Buildings - Where is it?

Glass Plates and Slides + Large Format Negatives

Section 1.

Glass Plates

Images 1 to 4 below are from a collection of glass negatives that were found in 2004.

Some of the negatives in this collection show groups of girls around Randolph Square and Randolph Gardens, Edinburgh, but where were the four photos below taken?

QUESTION:

Is this shelter in Whim Road, at the top of Gullane Hill.

ANSWER:

2003

It may be on Gullane Hill. Here is a digital photo of the Whim Road shelter taken in 2003.

The shelter in the earlier photo appears to be taller, but opinions differ as to whether or not both photos are likely be of the same building.

Thanks to:

William Crossan
Colin Sinclair.
Helen Szafer
Neil Lawrence

QUESTION:

Is this shelter in Whim Road, at the top of Gullane Hill.

ANSWER:

2003

Yes. Here is a recent digital photo of the same building taken in 2003

Thanks to:

William Crossan
Colin Sinclair.

QUESTION:

Where is this?

ANSWER

The building in the old photo has features similar to Kingston House, but it's not Kingston House.

Thanks to:

Arthur Sutherland
Archie Young
Simon Capaldi
Cliff Cairns

QUESTION:

Where is this?

ANSWER:

Don't know

Possibly Warriston Cemetery

Thanks to:

Arthur Sutherland
Archie Young

Section 2.

Large Format Negatives and Glass Plates

Nos 5 to 19 below all come from a different collection. There are 15 photos (all from either whole-plate glass slides or whole-plate negatives) of locations in the Southside/St Leonard's area of Edinburgh.

All the locations were unknown when I added these photos to the web site. Now only one of the locations has still to be identified.

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St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 3 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

Richmond Lane

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 4 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

South Richmond Street

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 5 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

Simon Square

Thanks to:

John Hadden
Neil Lawrence

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 7 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

South Richmond Street

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 8 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

East Crosscauseway

Thanks to:

Phil Wilson

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 9 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

Carnegie Street

Thanks to:

John Hadden

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 11 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

South Richmond Street

Thanks to:

John Hadden
Neil Lawrence

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 12 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

East Crosscauseway

This photo was taken on
Monday August 31, 1927

Thanks to:

Bob Henderson

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 13 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

Between St Patrick's Street
and Cowan Close

Thanks to:

Lyndsay Montgomery
John Hadden

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 16 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

East Crosscauseway

Thanks to:

John Hadden
Neil Lawrence

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 17 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

Simon Square

Thanks to:

John Hadden
Neil Lawrence

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 19 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

Don't know.

Possibly Dalrymple Place

Thanks to:

Lyndsay Montgomery
Andy Duff

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 20 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWER:

South Richmond Street

Thanks to:

Lyndsay Montgomery
John Hadden

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 21 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

Simon Square
and Gibb's Entry

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay

St Leonard's / South Side

Photo 23 from a collection of 23

Where was this photo taken?

ANSWERS:

Simon Square
and Gibb's Entry

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay
John Hadden
David Curran
Neil Lawrence
Julie Buchanan

Section 3.

Lantern Slides

Here is a collection of lantern slides. All come from the same source. These slides once belonged to Edinburgh Public Health Dept. They are 3.25in x 3.25in (black + white positives)

John Stirling, who rescued these slides from being dumped in 1974 points out that they are almost all are of Edinburgh and none are of Leith, which suggests that they were likely to have been taken some time before the amalgamation of Edinburgh and Leith in 1920.

Most of the slides are untitled. A few have small 'AH Baird' labels on them.

In his advertisements, AH Baird described himself as:

- 1901-40: Optical Limelight Lanternist + Photographic Dealer

- 1920-23: Enlarger

- 1926-28: Developer and Printer

QUESTION:

This photo of railings, stairs and an arch comes from a collection of glass plates that John Stirling rescued from being dumped in 1974.

Where and when was this photo taken?

