Photography by

Ally McGurk

and

Thomas M McGurk

 

Lothian Road

The top of Lothian Road - 1959 ©

Lothian Road approaching the West End of Princes Street - 1959 ©

Lothian Road and the old Goods Yard - 1959 ©

The Top of Lothian Road - 1959 ©

 

The Mound

 Last trams up The Mound - 1956 ©

 

Princes Street

Buses heading west along Princes Street - June 1956 ©

Buses in Princes Street - June 1956 ©

Princes Street, looking west from near the Castle Street junction - 1959 ©

Looking west along Princes Street from the East End - 1959 ©

Looking west along Princes Street from close to the Scott Monument ©

Princes Street, looking west from near the Frederick Street junction- 1959 ©

 Looking to the west along Princes Street towards the Royal Scots Greys statue - 1959 ©

 looking down on Princes Street and the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle - 1950s ©

Jenners' Department Store - 1962 ©

 

Portobello Open Air Bathing Pool

Portobello Open Air Bathing Pool - 1960 ©

 

Views from Edinburgh Castle

looking down on Princes Street and the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle - 1950s ©

Looking to the SE from Edinburgh Castle, over Edinburgh Old Town towards Arthur's Seat - around 1960 ©

 

Warrender Park Road

The junction of Warrender Park Road and Whitehouse Loan, in the snow - around the 1960s ©

John Codona, one man band, in Warrender Park Road - 1950s or early-1960s ©

 John Codona, one man band, in Warrender Park Road - early 1960s ©

 

Ally McGurk and Thomas M McGurk

Thank you to Ally McGurk, NW Cumbria, England, for allowing me to reproduce the photographs above, taken by Ally and her farther Thomas M McGurk.  More photos of Edinburgh from the 1950s onwards, taken by Ally and her father can be found on the Flickr web site

 

Photographers

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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