstane Road
Thorntree Street
Leith
Timber
Bush
Tolbooth Wynd
Tollcross
Transport
Trinity Crescent
Trinity Road
Torphichen Place
Tower Place
Tweeddale Court
Tynecastle Place
U
Upper Viewcraig Row
V
Vennel
Victoria
Street
Victoria
Terrace
Viewcraig Gardens
Viewcraig Row
Viewcraig Street
Viewforth
Viewforth
Park
W
Waddell Place
Wardie Avenue
Wardie Crescent
Wardie Road
Wardie
Square
Wardlaw Street
Wardrop's Court
Warrender Park Road
Warrender Park Terrace
Warriston's Close
Warriston Road
Waterfront Avenue
Water Street Waterloo
Place
Watson Crescent
Watson Terrrace
Wauchope Avenue
Wauchope Crescent
Wauchope Place
Wauchope Terrace
Waverley
Bridge
Wellhead Close
Wemyss
Place West
Bow
West Bowling Green St
Westburn Gardens
West
Bryson Road
West Catherine Place
West Crosscauseway
West Granton Access
West Granton Crescent
West Granton Drive
West Granton Place
West Granton Road
West Harbour Road
West Norton Place
West
Pilton Gardens
West Pilton Grove
West
Pilton Road
West Pilton Street
West Port
West Saville Terrace
West Shore Road
Wester Close
Wester Hailes Drive
White
Horse Close
Whitehouse Loan
Wilkie Place
Willowbrae Road
Woodburn Terrace
X Y Z
Yardheads
York
Place
Zetland Place
All Streets
Street Furniture
Street Art and Graffiti |
A
Adam Smith Statue
Advocates Library
Allan Ramsay House
Anchor Apartments
Anchor Inn Roadhouse
Art Space Craigmillar
Asa Wass Scrap Yard
Assembly Hall
Assembly Rooms
Assembly Rooms Leith
B
Baberton Lodge
Balmoral Hotel
Balmoral Hotel Portobello
Bank of Scotland
Bannerman's Bar
Barbers' Shops
Barnbougle Castle
Barnie
Battle's Pub
Barnton Hotel
Barnton House
Bedlam Theatre
Barbecue Grill & Restaurant
Barclay Church
Bible Land
Bill's
Bar, Leith
Black Turnpike
Black Watch Memorial
Blind Asylum
Bonnington Bond
Bonnington Utd Free Church
Boroughmuir School
Braeburn
Braefoot Motor Garage
Braid Church
Braidwood Centre
Brass
Monkey
Bridewell
Britannia Quay
British
Linen Bank
Broomview
House
Broughton Hall
Broughton Primary School
Bruce Peebles - Bonnington
Bruce Peebles
- East Pilton
Burns Monument
Bus Depot
Bus Station
Burns Monument
Regent Road
Burns Monument Leith
Buttercup Dairy Shops
C
C & A Modes
Caerketton Court
Café Royal
Cairngorm House
Calton Jail
Caledonian Brewery
Caledonian Hotel
Caley Station
Carlton Hotel
Camera Obscura
Canaan House
Cannonball
House
Canongate Church
Candlemaker Row
Canongate Tolbooth
Canonmills Baptist Church
Cardinal Beaton's House
Caroline Park
Castle
Castlehill School
Castle Mills
Castle o'
Clouts
Catholic Chapel
Central Bar, Leith
Central Garage
Central
Library
Chancellor Court
Christ
Church, Morningside
Churches
Chancelot
Mill
Ciao Roma Restaurant
Cinemas
Citadel Court
City Chambers
City Hospital
City Mission
City Poorhouse
Clermiston
House
Clermiston Mains
Clermount
Coach
House Square
Coasters Roller Disco
Cockburn Engineering
Coillesdene House
Comiston Castle
Comiston House
Cook's Balmoral Hotel
Corinthian Quay
Corporation Buildings
Leith
Corstorphine Heritage Centre
Corstorphine Hill Tower
Colinton Parish Church
Comiston
House
Commercial Street
The Conspirators
Café'
Corinthian
Quay
Corn Exchange
Corstorphine Church
County Cinema
Couper Street School
Cox's Glue Works, Gorgie
Craigentinny Marbles
Craiglockhart Primary School
Craigmillar
Castle
Craigmillar Com Arts Centre
Craigmillar Primary School
Croall, Coachbuilders
Croft-an-Righ House
Cruise
Cullen Confectioner
Custom House, Leith
D
Dalmeny
House
Daniel Stewart College
Darling's Regent Hotel
David Kilpatrick School
Davie Street School
Deaconess Hospital
Dean Gallery
Dean Orphanage
Dean
School
Deacon
Brodie's Tavern
DJ Motors
Dr
Bell's School
Doctors
The Dome
Dovecot Studios
Donaldson's
College
Duddingston Kirk
Dugald Stewart Monument
Dundas House
Dynamic Earth
E
Easter Duddingston Lodge
Eastern General Hospital
Edinburgh Academy
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle views from
...
