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1 January 2004
04:00
Nyce
4 January 2004
17:06
The best photographic history web site I have found anywhere in the world. Could you provide me with your mailing address so I might mail you a item?
Barclay Travis Cook
bwphotoart@cdaonline.com
Reply
- 7 January 04
[contact made by email]
Thanks for your comments.
Best wishes for your own experiments in some of the early photographic
processes.
- Peter Stubbs.
Update - 22
January 03
Your picture has
arrived, Barclay. Great picture. Many thanks. I've added it to
this page.
- Peter Stubbs.
©
6 January 2004
01:04
Hello, What a fascinating site this is. I came to it through searching for information re Jerome Studios but have found much else of interest. Thanks. I'm still looking for info re Jerome Studios though and will email you regarding that. We have, in our family memorabilia, some photographs taken as postcards with Jerome either stamped or written on the back. Eleanor Ross
Reply
- 7 January 04
I have a few postcard
portraits by Jerome, and have met several people who have had their
photos taken in Jerome studios. I believe that Jerome had studios
in many towns and cities, though I only have the dates and address for
their Edinburgh studio.
The Jerome photos that
I have seen have Jerome stamped on the back, but no mention of which
studio the photograph was taken in.
- Peter Stubbs.
8 January 2004
00:56
This is a great site...I am a photo history student and am really glad to see this info posted and easy to access!
9 January 2004
00:18
i am in posetion of an original william hume "the
canteliver" i am told this is an early projector
maybe 1880 1900 or so can you help me find out more
information
lorne dunn kamoops b.c. canada
lorne@kamloopsofficesystems.com
10 January 2004
18:04
Hi from Pensacola, Florida. Nice site. I am trying to find info regarding a J.Lizar Glasgow glass slides projector I recently purchased. Any info or assistance would be greatly appreciated. David G. Guthrie (drdgg@hotmail.com) Thanks.
10 January 2004
22:40
2004 where are you
13 January 2004
00:58
Re: The message in April 2003 from Patricia Lessels in Leicester about John Lessels, Edinburgh architect & Great Uncle of John Fraser Lessels, photographer. If Patricia would like to contact me on Ruth@brum38.fsnet.co.uk I have a large family tree to share. Thanks to Peter for this wonderful website;-) Ruth Croft.
Message for N
Selby - 18 January 04
Thanks
for the email about your Underwood & Underwood pictures. Your email
address is not accepting my reply, so I'm putting it in the GuestBook
(below):
"I
think what you have is likely to be "stereo view cards". i.e. a pair of
pictures, taken from positions a few inches apart then mounted on card
so that when they are viewed through a stereo viewer, the image appears
3D. The result can be quite striking, and provided entertainment for
families from around the 1850s to around 1900, when cine film and other
entertainment arrived.
The viewer that you will need to view these
cards is a fairly simple device which holds the card and has two lenses
on the front, so that each eye looks at just one half of the card.
Viewers like this still turn up at second hand and antique fairs (or
they do in Edinburgh, at least) - often sold for about £50 each."
- Peter Stubbs.
25 January 2004
21:33
Thank You for a very good
and interesting website, a very nice presentation. Tony Walker
28 January 2004
11:15
Having been born and brought
up in Edinburgh and now living in a foreign land (England!), I found
your site on the net and wish to congratulate you for a superb
collection of photographs which allow me to re-live my youth. Keep up
the good work. Bill Stevenson.
30 January 2004
15:14
I just happened to come
across your site whilst looking for something else (as usually happens).
It`s interesting and I spent some time just browsing through it. I`ve
now forgotten what site I originally wanted. Will be logging onto it
again in the not too distant future.
31 January 2004
15:15
were
there
many cars on the road after the 2nd world war ended?
Reply - 2 February 04
- In 1945 there were about 3
million vehicles in Britain.
These included about 2 million cars.
The population was about 50 million.
- Now there are over 30 million
vehicles in Britain
The population is about 60 million.
-
Peter Stubbs.
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2 February 2004
22:09
This is a fantastic site. I have letters from Scottish ancestors and the
pictures here help me visualise what the world looked like when they
were alive. The brother of my great-great-grandfather's first wife is
Andrew Ingram who apparently might have been the first photographer in
Ayrshire. Would anyone have any information about him? He lived in
Newton on Ayr but I can't find out what happened to him after 1848.