ANSWER

Don't know

Possibly somewhere near West Port

Thanks to:

John Stirling
John Hadden
Tony Ivanov
Bryan Gourlay
Neil Lawrence
Bob Henderson
Danny Callaghan
Sean Conlon
Kyle Armstrong
Vikki Kerr
Anne Morrison
David Thomson
Terry McGuire
Allan Dodds
Frank Ferri

QUESTION:

This photograph of Weinberg's furniture shop comes from a collection of glass plates that John Stirling rescued from being dumped in 1974.

Where and when was this photo taken?

ANSWER

85 St Mary's Street, on the corner of St Mary's Street and Cowgate.

Photo taken between 1911 and 1916.

Thanks to:

John Stirling
Liz Miller
Bryan Gourlay
Richard Stenlake
Bob Henderson

QUESTION:

This photo of a row of shops including E Kane, Hairdresser, comes a collection of glass plates that John Stirling rescued from being dumped in 1974.

Where and when was this photo taken?

ANSWER

76-82 Morrison Street, on the north side of Morrison Street.

Photo taken between 1909 and 1920

Thanks to:

John Stirling
Richard Stenlake

QUESTION:

This is one of two photos of bowling. Does anybody recognise the bowling green and houses behind?

ANSWER

Craigmillar Park Bowling Club

The house with ivy in the background is 41 Craigmillar Road.

Thanks to:

John J Hadden

QUESTION:

This is one of two photos of bowling. Does anybody recognise the bowling green, the houses behind or the flag?

ANSWER

Craigmillar Park Bowling Club

The house with ivy in the background is 47 Craigmillar Road.

Thanks to:

John J Hadden

Four Children on the Beach - Where is it?

QUESTION:

Do you recognise yourself in this photo. If so, can you tell me where it was taken.

Was it at North Berwick, with the Bass Rock in the background?

ANSWER

Don't know

Several suggestions have been made for which island is in the background - The Bass Rock, Craigleith Island, Fidra, and locations in the West of Scotland

No conclusion has been reached yet reached yet, but the most likely location suggested so far seems to be Belhaven Bay at Dunbar, with the Bass Rock in the background.

Thanks to:

Walter Lyle Hume
David Bain
Bryan Gourlay
Archie Foley
Bob Henderson
Bill Fulton
David Anderson

QUESTION:

Do you recognise where this photograph of a large group of children sailing model yachts might have been taken.

It may be the northern shore of the pond in Inverleith Park, before the trees were planted at the top of the hill in the background.

ANSWER

The boats are on the northern shore of the pond in Inverleith Park, North Edinburgh

Thanks to:

Danny Callaghan
Walter Lyle Hume
Douglas Beith
Archie Foley

QUESTION:

Do you recognise who this shot putter is, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

There is a pavilion and some high poles in the background that may be recognisable.

ANSWER

Craiglockhart Sports Fields

The Edinburgh University Playing Fields at the top of Craiglockhart Terrace (what is now Watson’s Craiglockhart Pitches) on the south side of the railway line.

Thanks to:

John Gray
Neil Lawrence
Peter Rankin

QUESTION:

Do you recognise this high jumper is, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

There is a pavilion in the background that may be recognisable.

ANSWER

Craiglockhart Sports Fields

The Edinburgh University Playing Fields at the top of Craiglockhart Terrace (what is now Watson’s Craiglockhart Pitches) on the south side of the railway line.

Thanks to:

Neil Lawrence
Bryan Gourlay
Jonathan Sheach

Rowing on the Union Canal beside the Edinburgh University Boat Club boathouse at Meggetland, Edinburgh

QUESTION:

Do you recognise these rowers are, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

Is it on the Union Canal? What are the two buildings on the bank in the background?

ANSWER

Union Canal at Meggetland

The boat houses are now used by Watson's and Heriot's Boat Clubs. The nearest boat house was previously used by Edinburgh University Boat Club.

Thanks to:

Bob Henderson
Neil Lawrence
Danny Callaghan
John Hadden
Ben

Ladies Racing - Edinburgh University Playing Fields, Myreside

QUESTION:

Do you recognise these girl sprinters are, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

There is a pavilion and some high poles in the background that may be recognisable.

ANSWER

Craiglockhart Sports Fields

This photo was taken at the old Edinburgh University Playing Fields, on the south side of the South Suburban railway line at Myreside.

These playing fields have now become, Craiglockhart Sports fields, part of the school sports grounds for George Watson's College.

The pavilion is in Craiglockhart Terrace. Here is a photo of the same pavilion taken in 2009:

Thanks to:

Neil Lawrence

Jonathan Sheach

QUESTION:

Do you recognise which rugby teams these are, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

Is that Arthur's Seat, with the housing along the northern edge of Queen's Park in the background?

ANSWER

This rugby match was being played on the University Playing Fields at East Suffolk Road

This view looks from the SW towards Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags. The houses beyond the rugby pitch are the tenements in Dalkeith Road.

Thanks to:

Bob Henderson
Bryan Gourlay
Jim Cairns
Neil Lawrence
Dougie Bryce
John Hadden
Irene Cordier

QUESTION:

Do you recognise these cricketers or the pavilion.

See also 33 below, if you wish to zoom-out and see more of the ground.

ANSWER

The photo is of Calton Cricket Team playing at Calton Cricket Ground in Grange Loan.

Thanks to:

Bob Sinclair
Archie Young
Hugh Parker

QUESTION:

Do you recognise this cricket ground?

See also 32 above, if you wish to zoom-in and have a better look at the players.

ANSWER

The photo is of Calton Cricket Team playing at Calton Cricket Ground in Grange Loan.

Thanks to:

Bob Sinclair
Archie Young
Hugh Parker

Putting - Who? When? Where? - Answer: City Hospital, Edinburgh

QUESTION:

Do you recognise this golf club house?

Can you suggest when the photo may have been taken?

ANSWER

It's not a golf club house.
It's the City Hospital, Edinburgh.

The sport is not golf. It's putting!

Thanks to:

Danny Callaghan
Liz Miler
John Hadden

QUESTION:

Do you know when and where this photo of the long-jumper may have been taken?

Some of the other photos from this collection were taken at the Edinburgh University Playing Fields at Myreside

ANSWER

This photo was taken at the old Edinburgh University Playing Fields, on the south side of the South Suburban railway line at Myreside.

These playing fields have now become part of the school sports grounds for George Watson's College.

The hill in the background is where Napier University is now.

Thanks to:

Graeme Kerr

QUESTION:

Do you know when and where this photo of the start of a men's race may have been taken?

Some of the other photos from this collection were taken at the Edinburgh University Playing Fields at Myreside

ANSWER

Don't know

The Finish of a Race - Who? When? Where?

QUESTION:

Do you know when and where this photo of the end of a men's race may have been taken?

Some of the other photos from this collection were taken at the Edinburgh University Playing Fields at Myreside

ANSWER

Don't know

This is the end of a race at Myreside Field. One of the Craighouse buildings can just be seen in the top-left corner of this photo.

John Wishart

The Start of a Road Race - Who? When? Where?

QUESTION:

Do you know when and where this photo of what appears to be the start of a road race may have been taken?

The shop behind them may help to identify the location, and possibly the period.

ANSWER

The race appears to be starting
in front of No 43 Ratcliffe Terrace

Thanks to:

Bob Henderson
Sally Hunter

QUESTION:

Do you know what group of sportsmen (of different ages) this might be? The emblems on their top may help to identify them.

When might this photo have been taken? The poster in the background might help.

ANSWERS

1. LOCATION

Don't know

2. DATE

The photo may have been taken at 27-29 Radcliffe Terrace, just up the road from where the race started, outside No. 43.

The year may well have been 1910, 1921 or 1927.

Thanks to:

John Hadden

Rowing Boat at the Shore - Who? When? Where?

QUESTION:

What is this group of rowers, and where are they?

They are arriving at or leaving the shore, maybe somewhere on the Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh.

ANSWER

This photo was taken as the boat was leaving the beach at Portobello. The coast of East Lothian is just visible in the background.

Here are a couple more photos of similar boats, both taken at Portobello, the first in the early-1900s and the second in 1955.

Thanks to:

David King
Archie Foley
Tom Forsyth
George Neilson

Girls Gargling
in a Large Store

QUESTION:

Where and when was this photo taken?

It may be connected to h the Spanish Flu outbreak that spread across the world and lasted from 1918 to 1920.

