Tynecastle Place

Street Party

'Up the Pend' from Gorgie Road

Recollections

1.

Louisa Clark

Edinburgh

Thank you to Louise Clark who lived at 9 Tynecastle Place for sending me the photos above.

Louisa wrote:

Street Party

"Here are two photos of a street party.  They were taken 'up the pend' at Tynecastle Place, Gorgie.

 I'm not sure who took these two photos.  They were in my mum's box and only uncovered when she died.

The street party may have been held for the return to school after the holidays,  or maybe it was to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953."

Louisa Clark, Edinburgh: October 13, 2013

The Photos

I would expect the photos above to have been taken in 1953, on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

Over the past few years, I've been sent several other photos of 1950s street parties in Edinburgh.  Every one of them was taken at a street party to celebrate the Coronation.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: October 17, 2013

Recollections

2.

Christina Napier

Edinburgh

Thank you to Christina Napier who saw the photos in Recollections 41 above and replied:

Street Party

"The EdinPhoto web site has brought back many memories.  I found these photos of the street party (in Recollections 41 above) to be especially good, mainly because I'm in them.

They were taken in June 1962, the party for the Queen's Jubilee."

Presumably the party celebrated the first 10 years of the Queen's reign - Peter Stubbs

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Names

"Here is a copy of the photo with the names that I remember added to it:

-  Me and my Mum.

-  My two friends, Frieda and Sandra Gourlay."

June 1962

 ©  Photo reproduced with acknowledgement to Louisa Clark, Edinburgh:    names added by Christina Napier

Christina Napier:  February 18, 2015

Thank you to Louise Clark who lived at 9 Tynecastle Place for sending me the photos above.

Louisa wrote:

Street Party

"Here are two photos of a street party.  They were taken 'up the pend' at Tynecastle Place, Gorgie.

 I'm not sure who took these two photos.  They were in my mum's box and only uncovered when she died.

The street party may have been held for the return to school after the holidays,  or maybe it was to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953."

Louisa Clark, Edinburgh: October 13, 2013

The Photos

I would expect the photos above to have been taken in 1953, on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

Over the past few years, I've been sent several other photos of 1950s street parties in Edinburgh.  Every one of them was taken at a street party to celebrate the Coronation.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: October 17, 2013

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