Groups

Other Clubs

AND

Organisations

i.e.  other than Sports Clubs

 

Abbey Church

Cub Pack

©

134th?

Edinburgh & Waverley Pack

©

134th?

Edinburgh & Waverley Pack  -  Orchestra

 

Abbeyhill Baptist Church

Members

Members of Abbeyhill Baptist Church at a Carnival in Waverley Market, around 1955 ©

Around 1955

Waverley Market Carnival

 

Afton

School of Ballroom Dancing

Afton, Central School of Ballroom Dancing, Edinbburgh - Around 1958 ©

Around 1958

Afton

 

Altar Boys

Sacred Heart Church

Altar Boys at Sacred Heart Church, around 1952 ©

Around 1952

Altar Boys

 

near

Balerno

Boys' Home or Orphanage

Boys at a Boys' Home or Orphanage near Balerno, visited by Airmen from USAF Base at Kirknewton at Christmas 1963 or 1964 ©

Christmas 1963 or 1964

Visit from USAF Airmen

Boys' Brigade

Leith Boys' Brigade Battalion

and Leith Boys' Brigade Companies

The Captain

A J Letham, Captain of 1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company from 1905 until 1928 ©

A J Lethem

Captain 1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company (1905-28)

Inspections

Boys' Brigade, 1st LeithCompany  -  Before Annual Inspection, 1906 ©

1906

1st Leith Company

Before Annual Battalion Inspection

Boys' Brigade, 1st LeithCompany  -  Before Annual Inspection, 1913 ©

1913

1st Leith Company

Before Annual Battalion Inspection

Boys' Brigade  -  1st Leith Co at Battalion Inspection in Victoria Park, 1908 ©

April 1908

1st Leith Company at Battalion Inspection

Victoria Park

Boys' Brigade  -  1st Leith Co at Battalion Inspection in Victoria Park, 1909 ©

May 1909

1st Leith Company at  Battalion Inspection

Victoria Park

Boys' Brigade Inspection, 1917 ©

1917

Boys' Brigade Inspection

Victoria Park

Boys' Brigade Inspection, 1917 ©

1917

Leith Boys' Brigade Inspection

by Brigadier-General E Morton

Boys' Brigade Inspection, 1917 ©

1917

1st Leith Boys' Brigade

and Statue in Victoria Park

Boys' Brigade, 1st Leith Company  -  Fallen-in Before Annual Inspection, 1914 ©

1914

1st Leith Boys' Brigade

Fallen-in before Battalion Inspection

   Leith 6th Battalion Running Team  -  c.1953-54 ©

Running Team, early-1950s

6th Leith Battalion

Boys' Brigade  -  7th Leith Co at Battalion Inspection in Victoria Park, 1916 ©

1916

Battalion Inspection - March past in Colum

7th Leith Battalion

This photo may have been taken in Glasgow at the 50th Jubilee of the Boys' Brigade in 1933 ©

1933?

50th Jubilee of Boys' Brigade?

8th Leith Battalion

10th Leith Boys' Brigade - Battalion Colours ©

1920

10th Leith Boys' Brigade

Battalion Colours

Boys' Brigade Parade in Chancelot Park, now Lethem Park, Ferry Road  -  1930s? ©

1930s?

Boys' Brigade Parade at Chancelot Park
now Lethem Park, Ferry Road

Boys' Brigade Parade in Chancelot Park, now Lethem Park, Ferry Road  -  1930s ©

1930s?

Boys' Brigade Parade at Chancelot Park
now Lethem Park, Ferry Road - with horse

1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company march passes under the railway bridge near the foot of Leith Walk ©

1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company
Parade passes under Railway Bridge
near the foot of Leith Walk

1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company marching through Leith Docks ©

1st Leith Boys' Brigade Company
marching through Leith Docks

Camping

Boys Brigade, 1st Leith Company  -  Ready for the journey back from camp ©

Around 1921?

