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Steam Roller
Edinburgh: Which street? ANSWER: Henderson
Row)
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Fellows. -
If you know who took this photo, please
e-mail me so that I can
contact them.
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Edinburgh Steam Rollers |
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Acknowledgement
Thank you to Mark Fellows, now living in Cornwall, for providing this
photograph of a steam roller in Edinburgh in the 1969.
Mark wrote:
"This steam roller was apparently in the Edinburgh Transport Museum,
that closed in
the 1980s. It also featured in the film: 'The Prime or Pride of Miss
Jean Brodie'."
Mark Fellows, 26 miles from Lands' End, Cornwall:
January 2007
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Where was the photo taken?
The buildings in this photo and the church in the background look quite
distinctive, but I've not yet been able to discover where the photo was
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Answers |
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Initially, there were suggestions that the location of this photo might
be Forrest Road or the foot of Broughton Street. However, it turns
out to be Henderson Row. See below.
- Peter Stubbs: February 14, 2006
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1.
Thank you to Davie Thomson who
wrote:
Henderson Row
"The photo of the steam roller was taken in
Henderson Row
Some of the filming for Miss Jean Brodie was
in Henderson Row, Marcia Blane's school being the building just to the
left of the Edinburgh Academy which, as you say was Donaldson's School for
the Deaf.
Clarence Street was used to accommodate the
crew and actors. Gordon Jackson was seen popping into Clark's Bar in
Dundas Street for his 'refreshments'.
Some of the props used included a single
decker bus from Edinburgh Council and the steam roller. In the photo
it appears to be standing just to the left of Edinburgh Academy, the photo
being taken from the gates."
David Thomson: February 11, 2007 |
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2.
Thank you to Patrick Hutton,
Edinburgh, who wrote:
Henderson Row
"Is
it Hamilton Place/Henderson Row, by any chance? The church was opposite
Edinburgh Academy. It is demolished now, and replaced by sheltered housing"
Patrick Hutton, Edinburgh: February 14, 2007.
NOTE: Message 1 from Davie Thomson had not yet been added
to
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3.
Henderson Row
Davie Thomson and Patrick Hutton are both correct. The location
looks a bit different now. As Patrick says, the church (St Bernard's Davidson Church,
89 Henderson Row) has now been
replaced by sheltered housing. The shop behind the steam roller has
now become a house.
Knowing that the photo of the steam roller was taken during the filming
of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in Edinburgh, we can now date
this photo to 1969.
1969
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The photo below shows the same location in February 2007.
2007
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Peter Stubbs: February 14, 2007 |
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4.
Henderson Row
Thank you to Linda Malcolm who wrote:
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was indeed filmed in Henderson Row in part
of the Edinburgh Academy known as The Donaldson Building.
This was never part of Donaldson’s School for the Deaf which, as you will
no doubt be aware was just past Haymarket at Wester Coates, the building
having been vacated last year (2007) when the school relocated to West
Lothian."
Linda Malcolm: March
3, 2008
Yes, I have more details about Donaldson's school for the Deaf
elsewhere on this web site. Please click on the thumbnail image
below to read more:
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Thank you to Donald Grant for sending me this photo of the same steam
roller, taken in August 2006 at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at
Lathalmond, near Dunfermline, Fife.
2006
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Mark Fellows' Steam Rollers |
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The photograph at the top of
this page has been provided by Mark Fellows. Mark's family owns an old
Edinburgh steam roller, possibly the same roller as appears in the small
photo below.
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