Around Edinburgh

Gilmerton

Once a village about 4 miles SE of the centre of Edinburgh  -  Now part of Edinburgh.

 

INDEX

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Coal Pit

Drum Street

Etchings and Engravings

Gilmerton Road  Street Lighting

Housing Subsidence 2000

Industrial School

Newtoft Street including Anderson Shelters

PIN Hall

Police Box

Postcards and Old Photos

Postcard  Gilmerton Village, Perthshire

Primary School now Community Centre

Ravenscroft Street  Westland Cottages

Recollections

Coal Pit

Gilmerton Coal Pit  -  The last remaining building ©

Gilmerton Coal Pit
The last remaining building

Gilmerton Coal Pit and the route home to Gilmerton ©

Gilmerton Coal Pit
and the route home

Drum Street

   Looking NWup Drum Street, Gilmerton  -  2008 ©

2008

Mechanic Arms

Looking NW up Drum Street, Gilmerton  -  2008 ©

2008

Mechanic Arms

Claudia's Cafe, Drum Street, Gilmerton - formerly Gilmerton Police Station ©

2008

Claudia's Café
formerly Gilmerton Police Station

   Looknig NW down Drum Street towards the centre of Gilmerton - 2011  -  Gardener's Arms ©

2011

Gardener's Arms

Looknig NW down Drum Street towards the centre of Gilmerton - 2011  -  Two buses ©

2011

Buses

Etchings and Engravings

Looking to the NW up Drum Street, Gilmerton, around 1850 ©

Etching

Drum Street  -  looking NW

Engraving of Gilmerton Quarry - 1780 ©

Engraving

Gilmerton Quarry

Gilmerton Road

Street Lighting

    Gilmerton Road  -  Street lighting at night ©

1937

    Gilmerton Road  -  Street lighting at night ©

1937

Housing Subsidence

2000

Gilmerton house, hit by subsidence November/December 2000 © Gilmerton house, hit by subsidence November/December 2000 ©
Gilmerton houses, hit by subsidence November/December 2000 © Gilmerton houses, hit by subsidence November/December 2000 ©

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Industrial School

formerly Gilmerton Industrial School  -  What is it now? ©

 

Newtoft Street

18-24

Formerly a convalescent home

Gilmerton,  18-24 Newtoft Street, formerly a convalescent home ©

2007

Gilmerton,  18-24 Newtoft Street, formerly a convalescent home ©

2007

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Gilmerton Convalescent Homes ©

1920s

Braid House

Now used by Edinburgh Social Work Dept)

Gilmerton,  Braid House, Newtoft Street ©

2007

Anderson Shelters in Back Gardens

Anderson Shelters in Back Gardens at Newtoft Street, Gilmerton  -  2011 ©

2011

Anderson Shelters in Back Gardens at Newtoft Street, Gilmerton  -  2011 ©

2011

PIN Hall

Junior Friendly Society Hall

The PIN Hall, Gilmerton ©

Plaque on the wall of the PIN Hall, Gilmerton ©

Police Box Photos

Near the corner of Drum Street and Newtoft Street

Gilmerton Road  -   Police Box near the corner of Newtoft Street ©

2008

©

2008

Police Station and Jail

Gilmerton Road

The former Police Station and Jail on Gilmerton Road ©

late-1960s

 

Postcards and Old Photos

Albany Series postcard  -  Gilmerton Cross Roads  -  Posted 1906 ©

Drum Street

zoom-in (left)

Albany Series postcard  -  Gilmerton Cross Roads  -  Posted 1906 ©

Drum Street - looking NW

whole picture

Albany Series postcard  -  Gilmerton Cross Roads  -  Posted 1906 ©

Drum Street

zoom-in (right)

   Postcard by J R Russell, Edinburgh (JRRE)  -  Guknertib Village Cross Roads ©

Drum Street - looking NW

Caledonia Series Postcard  -  Gilmerton Cross Roads  -  posted 1917 ©

Gilmerton - Main Street

An old photograph of Gilmerton  -  Looking SE down Drum Street ©

Drum Street  -  looking SE

Postcard

Gilmerton Village  -  Perthshire

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Gilmerton Village ©

Gilmerton - but not Edinburgh!

Primary School

now Community Centre

Gilmerton Primary School © Gilmerton Primary School © Gilmerton Primary School ©

Ravenscroft Street

   Photo of a barrow box and 4 children, taken around 1933.  Where might this photo have been taken? ©

1933

Westland Cottages

Westland Cottages, Ravenscroft Street - 2011 ©

2011

Westland Cottages

Westland Cottages, Ravenscroft Street - 2011 ©

2011

Westland Cottages

Westland Cottages, Ravenscroft Street - 2011 ©

2011

Westland Cottages

Westland Cottages, Ravenscroft Street - 2011 ©

2011

Westland Cottages

Shops

The Henniker Family Shop ©

Henniker Family Shop

Recollections

   Jimmy white, his  brother and sister  -  Gilmerton, around 1950 ©

Prefab houses at Gilmerton around 1950 ©

Anderson Shelter at Gilmerton ©

St Cuthbert's Flesher's Dept horse-drawn van at Gilmerton ©

Photo of a barrow box and 4 children, taken around 1933.  Where might this photo have been taken? ©

 

Gilmerton Bus Terminus

Late-1950s

Sighthill Bus Terminus, beside the canal at Calder Road  -  When might htis photo have been taken? ©

 

Gilmerton Web Site

Please click on the link below:

-  to read an account of the history of the village of Edinburgh

-  to see an old photograph of Main Street, Gilmerton.

The link should take you to a page on the web site of South Edinburgh Community Network.  The comments on Gilmerton are from Villages of Edinburgh, an illustrated guide, Vol 2 by the Edinburgh author, Malcolm Cant.

 

  

 

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