ANSWER

Don't know

Thanks to:

Bob Henderson
Danny Callaghan

Tramway Employees being inoculated against influenza

QUESTION:

Where and when was this photo taken?

It may be connected to h the Spanish Flu outbreak that spread across the world and lasted from 1918 to 1920.

ANSWER

Don't know

Thanks to:

Liz Miller
John Ballantyne

A tug of war competition at Edinburgh University Sports Fields at Myreside - Probably some time between 1910 and 1930

QUESTION:

Do you recognise these girl sprinters are, or can you suggest where this photo might have been taken?

There is a pavilion and some high poles in the background that may be recognisable.

ANSWER

Craiglockhart Sports Fields

This photo was taken at the old Edinburgh University Playing Fields, on the south side of the South Suburban railway line at Myreside.

These playing fields have now become, Craiglockhart Sports fields, part of the school sports grounds for George Watson's College.

Thanks to:

Jonathan Sheach

Railway Photographs

The railway photos 1, 2 and 3 below were provided by Archie Foley of Portobello. Archie has acquired collection of old negatives of railway and travel negatives and is attempting to trace the photographer.

Coal Board Locomotive No 13.

Where? When?

ANSWER

Woodburn Junction

Between 1950 and 1957

Thanks to Patrick Hutton

Where was this railway photo
taken in the 1950s?

ANSWER

Beside Shotts Golf Course

Thanks to:

Walter Anderson
Patrick Hutton
Francis A Dalrymple Hamilton
David Briggs
Grahame Hood
Walter Anderson
Fergus Moffat
David Bain
Mick Sullivan
Richard Neal
Robert Fleming

Where were these ten railway cleaners photographed?

ANSWER

Craigentinny

Thanks to Sandy Maclean

Where were these six railway
workers photographed?

ANSWER

Don't know

Thanks to:

Scottish Dave
Danny Callaghan

Where was this photo of a shunter standing beside loco 61407 taken?

ANSWER

Don't know

Thanks for the comments so far from:

Mick Sullivan

Where and when was this accident?

ANSWER

Smeaton Colliery, Dalkeith
October 9, 1958

Thanks to:

Walter Anderson
Patrick Hutton
Rodney Marshall
John Wilson

Where was this photograph
taken on Victoria Day 1948?

ANSWER

Granton Middle Pier

Thanks to:

Patrick Hutton
Walter Lyle Hume
Ian McInnes

This photograph was taken at Edinburgh's Waverley Station,
but what was the occasion?

ANSWER

Probably a troop train
in the mid-1930s

Thanks to:

John Hadden
Patrick Hutton
Douglas Beath
Andrew Daniel
Simon Batchelor
Alan MacFarland

'Hal o' the Wynd' Where?

ANSWER

Possibly late 1940s.
Eastfield, Glasgow

Thanks to:

Patrick Hutton
Steve Chalmers

Railways and industry Where?

ANSWER

Shrubhill

Thanks to Patrick Hutton

Is this Leith?

ANSWER

No. It's Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

Thanks to:

Walter Lyle Hume
Patrick Hutton
Phil Wilson
Richard Hollingworth
Ian Lindsay

Is this Joppa Signal Box?

ANSWER

No. It's Portobello East.

Thanks to:

Alan Grieve
Ian Young

This photo looks down on Waverley Station from the Scott Monument. When is the photo likely to have been taken?

ANSWER

Early-1950s

Thanks to:

Phil Wilson
Patrick Hutton
Eric Gold

Here is Stephen McMahon's grandfather standing beside the Telegraph & Post Office, outside an LNER station, probably in the 1930s.

Where might this photo have been taken? See also, 15 below

ANSWER

Ballater, Aberdeenshire

Thanks to:

Murdo Macrae
Stephen McMahon

Here is Stephen McMahon's grandmother standing beside the Telegraph & Post Office, outside an LNER station, probably in the 1930s.

Where might this photo have been taken? See also, 14 above.

ANSWER

Ballater, Aberdeenshire

Thanks to:

Murdo Macrae
Stephen McMahon

Here is a photo of loco No 49, Gordon Highlander, on the Roslin line. When is this photo likely to have been taken?

