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A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

Dumbiedykes  Photos

Dumbiedykes is on the western edge of Holyrood Park.  Read about the name here.

Streets

H - R

including Survey Photographs  c.1959

and Colour Photographs taken from 1961 onwards

Streets A - G          Streets H - R          Streets S - Z

Map

    Edinburgh and Leith map, 1925 - Dumbiedykes and St Leonard's ©

 

 Heriot Mount

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Washing hanging from the front of the houses in Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Beside the steps leading into Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Clearing the Drains ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Looking down Heriot Mount towards the steps into Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - A room in No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The Barber's Shop in Heriot Mount with a corporation dustcart parked outside. ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The bedroom at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Gran in the bedroom at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - The kitchen at No 5 Heriot Mount ©

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Heriot Mount and Dumbiedykes ©

Heriot Mount Coronation Street Party, Dumbiedykes - 1953 ©
Recollections of Heriot Mount

 

Heriot Mount Steps

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Holyrood Park ©

Dumbiedykes - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Holyrood Park - 2005 ©

View from the back window of No 6 Heriot Mount - around 1950 - Photograph by Wullie Croal ©

Dumbiedykes - Steps leading from Heriot Mount to Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park ©

The steps into Holyrood Park at the end of Heriot Mount. The tenements in Heriot Mount were demolished around the 1960s. ©

 

 Holyrood Road

Photographs of the Dumbiedykes area of Edinburgh by Wullie Croal - mid 20th century ©

 

 Holyrood Road

Demolition of Brewery Buildings

Demolition of brewery buildings in Holyrood Road - 1995 ©

Demolition of brewery buildings in Holyrood Road - 1995 ©

Demolition of brewery buildings in Holyrood Road - 1995 ©

Demolition of brewery buildings in Holyrood Road - 1995 ©

A Memorial plaque on the wall of Younger's Brewery in Holyrood Road - photographed in 1986. The building was demolished in 1995. ©

 

 Holyrood Square

Photograph oh Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, formerly of Dumbiedykes ©

Photograph oh Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, formerly of Dumbiedykes ©

 Photograph of children from Holyrood Square, Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh, provided by Isa Paulin, Cheshire, one of the children in the photo. ©

 

 Lower Viewcraig Row

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Lower Viewcraig Row, with an arrow pointing to Number 65, First Balcony ©

and

Recollections of
 Lower Viewcraig Row

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Playground at the foot of Salisbury Street ©
Dumbiedykes - Lila Keighren on the balcony at Lower Viewcraig Row © Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - The five Keighrens at the merry-go-round in King's Park ©

Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - Wedding ©          Dumbiedykes, Lower Viewcraig Row - Wedding - back of the photo ©

 

Nicolson Street

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Nicholson Street ©

 

The Pleasance

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Pleasance - opposite St John's Hill ©

c.1961-63
Opposite St John's Hall

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Pleasance - Young Brothers, bakers ©

and
Recollections of
Young Brothers' Bakery,
Linton's Workshop and No 132

Photograph of Woodard & Son in the Pleasance, near the top of Arthur Street - photograph taken by Wullie Croal ©

Near the top of Arthur Street

Pleasance - Demolition, around 1960 ©

c.1960
Demolition

The backs of the buildings in

The Pleasance

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Waste ground behind The Pleasance ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Waste ground behind the Pleasance ©

Recent photographs of

The Pleasance

Edinburgh University Buildings, The Pleasance, Edinburgh - December 2007 ©

Edinburgh University Buildings, The Pleasance, Edinburgh - December 2007 ©

Looking down the Pleasance towards Holyrood Road and St Mary Street ©

The Flodden Wall and Police Box on the corner of Drummond Street and Pleasance - December 2007 ©

Edinburgh University Buildings on the eastern side of the Pleasance - December 2007 ©

 Looking down the Pleasance towards Holyrood Road and St Mary Street ©

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

Deaconess Hospital, Pleasance - July 2008 ©

The Pleasance - August 2008 ©

 

From a collection of 1920s photographs of St Leonard's District

The Pleasance

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 6

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 14

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 14 left

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo  - 14 right

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 15

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 15 left

St Leonards - 1920s ©

Photo - 22

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 left

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 centre

St Leonard's District - 1920s ©

Photo - 22 right

 

Prince Albert Buildings

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings ©

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings - Frontage ©

and recollections

 Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prince Albert Buildings - South Entry ©

   

Prospect Place

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

 Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Prospect Terrce - Laing Grocers ©

   

Prospect Street

and St Margaret's Church

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Place ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

 

Prospect Terrace

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street ©

Dumbiedykes Survey Photograph - 1959 - Prospect Street and St Margaret's Church ©

Photographs of Dumbiedykes around 1961-63 - Prospect Terrce - Laing Grocers ©

 

 

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EdinPhoto - Home Page      Please send me an e-mail ... with your questions, comments, suggestions or news.      At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.            At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.

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.

A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

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