Edinburgh City Council HQ
Edinburgh Jail
Edinburgh Ladies College
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh University
Edzell Lodge
Edinburgh Wheel
Eldorado
Ballroom
Embassy Cinema
Empire Theatre
Excise Office
Express
Holiday Inn
F
Fairmile Inn
Fernwood
Ferry Tap
Fettes College
Fire Stations
Flora Stevenson School
Foot of the Walk, Leith
Footballer's Arms
Fort House Leith
Fort
Primary School
Free Church of Scotland
G
Gaiety Theatre
Gallery of Modern Art
Gayfield House
General Post Office
George Heriot's School
George Watson's School
Gorgie House
Gorgie Mills
Gillespie's Hospital
Gilmerton Police Station
Gilmerton Primary School
Gladstone Monument
Gladstone's Land
Glenalmond Court
Glenogle Baths
Gogarburn House
Goldbergs
Gorgie Cottages
Gorgie Tram Depot
Gormley Statues
Governor's House
Gracemount High School
Gracemount
high rise
flats
Grampian House
Granton Castle
Granton Custom House
Granton Gas Works
Granton Gas Works Station
Granton House
Granton Methodist Church
Granton Ice Works
Granton Road Station
Granton Station
Granton United Church
Greyfriars Church
Greenbank
Cottage
Greenland Mill
Greendykes House
Grosvenor Hotel
Guard-House
H
Halfway House
Harrison Park Apartments
Haymarket Hotel
HBOS Offices
Heriot's Hospital
Hermiston Court
High School Wynd
High Street Hostel
Holy Trinity Church
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Dairy
Holyrood Palace
Hope Park Free Church
Hospitals
Hotel Misssoni
Hotels
The Hub
Hunter's Tryst
Huntly House
I
IKEA
store
Inch House
Inchcolm Court
Industrial School
J
Jacey News Theatre
Jacobean Café + Gift Shop
James Clark's School
James Gillespie's High School
James Dunbar lemonade works
Jeanie Deans' Cottage
Jenners Department Store
Jewel Cottages
Jewish Temple
Jock Howieson's House
John Knox House
John Watson's Hospital
John Watson's School
K
King's Theatre
King's Wark Leith
Kingston House
L
La
Fiesta Café
Ladies' College - Queen St.
Lady
Haig's Poppy Factory
Lady Stair's House
Lady Yester Church
Laing's Foundry
Laird of Dumbiedykes House
Lamb's
House
Lauriston Castle
Le Monde
Leith Academy
Leith Burns Statue
Leith Churches
Leith Citadel Station
Leith Corn Exchange
Leith Custom House
Leith
Fire Station
Leith Exchange Buildings
Leith High School
Leith Nautical College
Leith North Church
Leith Police Station
Leith Primary School
Leith Provident Co-op
Leith St James Church
Leith St Ninian's Church
Leith Signal Tower
Leith School of Art
Leith South Leith Church
Leith Town Hall
Leith Victoria AAC
Leith Walk Primary School
Leith Waterworld
Liberton Filtration Plant
Liberton
Churches
Liberton Primary School
Liberton Tower
Libraries
Life Association Office
Lighthouse, Granton
Loanhead Water
Dept Cottage
Lockhart Memorial Church
London Road Fire Station
London Road Parish Church
Longstone Bus Garage
Longstone Inn
Looking down
on Edinburgh
Lorimer & Clark's Brewery
Lufra Cottage
M
Mackie's Restaurant
Mahogany Land
Malmaison Hotel
Leith
Manhattan
Mansfield Traquair Centre
Marine Gardens Ballroom
Marine Hotel, Newhaven
Market
Cross
Martyr's Tomb
Mary of
Guise's House
Martello Court
Martello Tower
Maule's
Dept. Store
Mayfield Salisbury Church
McEwan
Hall
Meadowbank Stadium
Mechanic Arms
Melville Monument
Merchant Maiden Hospital
Merchiston Castle School
Merchant Navy Memorial
Methodist Chapel
Michael's Café
Middleton House
Miller Mausoleum
Millers Wireless
Milton House School
Mr Purves' Lamp Emporium
Monseigneur News Theatre
Monuments
Moray
House
Moredun Crescent
Moredun School
Morningside Parish Church
Morton
House
Moubray
House
Mount Alvernia Convent
Muirhouse
Mansion
Muirhouse
tower block
Muirhouse Towers
Murrayfield
Convalescent Home
Murrayfield Stadium
Museum
Myreside
Pavilion
N
National Galleries
National Library
National Monument
National
Museum of Scotland
Navy Club
Nelson Monument
Nelson's Works
Nether Bow Port
New College
New County Hall
New
Palace Cinema
New Victoria Cinema
Newhaven Station
Next
Niddrie
House
Niddrie
Marischal House
Niddrie Mill Sunday School
North British Distillery
North British Hotel
North British Rubber Co
Northern General Hospital
North Merchiston Boys' Club
North Merchiston School
Norton Park School
Norwegian Seamen's Church
Now & Then shop
O
Observatory, Calton Hill
Ocean
Terminal
Oddfellows' Hall
Old Buccleuch Parish School
Old Chain Pier
Old Observatory House
Old Town Fire
Old Town Houses
Old Town Weaving Co.
Omni
Centre
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
Outlook Tower
P
Palace Cinema
Leith
Palace Picture House
Palais de Dance
Palm House
Parcel Depot
Parker's Store
Parsons Green School
Parliament House
Patrick Thomson store
Peacock
Inn
Peffermill School
Peffermill Tin School
Penny Tenement
Pentland
Hills Hotel
Persevere Court
Physicians' Hall
Pied Piper
Piershill Barracks
Pilrig House
PIN Hall, Gilmerton
Playhouse Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
Polton
Farm
Polwarth Parish Church
Poor Clares Convent
Poppy
Factory
Portrait Gallery
Portobello Bathing Pool
Portobello Free Church
Powderhall Refuse Depot
Preston Street School
Prestonfield House
Primark
Prince Albert Buildings
Princes Street Shops
Princes Street Station
Prison
Public
Houses
Q
The Quarter Gill public house
Quayside Mills
Leith
Queen Mary's Bath House
R
Ramsay Garden
Redford Barracks
Redhall House
Reid Memorial Church
Regent Bridge
Regent Murray's House
Register House
Rex Launderette
Ritz Cinema
Robin Chapel
Robin's Nest
Rock
House
Ronaldson's Wharf
Roseburn Armoury
Roseburn House
Ross Bandstand
Ross Fountain
Rotunda
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Botanic Garden
Royal Exchange
Royal High School
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Royal Infirmary
of Edinburgh
Royal Institution
Royal Mile Primary School
Royal
Museum of Scotland
Royal Observatory
Royal Scots Greys Statue
Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Victoria Hospital
Royston Primary School
Rutherford's Lounge Bar
S
Sailors' Home
Leith
St Aidan's Church
St. Andrew's Church
St.
