Clock at the Highland Tollbooth Church

Tolbooth St John's Church

The Old Church

I passed through what remained of the Tolbooth St Giles church in 1992, with Dougie Belam, the Edinburgh the clock winder from James Ritchie & Son, on his was to the high ladder in the area behind the altar.

When this photo was taken, the church had been out of use for almost ten years.

The Ladder

Here is the ladder we climbed to reach the clock. I doubt that it would comply with today's health and safety requirements!

I photographed the ladder in colour, then converted it to black and white and sepia. The sepia photo looks similar to the original colour photo.

The Clock

Here is the clock, found in complete darkness through the trap door at the top of the ladder. The clock winder used a torch to wind the clock. I used flash on the camera to take the photo, then waited until the film was processed to see where we had been!