ANSWER

October 16, 1965

Thanks to:

Colin Dawson

Was this photograph of the North British Railway engine taken at Inveresk in East Lothian?

ANSWER

This photo was taken at Musselburgh Station, East Lothian.

Thanks to:

Ian Hay
Graham Strachan

Photograph of a train at Granton, taken in 1958 - Where was this photo taken?

Where might this photo have been taken? I believe it was probably somewhere near West Harbour Road or West Shore Road, Granton.

ANSWER

The photo was taken near the crossing over West Shore Road, close to the shore end of Granton Western Breakwater.

Thanks to:

Neil Lawrence
Walter Lyle Hume
Douglas Beath

Here is an unusual subject for a cabinet portrait. Where and when might if have been taken? Please click on the thumbnail image above to read more about it.

ANSWER

Don't know

Thanks for the comments so far from:

Phil Wild
David Bain
David King
Euan Cameron

Other Transport

Trawler
What trawler is this? Where is it?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Car
What make of car is this?

ANSWER

'Straker Squire'

Thanks to:

Bryan Gourlay
-John Hadden
Douglas Glass
Engel Nelson
Mike Budd

Daimler

Where is this car?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Transporting Esparto Grass

This photo of esparto grass being transported, probably from Granton Harbour to one of the paper mills, was taken around the 1950s. Where was it taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Transporting Esparto Grass

This photo of esparto grass being transported, probably from Granton Harbour to one of the paper mills, was taken around the 1950s. Where was it taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Horse and Cart

This is a photograph from the collection of the family of Horatio Ross. Where and when was this photo taken?

ANSWER

'Braelangwell Distillery,
Black Isle, Ross-shire,
Scotland.'

Thanks to:

Jonathan Mitchell

Coach and Horses

Where and when was this photo taken? The station on the left may be a clue.

ANSWER

'Dalkeith Station'

'March 29, 1929'

Thanks to:

Stuart Guild

Bob Henderson

Matt Rooney

John Hadden

Rab Leishman

Helen Szafer

Transformer from Bruce Peebles

Here, the transformer was being transported to Portobello Power Station in 1952.

Where was the photo taken?

ANSWER

'Near the foot of Leith Walk'

Thanks to:

John Hadden

Walter Lyle Hume

Brian Swanney

Steve Chambers

Bob Henderson

Forbes Wilson

Patrick Hutton

Harry Jones

Harry Hunter

Sylvia Dawson

Nicola Woodburn

Here is a carte de visite photo by Portobello photographers Kyles & Law. The photo was probably taken in the mid-1860s.

Where might it have been taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Thanks to:

Archie Young

John Gray

Archie Foley

©,

This photo comes from Charles McKean's Promenade Studio, Portobello.

When did this studio operate, and do you know anything about the model of cycle in this photo?

ANSWER

This machine looks like a modernized 1890s mount, set up for hard road riding.

The photo was probably taken in the early years of the 20th century.

Thanks to:

David Gordon

Nicholas Oddy

The fishing boat 'Gratitude' (LH28) was registered at Leith, Edinburgh, but where was it when this photo was taken?

ANSWER

Whitby

Thanks to:

Forbes Wilson

Walter Lyle Hume

John Stevenson

Walter Anderson

Peter Nisbet

Paul Malin

John Dickson

Where might this photo have been taken? The sender thought it might be somewhere around Edinburgh, possibly around 1928. There is an advert for an aquarium on the boat.

I don't recognise the location.

ANSWER

Don't know.

This photo comes from the Edinburgh Street Light Unit collection, held by Edinburgh City Archives.

When and where might this accident have happened. Was it, perhaps somewhere in Edinburgh Old Town, around the 1940s?

ANSWER

Outside Queensberry House, 64 Canongate, Edinburgh, on December 26, 1946.

Thanks to:

- Ian Scott

- Benzyl

- Edinburgh City Archive

Here is a photo of an Edinburgh Corporation steam roller with its driver and other workers.

When and where might this photo have been taken?