Andrew's House
St. Anthony's Chapel
St. Ann's School
St. Bernard's Well
St. Columba's Hospice
St. Cuthbert's Church
St. Francis' School
St. George's Church
St. George's Chapel
St. George's School
St. George's West
St. Giles' Church
St. Hilda's School
St. James' Centre
St. John's Church
St. Leonard's Engine Shed
St Margaret's Church
Dum'dykes
St Margaret Mary's Church
St Leonard's Parish Church
St. Margaret's Convent
St. Mary Star of the Sea
St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Michael's Church
St. Mungo's Church
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's School
St. Paul's Church
St Leonard's
St. Paul's Church
York Place
St.
Philips Episcopal Church
St. Raphael's Hospital
St. Stephen's Church
Saughton House
Scandinavian Church
Leith
Schools
Scotsman Steps
Scott Monument
Scott Monument views
from ...
The Scottish Gallery
Scottish Executive Office
Scottish Gas Head Office
Scottish Government Office
Scottish Mint
Scottish Natl. Portrait Gallery
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Widows Office
Sculptures
Selex Galileo Factory
Shakespeare Square
Shakespeare Theatre
Sheraton Hotel
Sherriff Court
Shops
Shrubhill
Sick Children's Hospital
Signal Box: Waverley East
Signet Library
Signal Tower Leith
Silvermills Forge
Simon Square Wash House
Sinclair Fountain
SMT Sales & Service
SoCo
Society
South Bank House
South Leith Parish Church
Standard Life
George Street
Standard Life
Lothian Road
Standard Life
Tanfield
State Cinema
Gt Junction St
Statues
Sunset Blvd
Surgeon's Hall
Swanston Cottage
T
Tanfield Hall
Tanfield House
Taylor's Bakery
TEBA Boxing Academy
The Hub
Theatre Royal
Tolbooth
Tolbooth St John's Church
Towerbank School
Trades' Maiden Hospital
Tram
Depots
Trinity
Academy
Trinity College Church
Tron Kirk
Tweedmuir House
Tynecastle
High School
U
United Wire Works
Upper Spylaw Mill
Usher Hall
Usher's Brewery
St Leonard's
V
VA Tech,
Leith
Victoria Bar
Victoria Baths
Victoria Hall
W
Wardie Bay Garage
Wardie Farm
Wardie House
Wardie Hotel
Wardie Lodge
Wardie Parish Church
Warrender Park Road
Watson's Hospital
Wauchope House
Waverley Market
Waverley Station
Waverley Steps
Weir Court
Well Court, Dean
Wells
o' Wearie Cottage
Western General Hospital
Westland Cottages
White Hart Inn
White
Horse Inn
White
House
Public House
William Waugh
Windsor Mansions
Wood's Barber Shop
Woodside Cottage
The Writers' Museum
X Y Z
Younger's Brewery |
A
Abbeyhill
Anchorfield
Arbroath
Arniston
Arthur's Seat
Atholl Crescent Gardens
Auchendinny
B
Balerno
Balgreen
Barnton
Bass Rock
Belhaven Bay
Bellevue
Bingham
Bonnington
Blackford
Blackford
Hill
Blackford Pond
Bonnington
Bonnington
Bridge
Bonnyrigg
Bo'ness
Boswall
Estate
Botanic Garden
Braelangwell House
Braid Hills
Bridgend
Bristo
Square
Broughton
Bruntsfield
Buckstone Farm
Burdiehouse
Burntisland
Buttercup Poultry Farm
C
Calton
Graveyards
Caltongate
Calton
Hill
Cameron
Toll
Canal
Canonmills
Carrington
Caroline
Park
Castle Terrace
Cattle Market
Cemeteries
Chancelot
Park
Church Hill
Coates Gardens
Cockenzie Colinton
Colonies
Comely Bank
Corstorphine
Corstorphine Hill
Craigentinny Craigleith
Quarry
Craiglockhart
Craigmillar
Craigour Cramond
Cramond
Island
Crewe Toll
Currie
D
Dalgety Bay
Dalhousie Castle
Dalkeith Fever Hospital
Dalkeith Railway Station
Dalmeny
Dalry
Davidson's Mains Dean Bridge
Dean Cemetery Dean
Village
Distant Views
of Edinburgh
