EPS Outing

Gosford - 1881

The outing left on the 9.20 train from Waverley Station  to Longniddry.

The cost of tickets, including luncheon, dinner, tea, etc. was 10s for gentlemen and 6s 6d for ladies.

Tickets for the Outing to Gosford

©  Reproduced by courtesy of Edinburgh Photographic Society

43 tickets were sold for this outing.

There was a conducted tour of the Ground by the Head Gardener.

Several members having cameras, a number of plates were exposed and several groups taken.  On returning the company found dinner laid out in a very inviting manner by the purveyor Mr John Pringle.  After dinner various toasts were proposed and drunk.  The music then struck up, and dancing, games, and fun of every description was the order of the day until seven o’ clock when a move towards the station was made, and all arrived safely in Edinburgh about nine o’ clock.

Several valuable prizes, presented by various members of the Society, were awarded to winners of the games, and carried off by them in triumph.  The weather was all that could be desired, and the picnic a decided success.

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DATES OF OUTINGS

ANNUAL PICNICS and OUTINGS

1861-70

1871-80

1881-90

1891-95

1896-00

1901-10   

1911-20

1921-30

1931-50

1951-60

1961-70 

Plea for Outdoor Meetings

19th Century Destinations

Rambles and Outings: 1890s

1865:  Stenhouse Mills

1872:  Almond Dell - picnic

1876:  Winton Castle

1877:  Cadzow Forest

1877:  Almond Dell

1878:  Winton Castle - picnic

1881:  Gosford - picnic

1883:  Almond Dell - picnic

1884:  Arniston - picnic

1890:  Blackford Glen - picnic

1890s  Aberdour - picnic

1960s  Edinburgh Zoo

1990s  Union Canal

1994  Abbotsford

1997 Bamburgh Castle

NOTE:  Details of many outings from 1970 onwards have still to be added to this web site.