Police Box on the corner of Montgomery Street and East Montgomery Place

This is a fairly recent photo but when would it have been taken?

© Steven Kay (Stevfaeembra), Edinburgh                                                                                                                           March 22, 2009

 

Montgomery Street

Police Box and Swing Park Thank you to Ian Campbell, Shoreham on Sea, West Sussex, England, for providing this photo of the Police Box on the corner of Montgomery Street and East Montgomery Place.  On the other side of these railings is the swing park where Ian used to play.  Please click on the link below to read Ian's memories of this swing park and the surrounding district from the time when he lived, as a child in East Thomas Street East Thomas Street  -  Recollections 45

 

Reply 1. Ian Campbell Shoreham on Sea, West Sussex, England

Thank you to Ian Campbell, Shoreham on Sea, West Sussex, England, for telling me more about this Police Box. Ian wrote:

2009 Repainting of the Montgomery Street Police Box "This photo was taken by Steven Kay in March 2009. In earlier years, the box had been grey and it had been covered in posters.  However, it was repainted on March 14, 2009 by 'The  Friends of Montgomery Street Park'. This page on the Leith & North News website has 'before' and 'after' pictures of the Police Box: Montgomery Street  Park - Spring Fun 2009 Ian Campbell, Shoreham on Sea, West Sussex, England:  August 5, 2012 (2 emails)