Duddingston
Duddingston Camp
Dumbiedykes
Dundas
Castle + Estate
Dunbar
Dunfermline
Dunure
Castle
E
Eagle Rock
East
Lothian
East Wemyss
Eastern Cemetery
Echo Bank
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh and
Leith
Edinburgh 'Chinatown'
Edinburgh Closes
Edinburgh Quay
Edinburgh Zoo
Eskbank
Exchange
Exhibition
- 1908
F
Fairmilehead
Festival Square
Figgate
Pond
Firth
of Forth
Fisherrow
Floral Clock
Fort
Kinnaird
Forth
Bridge
Forth
Road Bridge
Forthquarter Park
Forthside
Fountainbridge
G
Galashiels
Gilmerton
Glasgow
Glen
Ogle
Glencorse Reservoir
Glencorse Viaduct
Gogar
Goldenacre
Gorebridge
Gorgie
Gracemount
Grangemouth
Granton
Granton Beach
Granton Harbour
Granton Lighthouse
Granton Middle Pier
Gracemount Graveyards
Greeenbank
Greendykes
Greyfriars' Graveyard
Gullane
H
Harrison
Park
Hawthornden
Haymarket
High
Rise Flats
Hermitage
of Braid
Hopetoun
House
Holy Corner
Holyrood
Holyrood
Park
Hound Point
Holyrood Park
Hyvots Bank
I
Inch
Inch
- Types of Tree
Inchcolm
Inchgarvie
Inchkeith
Inch Park
Inchmickery
Ingliston
Inveraray
Inveresk
Inverkeithing
Inverleith Park
J
Jacob's Ladder
Jewel
Joppa
Juniper
Green
K
Keddie
Gardens
King Geo. V Playing Fields
Kinghorn
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkintilloch
Kirknewton
L
Lasswade
Lathalmond Leith
Leith
Docks
Leith
Harbour
Leith Links
Leith Piers
Lethem Park
Liberton
Linlithgow
Little France
Loanhead
Loch Leven
Lochend
Park
Lochinvar Camp
Lochrin Basin
London Rd Gardens
Longniddry
Longstone
M
Marchmont
Marionville Park
Maybury
Mayfield
Meadowbank
The Meadows
Melrose
Merchiston
Merchiston Tower
Middleton Camp
Moffat
Montrose
Morningside
Mortonhall Estate
Muirhouse
Murrayfield
Musselburgh
Myreside
N
New Calton Cemetery
New Town
Newhaven
Newington
Newtongrange
Niddrie North
Berwick
North Leith Cemetery
North Merchiston
North
Queensferry
O
Old Cattle Market
Old Town
Old
Town Closes
Oxgangs
P Parks
and Gardens
Parsons
Green
Pathhead Viaduct
Peebles
Peffermill
Penicuik
Pennywell
Pentland Hills
Picardy
Piershill
Pilrig
Pilton
Pinkhill
Polton
Farm
Polwarth
Port Edgar
Port Hopetoun
Port Seton Portobello
Powderhall
Princes Street Gardens
Puddockie
Q
Queen Street Gardens
Queensferry
Queen's Park
R
Rannoch Moor
Ratho
Redbraes Park
Restalrig
Rosebank Cemetery
Rosebery Reservoir
Rosebank Ceremony
Roseburn
Rosewell
Roslin Chapel
Rossie Castle
Rosslyn Chapel
Roslyn Castle
Rosyth
Castle
Royal Botanic Garden
Royal
Circus
Royal
Gymnasium
S
St Andrews
St Andrew Square Gardens
St Leonard's
St Leonard's Sidings
St Margaret's Loch
Salisbury Crags
Samson's Ribs
Saughton
Saughton Park
Sciennes Scotland
Seafield
Seton
Sands
Sighthill Silverknowes
'Slidey
Stane'
South Queensferry
Stenhouse
Stirling Stockbridge
Stockbridge Colonies
Stockbridge
'Leafmen'
Stow
Straiton Swanston
T
Tanfield
Tay
Valley
Temple
Tollcross
Trinity
Turnhouse Aerodrome
Tynemouth
U
Union Canal
V
Victoria Park Leith
Viewforth
W X
Wardie
Wardie Bay
Warriston Warriston
Cemetery
Warriston Crematorium
Water of Leith
Waterfront Waverley
Market Waverley
Railway
Waverley Steps
Waverley Valley
Wells
o' Wearie
West End
West
Granton
West Pilton
Wester Coates
Wester
Drylaw
Wester Hailes
Whitehill
Business Centre
Whitehill Hospital
Woodmuir Junction
Y
Yellowcraigs Beach
Z
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Edinburgh Recollections
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14.
