49 Carrick Knowe Hill

Edinburgh

 

Photo 1

1953

Coronation Party

Photo taken on Coronation Day - June 2, 1953  -  Large Group  -  Where?

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Nigel Baxter, Boston, Lincolnshire, England                                      Photographer not known

 

Photo 2

2012

Google Earth View

49 Carrick Knowe Hill - location of the Coronation Party photo taken in 1953

 ©  Google,  This page has been taken from the Google Earth web site,
 with acknowledgement to Alistair Adams for providing this photo.

 

Reply

A

49 Carrick Knowe Hill

Photo 1

When I added Photo 1 - a photograph of a Coronation Party in 1953 - to the web site,  I asked if anybody knew any of the people in this photo or knew where the photo might have been taken.

Photo 2

Thank you to Alistair Adams for coming up with the answer and providing this image of what appears to be the same house, though somewhat modified.

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Reply

B

Danny Callaghan

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

I thought the discussion of Photo 1 above might have come to an end when I received Photo 2 -  the Google Earth picture of 49 Carrick Knowe Hill.

However, Danny Callaghan now raises two questions about photo 1:

Danny wrote:

 

Not 1953

"I believe that Photo 1 would not have been taken in 1953.  The windows are still taped to stop the glass shattering during bomb raids.

I would guess that it was taken during an 'End of War' party in 1945."

Not 9 Carrick Knowe Hill

"I don't believe that the house in Photo 1 is 49 Carrick Knowe Hill.

I'm sure that the houses behind in the Google view (Photo 2) would also show in Photo 1 if Photo 1 was a photo of  49 Carrick Knowe Hill.  However, I agree that the hill in the background could be Corstorphine Hill.

 Could Photo 1 perhaps be a photo of Carrick Knowe Drive, as this would not have had houses behind?  However the trees around the school now hide the hill.

Or could Photo 1 perhaps have been taken on one of the other Mactaggart & Mickel developments around Edinburgh, such as Colinton Mains?"

 

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