1st Leith Company

Ready for the Journey Home

Returning from Camp, around 1920  -  Cycles and Cart ©

Around 1920

Returning from Camp - Cycles + Cart

Leith Boys' Brigade  -  Cyclists at Cloan Farm Company Camp  -  July 1919 ©

July 1919

Cyclists at Cloan Farm Camp

Boys' Brigade, 3rd Leith Company  -  Camp Canteen ©

3rd Leith Company

Camp Canteen

Sports and Recreation

1st Leith Boys' Brigade  -  Football Team, 1937-38 ©

1937-38

1st Leith Boys Brigade
Football Team

©

1913

Leith Battalion
Football Team

1st Leith Boys' Brigade  -  Water Polo Team, 1916-17 ©

1st Leith Boys' Brigade
Water Polo 1916-17

1st Leith Boys' Brigade  -  Fundraising snooker tournament, 1982 ©

1st Leith Boys' Brigade
Snooker 1982

1st Leith Boys' Brigade Swimmers  -  Winners of the Goalen Cup, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1917-18 ©

1918

1st Leith Boys Brigade
Swimming Team

Boys' Brigade  -  Leith Battalion Football Team, 1913  -  Match Result:  Leith 3, Edinburgh 2

1913

Boys' Brigade Leith Battalion
Football Team

Boys' Brigade  -  Hand-Bell Team, 1922 ©

April 1922

Hand-Bell Team

3rd Leith Boys' Brigade  -  Pipe Band ©

3rd Leith Boys' Brigade

Pipe Band

    3rd Leith Boys' Brigade Football Team  -  around 1910 ©

Around 1910

3rd Leith Boys' Brigade

Football Team

 

Boys' Brigade

Other Companies

43rd Boys' Brigade Company, Barnton - May 24, 1911 ©

1911

43rd Edinburgh Company

Boys Brigade, 46th Edinburgh Company on a camp at Lilliesleaf - around 1946 ©

Around 1946

46th Edinburgh Company

Around Edinburgh  -  49th Edinburgh Boys' Brigade Company , 1905-06  -  Where was this photograph taken? ©

1905-1906

49th Edinburgh Boys' Brigade

Where is this?

Around Edinburgh  49th Edinburgh Boys' Brigade photograph  -  Where was this photogarph taken? ©

1907

49th Edinburgh Boys' Brigade
The Old Cemetery, Lasswade

   Portobello Boys' Brigade  -  Old Boys' Band, 1921 ©

1921

Portobello Boys' Brigade

Old Boys' Band

    Boys' Brigade, 48th Company  -  Photo taken around 1954 ©

c.1954

48th Edinburgh
Boys' Brigade Company

 

Boys' Brigade

Photos on the walls of the Leith Battalion Pavilion at Ferry Road, Leith

Three Boys' Brigade photos, hanging on the staircase of the Leith Boys' Brigade Batallion HQ at The Pavilion, Ferry Road, Leith ©

Who?  Where?  When?

Three Photos on the Staircase

A photograph of AJ Letham, hanging on the staircase of the Leith Boys' Brigade Batallion HQ at The Pavilion, Ferry Road, Leith ©

When?

Photo of AJ Letham on the Staircase

A photograph hanging on the staircase of the Leith Boys' Brigade Batallion HQ at The Pavilion, Ferry Road, Leith  -  Boys' Brigade Marching   -  Who?  When?  Where? ©

Who?  Where?  When?

Boys' Brigade marching

A photograph hanging on the staircase of the Leith Boys' Brigade Batallion HQ at The Pavilion, Ferry Road, Leith  -  Boys' Brigade Members and an Old Car   -  Who?  When?  Where?  And what model of car? ©

Who?  Where?  When?
And what model of car?

Boys' Brigade and Old Car

 

Boys' Brigade

Drummer from Davidson's Mains Pipe Band

    Jimmy Little, a member of Davidson's Mains Pipe Band, in his front garden at 33 Pennywell DFrive in 1950/51 ©

1950-51

Jimmy Little

 

Broughton Place Church

Scout Troupe

Group Outing  -  Broughton Place.  Do you know which group this was and when the photo might have been taken? ©

Around 1955-58

Broughton Place Church

Broughton Place Church Scout Troupe, around 1961 ©

Around 1961

Broughton Place Church Scouts

 

Canongate Girls' Club

Canongate Girls' Club  -  around 1958 ©

Around 1958

Canongate Girls' Club

 

Canongate Scouts

   Canongate Scouts  -  1950s ©

1950s

Canongate Scouts

Photos of Church Outings (and possibly Pub Outings)  from the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s

Church Outings

Do you know which groups these are?

