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Gracemount

SE Edinbrugh

 

1950s

Gracemount Secondary School - Christmas Decorations, 1958 ©

Gracemount Secondary School
Christmas Decorations, 1958

Gracemount Secondary School - Christmas Party Group, 1959 ©

Gracemount Secondary School
Christmas Party Group, 1959

 

2009

Balmwell Restaurant, Gracemount ©

Balmwell

Balmwell Restaurant, Gracemount - St Catherine's Well in the grounds ©

Balm Well of
 St Catherine

Gatehouse to Balmwell Restaurant and the grounds containing St Catherine's Balm Well ©

Gatehouse to Bramwell Restaurant and the Bram Well of St Catherine
Garvald Court, Gracemount - High rise flats, 2009 - soon to be demolished ©

High Rise Flats
Garvald Court

 Garvald Court, Gracemount - High rise flats, 2009 - soon to be demolished ©

High Rise Flats
Garvald Court

 Fala Court and Soutra Court, Gracemount - High rise flats, 2009 - soon to be demolished ©

High Rise Flats
Fala Court and Soutra Court

 

One Day before the Demolition of the Gracemount Flats

October 24, 2009

In all the photos below, the high rise flats are named, left to right

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Fala Court
Soutra Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Liberton Hospital
Fala Court
Soutra Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Scots Pine
Telegraph Pole
Soutra Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Soutra Court (in background)
Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Fala Court
Garvald Court (in background)
Soutra Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Fala Court
Garvald Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Lifestyle Shop
Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Supersave Shop
Fala Court
Lifestyle Shop

Gracemoun tHigh Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Lifestyle Shop
Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Fala Court (part)
Soutra Court
Children's Playground

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Children's Playground

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Fala Court
Children's Playground

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Soutra Court
St Katherine's Crescent

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Soutra Court (almost hidden)
Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Fala Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Garvald Court
Fala Court
Soutra Court (behind the trees)

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Liberton Hospital
Fala Court
Soutra Court

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Soutra Court
Children's Swings

Gracemount High Rise Flats, SE Edinburgh - October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

Fala Court
 Soutra Court

Demolition Day  -   Gracemount Flats

October 25, 2009

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

95 minutes
before demolition

 Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

90 minutes
before demolition

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

20 minutes
before demolition

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition Time

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +5 seconds

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +9 seconds

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +11 seconds

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +13 seconds

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +15 seconds

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

Demolition +90 seconds
Going Home

 

Demolition of the Gracemount Flats

Photos taken by Janice McGrath

October 25, 2009

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

Before Demolition

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

Demolition 1

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

Demolition 2

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

Demolition 3

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

Demolition 4

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh - Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

After Demolition

 

Google Earth Images

Google Earth - Liberton and Gracemount ©

Aerial View

High Rise Flats

Liberton and Gracemount

Google Earth - Liberton and Gracemount ©

Aerial View

High Rise Flats

Liberton and Gracemount

 

Recollections

 Photos - Around Edinburgh

 

 

Links to Other Pages

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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