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Edinburgh at Work
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COMPANY
AND YEAR PHOTOS TAKEN |
COMMENT |
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©
1992
and
1993 |
Anderson's Cooperage
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Anderson's Cooperage opened in Leith Docks in 1991.
It was a small company employing coopers who had previously
worked for Kinnairds.
The company survived for a few
years. |
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©
1992 |
Brodie,
Hamilton, Melrose
tea and coffee |
Brodie Hamilton Melrose was, an
old-established Leith company that was based at 130 Constitution
Street, Leith.
Around 1994, they moved to new premises at
Dock Street, Leith, trading as 'Brodies' |
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©
1994 |
Brodies
tea
and coffee |
The workforce of Drysdale and Brodie,
Hamilton, Melrose came together in 1991 following a takeover.
The company moved to new premises in Dock
Street, Leith, around 1994 and traded 'Brodies'.
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©
1992 |
Burton's
Biscuits
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Burton's Biscuits have a modern factory at Sighthill.
They are the largest manufacturer of
Rich Tea Biscuits in Europe. |
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 ©1993 |
Caledonian
Brewery
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Caledonian is a prize-winning
brewery making traditional ale beside the railway at Slateford. |
© 1996 |
Central
Demolition |
Based at Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire,
but frequently found in Edinburgh. |
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© 1991
to 1996 |
Christmas Tree Warehouse
(Canonmills) |
When Clarks
Stonemasons moved from Canonmills to West Shore Road in 1991,
this left the premises vacant for the next four years.
They were used each December until
1995 to sell Christmas trees.
In 1996, the building was
demolished and Christmas trees were sold from the yard. |
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© 1991
to 1996 |
George Christie Building Supplies
(Easter
Road) |
George Christie's, in 1991, had a
large yard of building supplies and two floors of metal workshops
and storage.
The premises had been used previously
by Cowans as a transport yard and stables.
The area has now been redeveloped
as housing. |
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© 1991 |
Clarks
(Stonecraft) stonemasons at Canonmills |
Clarks
Stonemasons were based at Canonmills until 1991, when they
moved to West Shore Road, Granton, leaving their Canonmills premises
to be used for selling Christmas trees for the next couple of years,
before being demolished. |
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1995 |
Clark
stonemasons at Granton |
After leaving Canonmills,
Clark stonemasons moved to West Shore Road at Granton - now part of
the Edinburgh Waterfront.
David Lindsay Formerly with Clark
stonemasons ( I believe) set up his own stonemasons business beside
Clarke at Granton. |
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© 1991 |
Duncan's
chocolate factory |
Duncan's chocolate factory moved from Edinburgh to Bellshill,
Lanarkshire in the 1990s. |
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© 1991 |
Drysdale
tea and coffee |
Drysdale was founded in 1878.
When I took these photos in
1991, the company was based at Grove Street, Fountainbridge -
but not for much longer!
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© 1991 |
Eastern Scottish
bus depot |
Eastern Scottish bus depot was at
New Street, near Waverley Station, until the 1990s.
After
Eastern Scottish moved out, the building has been used as a car
park. The site is now
[2004] due to be redeveloped. |
 © 1992 |
Equine Hoof Care
farrier |
A travelling farrier, here seen
working on a farm near South Queensferry. |
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© 2005 |
Forth Rail Bridge
(Painting
the bridge) |
The Forth Rail Bridge is now in
the middle of a 7-year repainting programme.
When this is complete, around
2009, the paint is expected to last for a further 20 years. |
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© 1992
and
2006 |
J Hewit & Sons
Tannery |
J Hewit & Sons tannery is at Currie,
about 5 miles SW of the centre of Edinburgh.
It originated at the City Tan Works around
1850 on North Greys and Morrison Closes between John Knox's house
and North Bridge. This web page gives a
potted history of the
company. |
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© 1991
to
2006 |
Charles Laing & Sons
foundry |
This Foundry is one of the few
remaining small industries still operating in the Powderhall
district of Edinburgh.
The company, still a family owned business, was founded in the
1920s. Much of
the company's work, street furniture and railings, can be found
in the streets of Edinburgh. |
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© 1992 |
Leith Harbour
dry Docks |
There is now less commercial shipping
activity in Leith Docks than there was a century ago.
Recent increased security measures
have made photography more difficult.