ANSWER

Possibly Fettes Avenue

Thanks to:

- Margaret Elliot

- Mark Fellows

- 'Benzyl'

- Ian Young

Where might this photo of the barrow box have been taken?

The photo was taken around 1933.

ANSWER

Westland Cottages on the corner of Ravenscroft Street and Ravenscroft Place, Gilmerton

Thanks to:

- David Bain

- Brian Gourlay

- Jimmy Cunningham

- Jimmy White

See also: comments

What type of car is this. The photo was taken in Comiston Road. The same car was also photographed in Gilmerton Road.

ANSWER

Don't know. Rover, Morris and Wolesley (all about 1937) have been suggested.

Thanks to:

- Brian Alexander

- Colin Schubert

- Ronnie Elder

- Allan Dodds

- John Dickson

People and Groups

Outing

A group of adults on an outing

ANSWER

Lothianbridge Viaduct
near Newtongrange

Thanks to

- Archie Young

- Joe McGuigan

- Simon Capaldi

- Bob Henderson

- Matt Rooney

- Donald Grant

- Phil Wilson

- Graeme Kerr

- Bobby Grierson

- Tommy Pearson

- Graham Maxwell

- Simon Capaldi

Outing

A group of children on an outing

School

A school class, probably at Drummond Street School

ANSWER

Don't know.

Group

Four men with clay pipes and drinks.

Where were they, and when?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Paintings

What is known of William Crooke's paintings?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Cabinet Print

by William Halkett, Portobello

Where is it?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Early Photo

1. When was it taken?
2. Are they boys or girls?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Shooting Competition

Somewhere near Edinburgh? Where is it?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Robertson Brothers

Where and when was this photo taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Dumbiedykes Children

mid-1950s - where?

ANSWER

The corner of Dumbiedykes Road and Dumbiedykes Lane

Thanks to Jean Rae

Dumbiedykes Children

mid-1950s - where?

ANSWER

The corner of Dumbiedykes Road and Dumbiedykes Lane

Thanks to Jean Rae

Children

Which school?
Photograph taken where?

ANSWER

Some from Trinity Academy.

Photograph taken at
6 Craighall Crescent

Thanks to:

Stephen McMahon
Walter Lyle Hume

Studio Portrait

Possibly from a Glasgow or Durham studio

Do you know where and when this might have ben taken. There may be clues in the scenery in the photo or in the style of the Cabinet Print mount?

ANSWER

Don't know.

School Class

Around 1925

Which school is this? It's likely to be somewhere around Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

ANSWER

Stockbridge School

Thanks to:

Liz Gatley

c1937

Edinburgh Workers

Which company might these workers have been working for?

ANSWER

Don't know.

5 boys

This photo may have been taken in the 1970s or 1980s. Where was it taken? The slope of the street may give a clue.

ANSWER

Wardrop's Court
off the Royal Mile
Edinburgh

Thanks to:

Alan Monk
George Smith
Ben

Here is a postcard titled 'OSO Edinburgh 1927'. The photo was taken in either Coates Crescent or Atholl Crescent, but what does 'OSO' stand for.

There have been suggestions that there might have some connection with Ordnance Survey or Overseas Officers

ANSWER

Ordnance Survey

Their office is in the background of this photo.

Photo taken at gardens in Claremont Crescent.

Thanks to:

Richard Torrance
John Hadden

Here is a photo, cabinet print size, produced by Photo Company, 5a Annandale St., Edinburgh.

A number 123 has been chalked on the fence. Do you know where and when this photo might have been taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Photograph by Moffat - Is this of a well known person

Do you recognise any of the men in these cartes de visite from the studio of John Moffat?

The men may be well known, possibly having connections with the University of Edinburgh

ANSWER

Don't know.

Can you suggest where these photos of coopers might have been taken?

They were sent to me by David Bain who tells me that his dad, Tom Bain, is the man wearing the trilby. Who are the other men.

Where and when was this photo taken? It may have been at McLachlan's coopers in the 1950s.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Where might this 1865 photograph of Gayfield Square School for Girls have been taken?

ANSWER

Hillside Crescent Gardens.