Edinburgh at Work
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Acme Farms Dairy
-
W G
Adams: Butcher, Dalkeith
-
Annandale Motors
-
Asa Wass:
rag
and bone man + scrap yard
-
Auto Sales
-
Baker:
Lambert's, Kerr's, Mack's, Crawford's, University
-
Barron's:
rag merchants
-
Bank of
Scotland
-
Baxters
the Butchers
-
Beaverbank industries
- 1940s
-
Beaverbank Motors
-
Ben
Line
-
Beveridge
grocer at Gilmerton - 1950s-60s
-
D Brotchie &
Sons Coal Merchants
-
Broughton Industries
-
Brown
Brothers
-
Bruce Peebles
Engineering Works
-
Buttercup
Dairy Company
-
Caledonian Brewery
- Campbell Harper
photographers
-
Central Edinburgh Shops
-
Central
Garage
Annandale Street
-
E Chalmers & Co
-
Chimney
Sweeps
-
JP Cochrane
-
Colin McAndrew
& Partners
builders
-
Coltart
net works at Granton
-
Co-op
Henderson Street, Leith
-
Cowan's Yard
-
Cox's Glue Works
Gorgie
-
Crawford's Biscuits
Leith
-
Decorating
-
Devlin
trawler owners
-
Drambuie
-
Dunbar &
Co
soft
drinks
-
Duncan's Chocolates
-
Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co
-
East Preston Street
chimney sweeps
-
Edinburgh University
-
Edinburgh Corporation Transport
Buses and City Cars
-
Electrician
-
Ethicon
-
Farm workers
and Wimpey workers
-
Fell & Mathieson
plumbers
-
Ferranti
-
Forth
Bridge
-
Frosts' Furnishing Shop
-
Furness
Withy Leith Docks
-
George Brown & Sons
boatyard
-
George Gibson:
Leith
-
John Glindinning & Sons
- Plumbers
-
George
Greenhill & Son painters
-
George Hunter's coaches:
Loanhead
-
Granton Harbour
- Brown, Blacksmith, WW1
-
Granton Harbour
- T L Devlin, trawler owners
-
Granton Ice Works
-
Hawthorn's Shipbuilders - Leith
-
Haymarket Railway Depot
-
Henry Robb's Ship Yards
Leith
-
Hislop & Day
-
Holyrood Breweries
-
House of Clydesdale
-
Ice Cream Van
-
Ingin
Johnny
-
Jaeger
- Princes Street shop
-
James Bowen & Sons
Garage
-
James Dunbar
Lemonade
-
Jenners
- Princes Street shop
-
John Clephane & Sons
-
John Gibson & Son
Garage
-
W & AK
Johnson
-
A
Kay - trawler owner
-
Kings
of Glasgow
-
Leith Bus Depot
Outings + Parties
-
Leith Co-op Milk Deliveries
-
Leith Docks
early 1900s
-
Leith Nautical College
-
Leith Police
-
Liberton Filtration
Plant
-
Lorimer & Clark's Brewery
-
Lothian Crisp Factory
-
Lothian Region Transport
Signwriting
-
Manclark & Son
tailors
-
Matheson, McLaren & Co
tea and coffee
-
Mat Rooney
26 jobs
-
McKenzie chimney sweep
-
McVities Guest Bakery
-
Meadows Railway Yard
-
Merchiston Motors
-
Miller & Co
Foundry
-
Miler's Wireless
-
Moir & Baxter's garage
-
Murrayfield
Dairy
-
Murray's Cooperage
-
National Bank of Scotland
-
Niddrie Mill Garage
-
North British Distillery
-
North British Rubber Works
-
Onion
Johnny
-
Pentland
Garage
-
Peter Victory
taxis
-
Photographer's Shop
-
Polar Ices
-
Police
-
Projectionists
-
Railways - Brunswick Road Goods Yard
-
Road Works and Steam Rollers
-
Robert
Cresser
-
Royal Blind Asylum
-
St Cuthbert's Co-op
Milk Deliveries
-
St Cuthbert's Co-op Works Dept.
-
St Margaret's Railway Depot
-
Scottish Union / Norwich Union Insurance Co
-
Shades Potato
Merchants
-
Steel Coulson's Brewery
-
T&H Smith
-
SMT
buses
-
SMT Sales & Service
-
Street Sweeping scaffies
-
The Store
(The Co-op including milk deliveries)
-
Thomas Nelson & Sons
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Thomas 'Wingy' Robertson's Yard
Leith
-
Thomson & Porteous
tobacco, snuff, cigarettes, cigars
-
United Wire Works
-
Viewforth Coachworks
-
Waddel's
Pork Butcher
-
Weston's Biscuits
-
Whisky Bond
-
Whytock & Reid
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William Stewart's coaches
Dalkeith
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William Younger Brewery
Holyrood
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Wood Brothers, fish merchants Newhaven
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Young Brothers bakery |
Recent Photos
I like to work in themes.
Here are some of my themes that I've added to the web
site so far:
Here are 3 photos
from my 'Edinburgh at Work' theme, taken in the 1990s:
Burton's Biscuits - 1992
©
Copyright:
Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken 25 May 1992
Cresser's Brush Shop - 1994
© Photograph:
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken: 30 May 1994
Shrubhill Workshops - 1996
©
Copyright:
Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken July 17, 1996
These are some of the other companies that I visited,
while taking my 'Edinburgh at Work' photos:
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A
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|
©
1992
and
1993 |
Anderson's Cooperage
|
Anderson's Cooperage opened in Leith Docks in 1991.
It was a small company employing coopers who had previously
worked for Kinnairds.
The company survived for a few
years. |
|
B
|
©
1992 |
Baker & Clairmount
linotype printers |
In the early 1990, there were only two hot metal printers left in Edinburgh:
- Speedspools (who used monotype equipment)
- Baker & Clairmount (who used linotype equipment.
Both have since closed. |
©
1992 |
Bank of Scotland
money |
I took photos of both Bank of Scotland
(now HBoS) and the Royal Bank of Scotland burning their old
banknotes, withdrawn from circulation in the early 1990s.
Here are the Bank of Scotland photos. |
|
©
1992 |
Brodie,
Hamilton, Melrose
tea and coffee |
Brodie Hamilton Melrose was, an
old-established Leith company that was based at 130 Constitution
Street, Leith.
Around 1994, they moved to new premises at
Dock Street, Leith, trading as 'Brodies' |
|
©
1994 |
Brodies
tea
and coffee |
The workforce of Drysdale and Brodie,
Hamilton, Melrose came together in 1991 following a takeover.
The company moved to new premises in Dock
Street, Leith, around 1994 and traded 'Brodies'.
|
|
©
1992 |
Burton's
Biscuits
|
Burton's Biscuits have a modern factory at Sighthill.
They are the largest manufacturer of
Rich Tea Biscuits in Europe. |
|
©
1990
to
1993 |
Bruce Lindsay Waldie
Coal Merchants |
In the early 1990s, Bruce Lindsay Waldie
had an old coal yard immediately to the west of Haymarket station.
