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Marine Gardens Pleasure Park was constructed at
Seafield, Portobello in 1909, using many of the buildings that had formed
the Scottish National Exhibition at Saughton Park in
1908.
Marine Gardens were on the site now occupied by
Lothian Buses' Portobello bus depot, close to the junction of Seafield
Road East and King's Road.
Marine Gardens had:
- Alfresco Theatre
- an industrial hall
- a large ballroom, used also for roller
skating
- a scenic railway
- a rustic mill with water wheel
- a motor cycle race track
On one occasion, Leith Athletic played Celtic at
Marine Park, in front of 21,000 fans.
Many of the buildings in Marine Gardens were
taken over by the military in 1914 as billets. Most of the Marine Gardens
attractions never re-opened when the war ended in 1919.
The ballroom and speedway track survived until
the start of the Second World War in 1939. They were converted into
a factory in during the war and never reopened after the war in 1945.
They were finally demolished in 1966.
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