Thanks to:

Gary Gray
Ben
Danny Callaghan
Bryan Gourlay

Here is a photograph of a class at an Edinburgh school. Which school is it? One of the pupils in this photo subsequently attended Moray House Secondary School in the 1930s.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Where and when might this photo have been taken? There may be some clues in the background. Who is the man in the photo?

ANSWER

Don't know.

What is known about this photograph of a cart belonging to Mansons of Granton, sellers of fruit and fresh flowers? When might the photo have been taken, and who are the men in the photo?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Thanks for comment from:

Ronnie Elder

When might this photograph of a Pipe Major in the Gordon Highlanders have been taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

When might this photograph of a Pipe Major in the Gordon Highlanders have been taken?

ANSWER

Don't know.

When and where was this photo taken?

Were the boys marching down Castle Hill from Edinburgh Castle?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Where was this Boys' Brigade photo taken and when? There are some clues in the background.

- What was the occasion?

- Who is in the car?

- What is the make and model of car?

ANSWER

Don't know.

Where was this photo taken? It was presumably on the Firth of Forth as that looks like the Bass Rock in the background.

ANSWER

Bellhaven Bay, Dunbar

Thanks to:

Walter Lyle Hume
David Bain
Bryan Gourlay
Archie Foley
Bob Henderson

This is one of three photos (31, 32, 33) taken somewhere in Edinburgh on Coronation Day, June 2, 1953.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or the houses in the background? If you do, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Stenhouse

Thanks to:

Graham Carlin

This is one of three photos (31, 32, 33) taken somewhere in Edinburgh on Coronation Day, June 2, 1953.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or the houses in the background? If you do, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Stenhouse

Thanks to:

Alastair Rankine
Neil Lawrence
Graham Carlin

This is one of three photos (31, 32, 33) taken somewhere in Edinburgh on Coronation Day, June 2, 1953.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or the houses in the background? If you do, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Carrick Knowe
probably with Corstorphine Hill in the background

Thanks to:

Neil Lawrence
Graham Callum
Nigel Baxter

Here is a photo of a group outing. The photo was taken in Broughton Place.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or can suggest which group this might be or when the photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Ministers, Leaders, Workers, Helpers and Choir Members associated with Broughton Place Church.

Thanks to:

Neil Baxter
Allan Dodds
Les Braby

Here is a photo of a group outing. The photo was taken in Cumberland Street.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or can suggest which group this might be or when the photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Here is a photo of a group outing. The photo was taken in Dean Street.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or can suggest which group this might be or when the photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Here is a photo of a group outing. The photo was taken in Madeira Street.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or can suggest which group this might be or when the photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Here is a photo of a group outing. The photo was taken outside the McEwan Hall.

Do you recognise any of the people in this photo, or can suggest which group this might be or when the photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you.

ANSWER

Don't know.

Here is a photo of a group of workers standing in front of a banner for Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, 65 Canongate, Edinburgh.

Where and when might this photo have been taken?

ANSWER

Possibly at the
Royal Highland Show

Thanks to:

- John Hadden

Where might this photo have been taken? The sender thought it might be somewhere around Edinburgh, possibly around 1928. There is a Bermaline Bread sign prominent in this photo, and a tram whose destination cannot be read.

I don't recognise the location

ANSWER

Don't know. Possibly Dunfermline.

Thanks to:

- Michael Keightley
- Peter Rivet

St Leonard's Lane, looking west, near the junction with St Leonard's Hill

I believe that this photo was taken somewhere in the St Leonard's district.

Does anybody know exactly where it was taken?

ANSWER

St Leonard's Lane, looking W towards St Leonard's Street.

Thanks to:

- James Morton Robertson
- Graham Carlin
- Bryan Gourlay
- John J Hadden
- Christina McDonald
- John Preece
- James A Rafferty
- Dick Martin
- Alastair Henderson
- Robert Jamieson
- A Pringle

I believe that this photo would have been taken around the late-C19.

It was sent to me by Keith Grant who asks if the team might be either Edinburgh Academicals or Edinburgh Wanderers.

ANSWER

Possibly
Edinburgh Academicals or Edinburgh Wanderers

Thanks to:

- Keith Grant

Places

Old petrol pump, near Loch Alsh

Where exactly was it?