Group Outing  -  Cumberland Street.  Do you know which group this was and when the photo might have been taken? ©

Cumberland Street

Group Outing  -  Dean Street.  Do you know which group this was and when the photo might have been taken? ©

Dean Street

Group Outing  -  Madeira Street.  Do you know which group this was and when the photo might have been taken? ©

Madeira Street

Group Outing  -  Usher Hall.  Do you know which group this was and when the photo might have been taken? ©

McEwan Hall

 

Cockburn Association

Kenneth Williamson tells a group from the Cockburn Association about the history of Granton Gas Works Station.  This photo was taken from the lower level of the building, standing on one of the old platforms ©

2011

Granton Gas Works Station Visit

 

Dumbiedykes Bowling Club

Dumbiedykes Bowling Club, around 1920s ©

Around 1920s

Dumbiedykes Bowling Club

 

Edinburgh & Waverley Cubs

©

134th?

Edinburgh & Waverley Pack

©

134th?

Edinburgh & Waverley Pack  -  Orchestra

 

Edinburgh Direct Aid

Seven of the workers, packing goods for refugees in Syria take a short lunch brea at the Edinburgh Direct Aid warehouse, 16a West Harbour Road, Granton ©

December 2013

Workers at Granton  -  Packages for Syria

 

Gilmerton

Presentation of Prizes, 1954  -   Gilmerton Homing Club  -  Jimmy White, his father and other pigeon fanciers ©

1954

Gilmerton - Homing Club

143rd Gilmerton Scout Group ©

1968

143rd Gilmerton Scouts

    Outing from Newhaven - probably the Newhaven Church Guild ©

Gilmerton Soup Kitchen

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls, a tap and ballet class held in a wooden hut on  St John's Hill, off Holyrood Road ©

1937

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls

Children and Staff from Gilmerton Children's Home  -  Early-1900s ©

Early 1900s

Children's Home

 

Girls

Are they Girl Guides?

Postcard Portrait from Morrison's Studio  -  A group of girls.  Who are they? ©

Postcard:  Morrison's Studio

The back of a Postcard Portrait from Morrison's Studio  -  A group of girls.  Who are they? ©

Postcard Back:  Morrison's Studio

 

Granton Methodist Club

Methodist Youth Club, Granton, Edinburgh - Around 1950 ©

Around 1950

Granton Methodist Club

Members of the Methodist Youth Club at Granton, Edinburgh, visit tthe Albert Hall for Scottish Country Dancing  -  1950s ©

1950s

Visit to Albert Hall, London

 

Inverleith Church Boys' Club

Inverleith Churech Boys' Club  -  At Camp in the Eildon Hills above Melrose, around 1946-47 ©

Around 1946-47

Camp at Eildon Hills, above Melrose

Inverleith Churech Boys' Club  -  At Camp in the Eildon Hills above Melrose, around 1946-47 ©

Around 1946-47

Camp at Eildon Hills, above Melrose

 

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls, a tap and ballet class held in a wooden hut on  St John's Hill, off Holyrood Road ©

1937

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls

©

1937

Jessie Houston's Jolly Girls

 

Jean Carnie's

Leith Ladies' Pipe Band

    Jean Carnie's Leith Ladies Pipe Band and coach ©

1960s

Pipe Band + Coach

Jean Carnie's Leith Ladies Pipe Band and coach + some names ©

1960s

Pipe Band + Coach + names

Jean Carnie's Leith Ladies' Piipe Band  -  at Saughton ©

1960s

Pipe Band at Saughton

 

Leith 1st

Scout Troop

Leaders of 1st Leith Scouts, 1915 ©

Leaders  1915

 

Leith Rovers

Leith Rovers, about to set off on a trip to Austria - 1950s ©

Leith Rovers - 1950s

 

Liberton Scouts

35th Liberton Scout Troop

35th Liberton Scout Troop at Waverley Station, heading for camp in Holland, 1947 ©

1947

At Waverley Station, heading for camp in Holland

 

Middleton Camp

Middleton Camp  -  A Combined Camp of Methodist Youth Clubs from England and Wales, 1960 ©

1960

Combined Camp of Methodist Youth Clubs from England and Wales

 

Musical Groups

and other entertainers

 

Andy Russell Seven

    The Andy Wishart Seven at The Place in the 1960s ©

The Place

Andy Russell Seven

    The Andy Wishart Seven at The Place in the 1960s ©

The Place

Andy Russell Seven

    The Andy Wishart Seven at The Place in the 1960s ©

The Place

Andy Russell Seven

    The Andy Wishart Seven at The Place in the 1960s ©

The Place

Andy Russell Seven

    Andy Russell Seven at The Imperial Hotel, Leith Walk in the early-1960s ©

Imperial Hotel

Andy Russell Seven

Andy Russell Seven at The Imperial Hotel, Leith Walk in the early-1960s ©

Imperial Hotel

Andy Russell Seven

Andy Russell Seven at The Imperial Hotel, Leith Walk in the early-1960s ©

Imperial Hotel

Andy Russell Seven

'The Andy Russell Seven', dressed as' Ali Ben he Hoose and the Tauregs' for a gig in the Borders ©

'Andy Russell Seven' dressed as

'Ali Ben the Hoose and the Tauregs'

 

The Beachcombers

'The Beachcombers' - an Edinburgh group from the 1960s ©

1960s

Beachcombers Advert

'The Beachcombers' - an Edinburgh group from the 1960s ©

1960s

Beachcombers

 

The Blackjacks

'The Blackjacks' at The Locarno, Slateford Road, Edinburgh ©

The Locarno, Slateford Road

The Blackjacks

'The Blackjacks' at The Locarno, Slateford Road, Edinburgh ©

The Locarno, Slateford Road

The Blackjacks

 

The Black Kilts Pipe Band

from Berlin - visiting Edinburgh - 2012

James Robertson, one of the pipers from The Black Kilts Pipe Band on their visit to Edinburgh, 2012 ©

Photo by Bob Henderson

Piper:  James Robertson

James Robertson, one of the pipers from The Black Kilts Pipe Band on their visit to Edinburgh, 2012 ©

Photo by Bob Henderson

Piper:  James Robertson (zoom-in)

 

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

& Congress of Rough Riders of the World

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show & Congress of Rough Riders of the World - Edinburgh, 1904  -  Cossack Dancers from Georgia (that bacame part of the former Soviet Union) ©

Edinburgh 1904

'Cossack' Horsemen from Georgia, now part of the Soviet Union

 

Danny Callaghan

Royal Navy and Royal Marine Club, Broughton

Danny Callaghan on stage at the Navy Club, Broughton, in the late 1980s, aged about 80. ©

Late 1980s

Danny aged about 80

 

The Carnaby Set

A re-grouping of 'The Jokers'

©

1966

The Carnaby Set

 

The Crew Cuts

The Crew Cuts  -  signed photograph of the group  -  early 1950s ©

early-1950s

The Crew Cuts

 

The Diplomats of Jazz

The Roaring 20s Night at Leith Dockers' Club ©

"The Roaring 20s Night" at Leith Dockers' Club

 

Edinburgh City Royal Garrison Artillery Band

Edinburg City Royal Garrison Artillery Band outside George Heriot's School.  When might this photo have been taken? ©

Date?

Heinrich Conrad Laubach's Band

 

Edinburgh Harmonica Band

Edinbburgh Harmonica Band, around 1940 ©

Around 1940

Edinburgh Harmonica Band

 

The Embers

'The Embers'  A group from Dumbiedykes ©

1963

Dumbiedykes  -  'The Embers'

'The Embers'  A group from Dumbiedykes ©

1963

Dumbiedykes  -  'The Embers'

 

Gorgie District Pipe Band

Picture of Gorgie District Pipe Band ©

Front

Gorgie District Pipe Band

The back of a Picture of Gorgie District Pipe Band  -  Fund Raising ©

Back

Fund Raising  -  1d Ticket

 

Grassmarket Musicians

Grasssmarket Musicians ©

Grassmarket Musicians

 

Harry Nolan

Harry Nolan, busker in Princes Street ©

Harry Nolan
busker in Princes Street

 

The Hipple People

'The Hipple People'  -  a group from the 1960s ©

1960s

The Hipple People

 

The Images

Photograph of the group, 'Images of Edinburgh'  -  possibly 1960s ©

1960s?

