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Where is it? Is this a bottling plant in Edinburgh? Please keep scrolling down this page to find the answer to this question. |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
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Thank you to Winnie Lisowski for sending this photo to me. Winnie wrote: |
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Portobello 1947? "I'm not sure where about in Edinburgh this photo was taken. We think think it may be Portobello in 1947. My husband is the child in this photo. He was born there in 1945. Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland: February 6, 2012 |
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Where is it? This looks like a busy scene, but where is it? The three company names on the buildings in the background may help to identify this location. They are: - John Skinner - Watsons - John Adam & Sons (?) - with a restaurant beneath. There also appears to be a post office in the foreground on the tight. I've looked in old editions of the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories and found companies with these names, but not all at the same location. Here's what I found:
I don't recognise the location. Perhaps the photo was not taken in Edinburgh. If you can suggest where this photo might have been taken, please email me. Thank you. Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: February 11, 2012 |
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Reply 1. Harry Gilbert Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Harry who wrote: |
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Stirling "Could this picture have been taken in Stirling?" Harry Gilbert, Edinburgh: February 11, 2012 |
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Stirling? Hi Harry: Yes, the family may well have been visiting Stirling. It certainly looks like a fairly busy location somewhere, and I don't recognise the scene as being Edinburgh. Perhaps others with a better knowledge of Stirling will comment. Harry Gilbert, Edinburgh: February 11, 2012 |
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Reply 2. Harry Gilbert Edinburgh |
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I asked Harry if he could tell me a little more about why he believed that this photo had been taken in Stirling. He replied: |
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Stirling "The scene seemed vaguely familiar to me.
I've
now looked on Google Maps at Maxwell Place, Stirling. The left hand
side going downhill seems to match the architecture in Harry Gilbert, Edinburgh: February 11, 2012 |
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Reply 3. Winnie Lisowski Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
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Winnie Lisowski, who provided the photo at the top of this page, wrote: |
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Stirling "It's fantastic getting such a quick reply. Yes, Stirling is definitely possible as my husband's mother came from Sauchie which isn't far from Stirling. Thank you, Harry for providing this information. The mystery is solved at last." Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland: February 11, 2012 |
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Reply 4. Sheila Dickson |
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Thank you to Sheila Dickson for writing to confirm that the photo at the top of this page was taken in Stirling, and for also providing a Google Streetview image of the same location below. Please see below. I've reproduced the Google Streetview image in colour, and have also converted it to sepia to match the early photo. |
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Sheila wrote: Murray Place Stirling "This photo of the 2 ladies holding the little boy's hand would have been taken just outside the Post Office at Murray Place, Stirling. Check out the windows in the background against those on the Google Earth photos below. The road in the background is Maxwell Place. Sheila Dickson: October 20, 2012 |
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NOTE I usually restrict the EdinPhoto web site to matters relating to Edinburgh. However, this photo was added to the site in the belief that it might have been taken in Edinburgh, so I've left it on the site, even though it turns out to be Stirling. - Peter Stubbs\: Oct 20, 2012 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Sepia 2012
© Google, This page has been taken from the Google Earth web site with acknowledgement to Sheila Dickson Colour 2012
© Google, This page has been taken from the Google Earth web site with acknowledgement to Sheila Dickson |
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Reply 5. Allan Dodds Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
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Thank you to Allan Dodds who added. |
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Around 1940 "The fashions in this photo would have been 1940ish" Allan Dodds, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: October 21, 2012 |
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Reply 6. Don Laurence Tillicoutry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland |
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Thank you to Don Laurence for also for replying, also identifying the location of this photo as Stirling. Don wrote: |
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Stirling "This looks very like corner of Maxwell Place and Barnton Street in Stirling. The Post Office was there and there is a sign for the Post Office in the photo." Don Laurence, Clackmannanshire, Scotland: June 11, 2014 (2 emails++)
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Reply 7. Winnie Lisowski Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
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Winnie Lisowski , who sent the picture at the top of this page, has now written again thanking contributors for their messages above. Winnie wrote: |
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Stirling 1947 "Allan Dodds' is spot on, in his Reply 5 above, in saying that the fashions in this photo are 1940s. The photo was taken in 1947. My husband was born 1945 and looks approx 18months to 2 years old in this photo. He stayed in Sauchie in Alloa at that time." Thank You "We appreciate all the help we got in tracking where this photo was taken, as it was always a mystery to us. Thats what great about this website. Everyone is so helpful." Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |