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Coronation Party  1953

The Balconies,  Dumbiedykes Road

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Coronation Party - Dumbiedykes Road, The Balconies - 1953 - Key to photograph

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jean Rae, Southside, Edinburgh

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Coronation Party  1953

Thank you to Jean Rae for sending me this photograph of a Coronation Party for Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and for recognising many of the people in the photo.

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Queen Elizabeth II (on a banner)

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Danny Fraser

1

Elizabeth Bottomley

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Davie Tuff

2

 

26

Tommy Aithie

3

Frances Bell, (now Allan)

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Charlie Bottomley

4

 

28

Christine McCutcheon

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May Lindsay

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30

Graham Jack or Tommy? Amos

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Betty Henderson

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Vivien Aikman

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Irene Lindsay  Betty Brown

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Helen Jack

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Ronald Brown

33

Elizabeth Bell (now Sproat)

10

Molly Nelson

34

Gordon Tuff Curran

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35

Peter Bottomley

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36

Alison Fraser

13

Sheila Clark

37

Jennifer Tuff Tough

14

Sadie Nelson

38

Chrissie Halliday

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Jean Aithie

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Maureen Graham

16

Mrs Tuff Katherine or Kathleen Neil

 beside 39

Linda Graham

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Margaret Nelson Clark

40

John Bell

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Helen Urquhart

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42

George McCutcheon

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43

May Sibbald

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Gordon Tuff

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George McCutcheon

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Christine Smart

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James Frazer

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Gordon Graham

 

Thank you for providing the Names

1.  Thank you to Jean Rae (nee Aithie), near top-right corner in this picture, for identifying all the people coloured purple on the above list.. 

2.  Thank you also to Maureen Mitchell (nee Graham), on the bottom row of the picture, for providing more names  -  those coloured red in the list above, including her brother at the bottom right corner.

3.  Thank you to Sheila Cull (nee Clark), born at 50 Dumbiedykes Road in 1940, who emigrated to Australia in 1965, for providing the names coloured blue on the list.

4.  Thank you to Liz Sproat (nee Bell), Duddingston/Portobello, Edinburgh, whose family lived at 50 Dumbiedykes Road , for providing the names coloured green on the list.  Liz (No 33) has an older sister (No 3) and a younger brother (No 40).

Liz tells me:

-   No 36 is Alison Fraser who lived at 42 Dumbiedykes.
Alison's brother, Peter, became an actor.

-  No 30 is one of the Amos boys who lived on the Big Green, possibly Thomas.

The Big Green, seen from the greens in front of 'The Balconies', Dumbiedykes Road ©

 

 

 

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Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

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