Photograph of the group, 'Images of Edinburgh'  -  possibly 1960s ©

1960s?

 

Jack Hawkins' Band

    Jack Hawkins Band on stage at The Palais de Danse, Fountainbridg, Edinburgh - 1962 ©

1962

Palais de Danse, Fountainbridge

 

James Brown's Group

©

Early-1900s

James Brown is the melodeon player on the left

 

Johnny Kildare Orchestra

Big Band at The Palais de Dance, Fountainbridge  -  1963 ©

1960s

Johnny Kildare Orchestra
at the Palais de Dance

 

Johnny Victory

Comedian

    Terry Ferri and Johnny Victory Jun ©

Terry Ferri and Johnny Victory

Johnny was half of the double-act 'Tommy Hood & Johnny Victory

 

The Jokers

Johnny Kid and Frank Ferri and friend at the Gamp, Victoria Street, 1963 ©

Johnny Kidd, Frank Ferri and friend

Frank Ferri, vocalist with 'The Jokers' has a shot on the drums bellonging to 'The Pirates' ©

Frank Ferri, vocalist with 'The Jokers'
has a shot on 'The Pirates' drums

The Jokers at The Good Companions, Oxgangs  -  1960a ©

1960s

'The Jokers' at The Good Companion

The Jokers at The Good Companions, Oxgangs  -  1960a ©

1960s

'The Jokers' at The Good Companion

'The Jokers' with Acker Bilk at the Haddington Corn Exchange ©

The Jokers and Acker Bilk
at the Haddington Corn Exchange

'The Jokers' at the Palais de Dance. Fountainbridge  -  1960s ©

1965

'The Jokers' at the Palais de Dance

The Jokers at The Place, Victoria Street, 1965 ©

1965

The Jokers at The Place

'The Jokers' with Aker Bilk at the Haddington Corn Exchange ©

1960s

The Jokers in Leith Pageant

The Jokers pwerforming at Western General Nurses' Home, 1962 ©

1962

The Jokers at
Western General Nurses' Home

The Jokers supporting Tammy Paton Showband at Palais de Dance, Fountainbridge, 1965 ©

1965

The Jokers supporting Tammy Paton Showband at Palais de Dance

 

Leith Silver Band

   Leith Silver Band, beneath the statue of Queen Victoria at the Foot of Leith Walk ©

1951-52

At the Foot of Leith Walk

1950s

On Leith Town Hall Stage

 

The Moonrakers

Two of the Moonrakers pop group performing on stage at McGoos in the 1960s ©

1960s

Moonrakers

performing at Mcgoos

Edinburgh Groups in the 1960s  -  'Moonrakers' on the roof ©

1960s

Moonrakers

On the Roof

Edinburgh Groups in the 1960s  -  'The Moonrakers' ©

1960s

Moonrakers

Edinburgh Groups in the 1960s  -  'The Moonrakers'  -  Graeme (Grum) Taylor on stage at McGoos ©

1960s

Moonrakers

Graeme (Grum) Taylor

Edinburgh Groups in the 1960s  -  'The Moonrakers'  -  Graeme (Grum) Taylor and John Wykes on stage ©

1960s

Moonrakers

Graeme (Grum) Taylor
and John Wykes

 

Palais de Danse

Fountainbridge

   The 'Johnny Kildare Orchestra' at The Palais de Dance, Fountainbridge  -  1960s ©

1963

Johnny Kildare Orchestra

Tom Bollen's Band at the Palais de Danse, 1935 ©

1935

Tom Bollen's  Band

Tom Bollen's Band and Singers at the Palais de Danse, 1935 ©

1935

Tom Bollen's Band and Singers

The Brass Section of Tom Bollen's Band at the Palais de Danse, 1935 ©

1935

The Brass Section of Tom Bollen's Band

Tom Bollen at the Palais de Danse, Edinburgh, surrounded by a group of 20 Dancers, 1935 ©