They then moved to larger premises with
more modern equipment beside the railway, off Sir Harry Lauder road
at Portobello. |
|
C
|
 ©1993 |
Café Royal
|
Inside the main bar of the Café Royal
there are some attractive murals of industries, made from tiles.
I believe that these were created for one of the early
exhibitions in Edinburgh, possibly 1886. |
 ©1993 |
Caledonian
Brewery
|
Caledonian is a prize-winning
brewery making traditional ale beside the railway at Slateford. |
© 1996 |
Central
Demolition |
Based at Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire,
but frequently found in Edinburgh. |
©
1991 |
Chapman Inveresk
envelope manufacturers |
Chapman Inveresk works in McDonald Road
produced envelopes until the works closed on December 18,
1991.
At the time of my visit in November 1991,
some of the machinery had already been moved to new premises in
Lanarkshire. |
©
1993 to 1994 |
Chancelot Mill
flour milling
[Leith Docks] |
Chancelot Mill was once a prominent
landmark at Bonnington with a tower and large clock faces.
Around 1970, the mill moved to Western
Harbour, Leith, now part of the Edinburgh Waterfront development
area. |
|
© 1991
to 1996 |
Christmas Tree Warehouse
(Canonmills) |
When Clarks
Stonemasons moved from Canonmills to West Shore Road in 1991,
this left the premises vacant for the next four years.
They were used each December until
1995 to sell Christmas trees.
In 1996, the building was
demolished and Christmas trees were sold from the yard. |
|
© 1991
to 1996 |
George Christie
Building Supplies
(Easter
Road) |
George Christie's, in 1991, had a
large yard of building supplies and two floors of metal workshops
and storage.
The premises had been used previously
by Cowans as a transport yard and stables.
The area has now been redeveloped
as housing. |
|
© 1991 |
Clarks
(Stonecraft) stonemasons at Canonmills |
Clarks
Stonemasons were based at Canonmills until 1991, when they
moved to West Shore Road, Granton, leaving their Canonmills premises
to be used for selling Christmas trees for the next couple of years,
before being demolished. |
|
©
1995 |
Clark
stonemasons
at Granton |
After leaving Canonmills, Clark stonemasons moved to West
Shore Road at Granton - now part of the Edinburgh Waterfront.
David Lindsay Formerly with Clark stonemasons ( I believe) set up
his own stonemasons business beside Clarke at Granton. |
|
©
1992
and
1993 |
Crabbies
Green Ginger wine |
Crabbies Green Ginger wine was made at Great Junction Street,
Leith for many decades until it closed in the 1990s.
I believe that the Crabbies building has now been converted to
housing.
|
|
©
1991
and
1992 |
Craig & Rose
Paint manufacture |
Craig & Rose had a factory making paint, on the west side of
Leith Walk, between Leith and Pilrig.
Their greatest claim to fame was that they manufactured the paint
used for the Forth Bridge for over 100 years.
In the mid-1990s, the company moved to Fife. |
|
 ©
1991
to
2001 |
Robert Cresser
Kippers
Newhaven
|
Robert Cresser, brush makers, were established in 1873
The company had a brush shop in Victoria Street.
The shop closed in the early years of C21. |
|
©
1991
to
1994 |
Croan & Sons
Kippers
Newhaven |
Croan & Sons had a large low kipper factory, close to Newhaven
Fishmarket, where they smoked kippers over a fire of oak
sawdust.
The factory moved in the mid-1990s, further west along the coast
to West Shore Road, Granton. |
|
D
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|
© 1991 |
Duncan's
chocolate factory |
Duncan's chocolate factory moved from
Edinburgh to Bellshill, Lanarkshire, around 1994. I believe that
Duncans is now owned by a company based somewhere around Cumbria.
Jeanette Campbell tells me
that she won a competition in her local newspaper to open the
Duncan's factory at Bellshill, by pressing a button to start the
machinery. She is now looking for a photo of the occasion. If you
know such a photo, please
email me, then I'll pass on the news to Jeanette. |
|
© 1991 |
Drysdale
tea and coffee |
Drysdale was founded in 1878.
When I took these photos in
1991, the company was based at Grove Street, Fountainbridge -
but not for much longer!
|
|
E
|
© 1991 |
Eastern Scottish
bus depot |
Eastern Scottish bus depot was at
New Street, near Waverley Station, until the 1990s.
After
Eastern Scottish moved out, the building has been used as a car
park. The site is now
[2004] due to be redeveloped. |
 © 1992 |
Equine Hoof Care
farrier |
A travelling farrier, here seen
working on a farm near South Queensferry. |
|
F
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|
©
1992 and 1993 |
Forth Bridge 1990s
Painting the bridge |
Some of these photos were taken in 1992 and 1993 when the bridge
was being painted and the track re-laid.
Following major changes in responsibilities for maintenance
of the bridge, I returned to take more photos in 2005.
The 'health and safety' requirements had been considerably
tightened, so I could not repeat the top photo (opposite).
The Forth Rail Bridge is now (in 2005) in
the middle of a 7-year repainting programme. When complete, around
2009, the paint is expected to last for a further 20 years.
|
|
©
2005 |
Forth Bridge 2005
Painting the bridge |
|
H
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|
© 1993 |
Harry Ramsden
Fish Restaurant |
Newhaven Fishmarket, beside the harbour was converted in the
early 1990s to become:
- a smaller fishmarket.