Reply - 3 February 04
Agreed: he seems to be the earliest
photographer in Ayrshire to have been traced. He was listed in the
1849/50 Ayr Directory as "daguerreotype artist" (i.e. photographer)
living at Newtonhead, Newton upon Ayr. Andrew was the son of William
Ingram, watchmaker.
The 1851 census lists both William and Andrew
Ingram as watchmakers. Andrew was born in Tarbolton in 1830.
- Peter Stubbs.
2 February 2004
22:25
This is a fascinating site. I've letters from ancestors who lived in
Ayrshire (and Edinburgh) and I now can visualise how everything looked
when they were alive. Would anyone know of Andrew Ingram who apparently
was one of the first photographers in Ayrshire? I only have news of him
up to 1851. My email address is janicecoutin@yahoo.fr if ever.
6 February 2004
16:34
have only just discovered this fascinating site. well done, keep up the
good work.
7 February 2004
13:23:
Hello mates, I just wanted to tell you that you have a wonderful site
there. Keep up the good work. Marsha www.poly-mobile.co.uk
8 February 2004
14:55
I Donald Campbell Veale was the last person to leave the Dean when it
closed to Orphans. Mr Barnes the Govenor saw me out with a couple of
blankets under my arm. I went of to stay with my married sister for a
short while. Have made contact with one other ex-inmate in Oz. Are there
anymore out there if so give me an e mail. My e mail is as follows.
dnldcvl@aol.com
8 February 2004
15:49
What a great site. I have even seen my grandparents name on their hotel
in Newhaven. Like to trace information on my uncle Donald Campbell.
Former trawlerman out of Granton or Newhaven who joined the Royal Navy
and as Chief Petty Officer received the highest award for bravery from
the king at the palace whilst the doodlebugs were falling. What was it
and for doing what? I was named after him and also my first son. My name
is Donald Campbell Veale. Father killed in Leith Docks just before the
war. He was strapped into a gun at the battle of Jutland aged 17.
8 February 2004
15:52
Donald Campbell comments
to dnldcvl@aol.com
Message (re. J
C H Balmain)
for "thurman" - 9 February 04
You emailed me and asked about J C H Balmain.
I have tried to email an answer to you a couple of times but my email is
not being accepted, so here is the info.
James Charles Halyburton Balmain was born in
Philadelphia, USA in 1853 of Scottish parents. He died, aged 84,
on 23 June 1937 in Edinburgh. His father was George Balmain,
stationer. His mother was Anne Eleanor Balmain (nee Halyburton).
- Peter Stubbs.
10 February 2004
12:11
Hi this is stephanie gilmour i am from edinburgh but live in harrogate
they have not got a clue what they are missing i love being home
10 February 2004
17:04
was eadweard muybridge a reason for the period of realism?
Reply - 11 February 2003
Edweard Muybridge produced some large dramatic
photographs of Californian landscapes in the 1860. However, he is
better known for his motion studies of animals.
He produced several hundred in a series
titled Animal Locomotion.
I would personally regard his work as
encouraging the development of movie pictures, rather than being the
reason for a period of realism - but perhaps others have
different views.
- Peter Stubbs.
11 February 2004
21:14
I just happened upon the site after view several old Post Cards from
Cape Town South Africa that my grandfather left, they are as is
everything that was done excellent. Most of these I do not know the
dating on however the Inland Postage of 1/2d. would place these as early
1900, of course these were printed in Great Britain. wmceachern@newroads.com
12 February 2004
20:09
This website is a great resource for all those whose ancestors lived in
the Royal Mile. Thanks very much.
13 February 2004
16:12
Hiya Pete, as a native Burntisland guy I found your site very
interesting. Keep up the great work. The pictures were excellent. yours
Pete Rennie PeteRennie@msn.com
16 February 2004
14:51
Hi Peter, I could never understand how people could be sat in front of
a screen for hours until I came across your site. I shall be searching
out any photos and send them on to you. Visited Auld Reeky for the
first time in nearly 50 years last years with a big lump in my throat.
Wish I had seen your site before hand. Visited Masons pie shop in
Newhaven and was told that Mr Mason is still going strong in his 90s!
I bought a pie. Used to a up during the war and bought a penny worth
of custard slice cuttings. Must be the best tourist toon in Scotland!