ANSWER

Ardelve, Invernessshire, Scotland

Eilean Donan Castle is in the background

Thanks to:

Dugald Ross,
Ellishadder,
Isle of Skye

Postcard

Is this somewhere in North Edinburgh?

The card was posted in Yorkshire, but was published by a the photographer TP Lugton whose studio was at Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

ANSWER

It is Kimmerghame House, one of the houses owned by Fettes College.

It was built in 1873 and demolished in 1969.

The address is 6 Moredun Crescent, situated between Craigleith Poorhouse (now the Western General Hospital) and Fettes College.

Thanks to:

Neil Lawrence

Postcard

When and where was this photograph taken? Is this in or near Portobello?

The photo is by Lees Photographers, 23 Bath Street, Portobello.

ANSWER

It may be one of the shops on the ground floor of Marlborough Mansions on Portobello Promenade or the sweet shop at the top of Bath Street

Thanks to:

Richard Torrence
Archie Foley
Margaret Headley

Family Photo

Does anybody recognise the location?

The photo was taken in 1960. When I originally added it to the web site, I described it as being of the back green behind Craigmillar Castle Terrace.

ANSWER

Craigmillar Castle Gardens

Thanks to:

Ralph Maltman
Andy Hall
Bob Henderson
Sandra Grieve

Children with Flags

Does anybody recognise the location?

This photograph was probably taken during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Edinburgh following the Queen's Coronation in 1953.

ANSWER

The former Midlothian County Buildings, George IV Bridge

Thanks to:

Eric Gold
Bob Henderson
Terry Cox
Jim Cairns

Cullen & Co,
Fruitier and Confectioner

I believe that this photo was probably taken around the 1920s. The shop number is 20, but which street is it in?

ANSWER

20 Broughton Street

Thanks to:

John Smith
Sarah Gordon

Portobello

Here is a cabinet print by Portobello photographers William Halkett. The photo was probably taken around 1900.

Where might it have been taken?

ANSWER

Jock's Lodge Toll House

Thanks to:

Gordon Mackenzie

Lee Kindness

St Leonard's

This photo may have been taken somewhere around Dumbiedykes or St Leonard's. Do you recognise the location?

ANSWER

Looking west along St Leonard's Lane, near the junction with St Leonard's Hill

Thanks to:

James Morton-Robertson
Graham Carlin
Bryan Gourlay
John Hadden
Christa McDonald
John Preece
James A Rafferty
Bryan Gourlay
Dick Martin
Alistair Henderson
Robert Jamieson

Fishing

Where was this photo taken? The photo is of Alan Raeburn and his three brothers pm a fishing trip, probably somewhere in Edinburgh in the 1950s.

Alan lived at 5 West Pilton Crossway

ANSWER

Duddingston Loch

Thanks to:

Walter Bisset

Leith Provident Co-op

Where was this photo taken? The photo was taken in the 1960s. The Police Box and branch of Leith Provident Co-op in the background may help to determine the location.

ANSWER

Henderson Street, Leith?

Thanks to:

John Gray

West Pilton

This photo was taken somewhere near West Pilton Crossway. Do you recognise which houses these are in the background?

ANSWER

Don't know.

West Pilton

This photo was taken somewhere near West Pilton Crossway. Do you recognise which houses these are in the background?

ANSWER

West Pilton Park

Thanks to:

Yvonne Cain

Alan Raeburn

Harbour

Do you recognise the harbour in this painting by Charles Wallace?

It may be near Edinburgh, or it may be a composite from several locations or a view from the artist's imagination!

ANSWER

Don't know.

Thanks for the comments so far from:

Joh Stevenson

Eric Gold

Old Town Close or Court

Thank you to Al Lorentzen, Inverness, Illinois, USA for sending me this photo, taken in the 1970s. Al asks if this is Riddle's Court or Fisher's Close.

ANSWER

Looking SE across James' Court to 477b Lawnmarket

Thanks for the comments so far from:

Al Lorentzen

Richard Torrance

Tony Ivanov

Jim Cairns

Benzyl

Graham Ferguson

Bob Henderson

Neil Lawrence