- a Newhaven heritage museum
- a Harry Ramsden restaurant
The restaurant closed after a few years,
and has now become a Loch Fyne restaurant. |
|
© 1992
and
2006 |
J Hewit & Sons
Tannery |
J Hewit & Sons tannery is at Currie,
about 5 miles SW of the centre of Edinburgh.
I believe that Hewit's tannery may have
previously been the premises of Balerno Paper Mill which started in
the 1770s.
Before moving to their premises at Currie
originated at the City Tan Works around 1850 on North Greys and
Morrison Closes between John Knox's house and North Bridge.
The company was still in business in 2006, but had gone, and the
whole site had been flattened by 2013 This web page gives a
potted history of the
company. |
|
J
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|
©
1991 + 2013 |
George Jamieson
Taxidermist
|
George does his taxidermy work from a workshop beside his his home
at Cramond Tower, Cramond, Edinburgh |
|
L
|
|
© 1991
to
2006 |
Charles Laing & Sons
foundry |
This Foundry is one of the few
remaining small industries still operating in the Powderhall
district of Edinburgh.
The company, still a family owned business, was founded in the
1920s. Much of
the company's work, street furniture and railings, can be found
in the streets of Edinburgh. |
|
©
1989 to 1992 |
Leith Docks
Dock Cranes
Dry Docks
Ferries
Royal Navy |
There is now less commercial shipping
activity in Leith Docks than there was a century ago.
Recent increased security measures
have made photography more difficult.
Now, several major new housing
developments are underway around Leith's Western Harbour. |
© 1991
to
2005 |
David Lindsay
stonemasons |
David Lindsay was based at West Shore Road, from
1991 but moved out of the area, probably in the late 1990s, to make way for the
Edinburgh Waterfront developments. He
still works in the stone industry, in Livingston
(2006) but is no longer carving stone. |
|
©
1991
to
2007 |
Lonsdale & Dutch
tinsmiths |
Lonsdale & Dutch is a small tinsmith in a
basement in Edinburgh's New Town.
The company has worked for the National
Trust and has produced a wide range of lanterns. |
|
©
1991 |
Lothian Region Drainage Dept
laying drains |
Here, Lothian Region Water & Drainage Dept
was installing new drainage deep underground close to where the
Edinburgh International Conference Centre now stands in Morrison
Street.
The tunnels were being blasted, drilled
then dug out. They extended for 300 meters underground. |
|
©
1990
to
1996 |
L R T
Lothian Region Transport
now
Lothian Buses |
Edinburgh Corporation became LRT (Lothian Region Transport).
It is now 'Lothian Buses PLC'.
Several of these 1990s photos were taken at the LRT workshops at
Shrubhill, now closed. The site is soon to be used for
housing. |
|
©
1993
to
2002 |
Lothian & Borders
Fire Brigade
|
Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade
now has new fire stations at Tollcross and Newcraighall in
Edinburgh, a far cry from the very small stations in the Edinburgh
suburbs of the early-1900s |
|
M
|
|
 ©
1991
to 2006 |
George Mackay
bowling green bowl maker
|
George Mackay's workshop is
at the foot of Blackfriars Street, near the Cowgate, in the Old Town
of Edinburgh.
It is now run as a
'one-man' business by Ronnie, who has worked for the company for
many years.
So far as I know, it is the only surviving
old workshop in the area. It is one of the few remaining bowls
makers in the world. |
|
 ©
2004 |
Alexander McLennan
blacksmith
|
Alexander McLennan is still in business in 2004, at Powderhall.
Most of
the other industries have now left the area. |
|
© 1992 to
1996 |
Miller
& Co
Foundry
London Road
|
Miller's Foundry established their foundry in London
Road in 1867. It lay
about a 1/4 mile to the west of where Meadowbank Stadium was built.
The foundry closed in 1991 and was
demolished. Meadowbank Retail Park was
built on the site in 1996. |
|
 ©
1993 |
Monktonhall Colliery
coal mine |
My first tour of the mine was in the 1960s,
soon after the mine opened, employing almost 2,000 workers.
In June 1992, operation of the mine passed
to Monktonhall Mineworkers Ltd.
I returned to the mine in 1993 to take some
photos. There were 187 workers. The mine had a 100,000
contract with SSEB that year, but the mine later encountered
problems underground and had to close permanently. |
|
N
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|
 ©
1991
to
1992 |
Newhaven Fishmarket
|
Newhaven Fishmarket, beside Newhaven
Harbour, is still open but only a third the size it was in the early
1990s. |
 © 1991 |
North British Distillery |
The NB Distillery is near Hearts'
football ground at Gorgie.
Their maltings are at Slateford Road
Their cooperage and bonded warehouses are
at Muirhall, West Calder, West Lothian. |
 © 1991
to
2001 |
Northern Lighthouse Board |
Northern Lighthouse Board occupied
premises in West Harbour Road, Granton, with a lighthouse frontage,
until around 2002.
At
the back of the site were workshops and a yard. |
|
R
|
|
©
1991 |
Rank Hovis
Caledonia
Flour Mill
Leith Docks |
Caledonia Mill (owned by Rank Hovis) was an
old mill situated immediately to the north of Chancelot Mill at
Leith Western Harbour.
Caledonia Mill closed on February 8, 1991.
The mill has now been demolished. |
|
©
1991
to
1996 |
James Ritchie & Son
Clock Makers and Edinburgh Clock Winder |
In Edinburgh, James Ritchie & Son had a
shop and watch repair operation at Broughton Street. This has
now moved to Howe Street. The company
also held the contract for winding and repairing Edinburgh's public
clocks.
