King George V

Playing Fields

South of Eyre Place, Canonmills, Edinburgh

 

Royal Patent Gymnasium

19th Century

Advertisement for the Royal Patent Gymnasium, 1867

Advertisement for the Royal Patent Gymnasium, 1867

1867

Advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1868 - Royal Patent Gymnasium, Royal Crescent Park ©

1868

Advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1869 - Royal Patent Gymnasium, Royal Crescent Park ©

1869

Advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1870 - Royal Patent Gymnasium, Royal Crescent Park ©

1870

Advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1871 - Royal Patent Gymnasium, Royal Crescent Park ©

1871

Advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1877 - Royal Patent Gymnasium, Royal Crescent Park ©

1877

 

Coal Yard THEN Children's Playground

20th Century

Railways in North Edinburgh - Scotland Street Coal Yard ©

Scotland Street Coal Yard

Railways in North Edinburgh - Scotland Street Coal Yard, converted to a children's playground ©

Scotland Street Coal Yard
converted to children's playground

 

Standard Life Strollers

21st Century

Standard Life Strollers and their guide Karen MacCormick stop at King George V Playing Fields on their walk around Canonmills and Silvermills - February 2011 ©

2011

Historic Walk around Canonmills and Silvermills

and brief history of King George V Playing Fields

 

 

 

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