1935

Trumpeter (Is this Tom Bollen?) + 20 dancers

 

Miss Shanks' Persevere Entertainers

Photograph of 'Miss Shanks  -  Persevere Entertainers, 1932' ©

1932

Miss Shanks - Persevere Entertainers

Miss Shanks' Persevere Entertainers, 1932  ©

1932

Miss Shanks' Persevere Entertainers

 

Ne'rgate Pub Outing

Annual bus trip for regulars from the Ne'rgate Pub, later to become the World's End Pub, in the High Street, Edinburgh ©

mid-1950s

Ne'rgate Pub Coach Outing

 

Newhaven Church Guild

   Outing from Newhaven - probably the Newhaven Church Guild ©

Newhaven Church Guild

and recollections of Newhaven

 

Newhaven-on-Forth Church

   Brian Douglas, Lifeboy at Newhaven on Forth Church  -   Armistice Day, 1955 ©

1955

Armistice Sunday

 

4th Portobello Rovers

   4th Portobello Rovers at Heriot old post office, 1962 ©

1962

At Heriot old post office

   4th Portobello Rovers resting at Heriot, 1962 ©

1962

Resting, at Heriot

Royal Navy and Royal Marine

Association and Club

   A group of ladies at Royal Navy & Royal Marine Association & Club (Edinburgh), 1 Broughton Road, Edinburgh ©

1970s

Ladies

   A mixed group of members at Royal Navy & Royal Marine Association & Club (Edinburgh), 1 Broughton Road, Edinburgh ©

When?

Mixed Group

   Men Only Night at Royal Navy & Royal Marine Association & Club (Edinburgh), 1 Broughton Road, Edinburgh ©

When?

Men Only Night

 

St Patrick's Church

Altar Boys at St Patrick's Church, around 1957 ©

1957

St Patrick's Church - Altar Servers

 

Salvation Army

   Salvation Army  -  First Songsters  -  Leith Corps  -  1914 ©

1914

Salvation Army

 

Salvesen Residents' Association

   Salvesen Residents' Association  -  Picnic Outing by Coach  -  Around 1949-50 ©

c.1939-40

Picnic Outing by Coach

 

Sparta Boxing Club

Edinburgh Entertainment  -  Sport  -  Sparta Amateur Boxing Club  -Photograph c.1947  -  restored ©

Sparta Boxing Club - 1947

Edinburgh Entertainment  -  Sport  -  Sparta Amateur Boxing Club ©

Sparta Boxing Club - c.1949

 

Standard Life Strollers

"Standard Life Strollers" walk along the Union Canal through Wester Hailes  - 25 March 2004 ©

2004

Union Canal, Wester Hailes

Standard Life Strollers pause to listen to their guide Karen MacCormick on a walk around Canonmills and Silvermills - February 2011 ©

2011

Eyre Place, Canonmills

Standard Life Strollers and their guide Karen MacCormick stop at King George V Playing Fields on their walk around Canonmills and Silvermills - February 2011 ©

2011

King George V Playing Fields
Canonmills

Standard Life Strollers is a group of pensioners who used to work for Standard Life Assurance Company.  They have a walk each month, often around one of the districts of Edinburgh.

 

Wardie Residents' Club

   Wardie Residents' Club Annual Outing to Edgelaw Reservoir, 1946 ©

Wardie Residents' Club - 1946

    Wardie Reseident' Club, Edgelaw Picnic, 1949 ©

Wardie Residents' Club - 1949

 

Windsor Parish Church

Portobello

   ©

Bible Class - 1954

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Bible Class - 1955

 

Young Socialists

©

c.1958

Young Socialists  -  Faslane Protest

 

Who?  When?  Where?

Ten men on the steps, wearing waistcoats and pocket watches  -  Who?  When?  Where? ©

Ten men with waistcoats and pocket watches

 

 

Groups in Edinburgh

Groups of Photographers

Schools

Concerts

Musical Groups

Out of School

Sports Clubs

Other Clubs

Events

Military

Workers

Hill & Adamson

1892 UK Convention

19th Century outings

20th Century outings

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