Repairs of large public clocks were
carried out at the company's works in Livingston, now moved
Broxburn, West Lothian. |
|
© 2002 |
Roadworks |
Workers seen in the streets of Edinburgh. |
|
© 1991
to
1993 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
Burning £1 million of used
banknotes in the furnace at the St Andrew Square Office, Edinburgh.
This practice has now ended! |
|
S
|
©
1991 |
SAI
fertiliser manufacturers |
Scottish Agricultural Industries (SAI) is a
subsidiary of ICI.
In the 1990s, it had a chemical plant at
Leith Docks, along the northern edge of the docks beside the Firth
of Forth, to the east of the harbour entrance, manufacturing
fertilisers.
The plant has now closed and the site has
been cleared.
|
|
Read more:
SAI
background
|
©
1991 |
Saxe Shaw
Artist, tapestry, stained glass worker |
Saxe Shaw studied art in Edinburgh.
He exhibited his paintings in Paris in 1948.
He was probably in his 70s when we met, as he worked at his home
and studio at Howe Street in 1991, shortly before he died.
He told me that he has done some drawing or painting every day
since he was aged 15. |
©
1985 |
Scotmid
milk deliveries |
St
Cuthbert's Co-op (later Scotmid, from 1981, following a merger) delivered milk around Edinburgh by horse-drawn milk
float for 125 years until 1985.
Their dairy
was at Fountainbridge and stables were in Grove Street.
When the
horse-drawn deliveries came to an end, the co-op had 12 Irish
gelding horses. 8 went to good homes and 4 were kept for weddings
and other events. |
©
1991
to
1994 |
Scotmid
coachworks |
Scotmid maintained their own coaches,
coaches for a few individuals, and also the Queen's coaches, the
work being done at the rate of one coach per year, until the work
was completed around 1990. The coachworks closed in the
mid-1990s |
©
1992
to
1993 |
Scottish & Newcastle
brewery |
Scottish & Newcastle's Edinburgh brewery
was at
Fountainbridge, beside the canal.
First, the plant for filling kegs closed around the late 1990s.
Then, the brewery and plant for filling cans on the south side of
Fountainbridge closed in 2005. |
©
1991
to 1994 |
Speedspools
monotype printers |
In the early 1990, there were only two hot metal printers left in Edinburgh:
- Speedspools (who used monotype equipment)
- Baker & Claremont (who used linotype equipment.
Both have since closed. |
|
©
2002 |
Street Views |
Workers seen around the streets of
Edinburgh. |
|
©
1993 |
Standard Life
Assurance Co |
Window cleaners cleaning one of
the three domes on the roof of Tanfield House, a new administrative
office for Standard Life Assurance Company
Tanfield House is close to the
Water of Leith at Canonmills. It was built in 1991. |
©
2013 |
Stark Building Services Joinery |
This was a joinery business at Spylaw Street, Colinton -
one of the few remaining industries still in business in Colinton
when I visited the area in early-2013. |
 ©
1992
to
1993 |
Stevenson & Cheyne (1983) Ltd
Formed as a Management Buy-Out in 1983 |
I visited Stevenson & Cheyne in the
winters of 1991-92 and 1992-93.
The company was then based in an old
engineering works at Bonnington, Edinburgh, close to the Water of
Leith. It was the last remaining large industrial company in
an area that was once a hive of industry.
Soon after my visit, Stevenson &
Cheyne left Bonnington and moved to to Butlerfield
Industrial Estate, Bonnyrigg, close to the Newtongrange Mining
Museum, in Midlothian. |
|
Read more:
Stevenson & Cheyne background
|
|
T |
|
©
1991 |
Tarmac
Quarry
Ravelrig |
This quarry at Ravelrig, between Balerno
and Ratho was still in business and busy when I visited it in 1991.
The quarry at Ratho, nearby had closed down
the previous year, following a breakdown of equipment there |
|
U |
|
©
1991
and
1992 |
United Wire Works
wire weaving |
United Wire Works claims to have origins
dating back to 1825. It opened its factory at Granton Park
Avenue, off
West Granton Road, close to Granton Harbour, in 1925, using the
former
Madelvic Car Factory. It then built more factories in the surrounding
area.
The company is still at the same location
(in 2008), and is still manufacturing wirecloth. |
|
W |
|
|
Waddell's GarageColinton |
|
|
© 1994
to
1996 |
George Waterston
sealing wax works |
George Waterston started to
manufacture sealing wax in the Old Town of Edinburgh in 1752.
The business later moved to
Warriston, and continued with a small workforce in the 1990s.
The business was de-merged in Jun
2003 and was sold outside the family in December 2003 |
|
© 1991
to
1995 |
Whytock & Reid
carpenters |
Whytock & Reid had large premises
close to the Water of Leith near Dean Village, Edinburgh. They
held a Royal Warrant for many generations.
The cabinet making side of the
business ran down gradually in the 2oth century. The company
closed in 2004. |
|
©
2006 |
William Waugh
scrap merchants |
For many years, William Waugh's
scrap yard has occupied land between West Harbour Road and West
Granton Road, close to Granton Square.
This land is
now part of
'Edinburgh Waterfront', a large area earmarked for
development over the next fifteen years.
So Waugh's
Scrap Yard is likely to move out at some stage. |
Edinburgh Transport
Edinburgh
Bus Termini
Route 1
Clermiston
© Copyright:
Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken June 12,
2010
Route
2
Gyle Centre
©
Copyright: Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken May 29, 2007
Route
3
Clovenstone Drive
© Copyright:
Peter Stubbs
Photograph taken June 15,
2010
I also have photos from all the
other termini, but 3 photos should be sufficient for now.
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