Now, several major new housing
developments are underway around Leith's Western Harbour. |
© 1991
to
2003 |
David Lindsay
stonemasons |
David Lindsay was based at West Shore Road, from
1991 but moved out of the area, probably in the late 1990s, to make way for the
Edinburgh Waterfront developments. He
still works in the stone industry, in Livingston
(2006) but is no longer carving stone. |
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©
1991
to
2007 |
Lonsdale & Dutch
tinsmiths |
Lonsdale & Dutch is a small tinsmith in a
basement in Edinburgh's New Town.
The company has worked for the National
Trust and has produced a wide range of lanterns. |
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©
1993
to
2002 |
Lothian & Borders
Fire Brigade
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Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade
now has new fire stations at Haymarket and Newcraighall in
Edinburgh, a far cry from the very small stations in the Edinburgh
suburbs of the early-1900s |
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 ©
1991-2006 |
George Mackay
bowling green bowl maker
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George Mackay's workshop is
at the foot of Blackfriars Street, near the Cowgate, in the Old Town
of Edinburgh.
It is now run as a
'one-man' business by Ronnie, who has worked for the company for
many years.
So far as I know, it is the only surviving
old workshop in the area. It is one of the few remaining bowls
makers in the world. |
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 ©
2004 |
Alexander McLennan
blacksmith
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Alexander McLennan is still in business in 2004, at Powderhall.
Most of
the other industries have now left the area. |
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 ©
1992 |
Newhaven Fishmarket
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Newhaven Fishmarket, beside Newhaven
Harbour, is still open but only a third the size it was in the early
1990s. |
 © 1991 |
North British Distillery |
The NB Distillery is near Hearts'
football ground at Gorgie.
Their maltings are at Slateford Road
Their cooperage and bonded warehouses are
at Muirhall, West Calder, West Lothian. |
 © 1991
to
2001 |
Northern Lighthouse Board |
Northern Lighthouse Board occupied
premises in West Harbour Road, Granton, with a lighthouse frontage,
until around 2002.
At
the back of the site were workshops and a yard. |
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©
1991
to
1996 |
James Ritchie & Son
Clock Makers |
Repairing clocks and watches and of the
clock winder at work, winding some of the public clocks around
Edinburgh.. |
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© 2002 |
Roadworks |
Workers seen in the streets of Edinburgh. |
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© 1991 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
Burning £1 million of used
banknotes in the furnace at the St Andrew Square Office, Edinburgh.
This practice has now ended! |
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©
1985 |
St Cuthbert's Co-op
milk deliveries |
St
Cuthbert's Co-op delivered milk around Edinburgh by horse-drawn milk
float for 125 years until 1985.
Their dairy
was at Fountainbridge and stables were in Grove Street.
When the
horse-drawn deliveries came to an end, the co-op had 12 Irish
gelding horses. 8 went to good homes and 4 were kept for weddings
and other events. |
©
1992 |
Scottish & Newcastle
brewery |
Scottish & Newcastle's Edinburgh brewery
is at
Fountainbridge, beside the canal.
It is due to
close in early-2005. |
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©
2002 |
Street Views |
Workers seen around the streets of
Edinburgh. |
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©
1993 |
Standard Life
Assurance Co |
Window cleaners cleaning one of
the three domes on the roof of Tanfield House, a new administrative
office for Standard Life Assurance Company
Tanfield House is close to the
Water of Leith at Canonmills. It was built in 1991. |
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© 1994
to
1996 |
George Waterston
sealing wax works |
George Waterston started to
manufacture sealing wax in the Old Town of Edinburgh in 1752.
The business later moved to
Warriston, and continued with a small workforce in the 1990s.
The business was de-merged in Jun
2003 and was sold outside the family in December 2003 |
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© 1991
to
1995 |
Whytock & Reid
carpenters |
Whytock & Reid had large premises
close to the Water of Leith near Dean Village, Edinburgh. They
held a Royal Warrant for many generations.
The cabinet making side of the
business ran down gradually in the 2oth century. The company
closed in 2004. |
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©
2006 |
William Waugh
scrap merchants |
For many years, William Waugh's
scrap yard has occupied land between West Harbour Road and West
Granton Road, close to Granton Square.
This land is
now part of
'Edinburgh Waterfront', a large area earmarked for
development over the next fifteen years.
So Waugh's
Scrap Yard is likely to move out at some stage. |
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