Well done keep it going Donald
Reply - 17 February 2003
Hi Donald: Thanks for your comments.
I still have a lot of Edinburgh photos to add to the web site.
If there is anything in particular that you would like to be added
now, please leave a message in the GuestBook and I'll see what I can
do.
- Peter Stubbs.
Comment -
20 February 2003
A change in hardware on the
servers that host my site has unfortunately resulted in temporary loss
of the site for two days (not recovered) and loss of the guest book
entries (all now recovered except for 17 and 18 Feb 20004, which I will
not be able to recover).
Apologies for the
inconvenience. I hope all works well now.
- Peter Stubbs
21 February 2004
17:26
Does anyone remember the
Edinburgh Of 1984? Was Waverly Station really so empty and desolate late
at night, was Leith so dangerous, were there really so many drunk people
staggering around and was the Grassmarket really a tranquil haven for a
few old homeless guys and a coffee shop? I'd love to see photos or read
about memories from that time. I remember a charm and beauty mixed with
the danger- I lived in Leith and as far as I remember, the 'docks' were
known to be rough. I lived in an old tenement block and my bedroom
window faced a brick wall and a car park below. I can't remember
the name of the street. I wonder why I feel nostalgic when clearly
those times were hard for Edinburgh. Anyone any ideas? Please email
Angela at oddities84@yahoo.co.uk Thanks!
Reply 22/02/2004
Hi Angela
Leith has certainly changed
since 1984. Many new restaurants opened around 1990. The
Scottish Office was built on land in Leith Docks in the 1990s. Now
Leith docks are being redeveloped with restaurants, health club, Ocean
Terminal (shopping centre and cinemas) and lots of housing. You
would be likely to recognise some parts of Leith, but other parts have
changed a lot.
- Peter Stubbs
24 February 2004
07:30
A very interesting and
comprehensive collection - its a valuable record for the future . I
hopoe some of the museum 'professionals' take notice, and learn! David
Liddle <dliddlea@cix.co.uk>
Message for James Howie 27
February 2004
Sorry. I have no jobs available
here. This is my own personal web site. I do all the updating
myself. I have removed you message from the GuestBook in line with my
policy of keeping the site non-commercial.
I hope you are successful in finding a
suitable job for yourself.
29 February 2004
17:36
Hi there I discovered your site
by change and thinks it's fantastic. I have been trying to link my
Grandmother's birth (Wilkie Place, Leith 1897) to her father possibly
being from Duddingston. It is great to visualise things back then. Keep
up the good work!
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1 March 2004
17:15
Hi Peter once again. Did you know that there is not any memorial in Leith
Docks or in Granton to the many that left there during the war never to
return? There must have been dozens who did not return including several
of my relatives. All the best for a great site. Donald C.V.
01
March
2004
17:159
Did you know that Leith
produce a gold medal in the Rome Olympics for boxing. I think his name was
Tommy Emery. He refused Jack Solamons offer to go professional so he could
box for Scotland on the Commonwealth Games. Lost his job in the process.
How is that for dedication to Country. D.C.V.
04
March
2004
21:01
Keep up the good work. Fabulous
site. Irene Sweeney Townsley (nee Porteous) Edinburgh.
07
March
2004
17:55
Hi Peter its me again, I am
trying to find the newspaper photo of my uncle sitting around a long table
with the King on one side and Admiral of the fleet on the other with more
trawler skippers. My Aunt showed this to me during the war. Something to
do with wooden trawlers and magnetic mines. All the best Donald. dnldcvl@aol.com
07
March
2004
19:16
Hi all, Just passing through.
Came across you off a link on another site. Nice site. Regards Stephanie
http://www.opencollege.info steph@opencollege.info
Birmingham UK
09
March
2004
20:24
This web site was really
helpful to me for my school project i felt that it helped and guess what i
got straight a's
12
March
2004
19:07
Excellent site! I spent 6
happy years in Edinburgh first as a student and then when I couldn't
afford the council tax I moved back here to Yorkshire- I try and visit
when I can and was delighted to see your pictures of Edinburgh in december,
I took my 7 yr old son up there for Xmas in 2000 and he loved the big
wheel and ice rink-thank you! Really interested in the Jerome studios as I
collect photos of clothing/weddings from the 30s and 40s. Kate
katiespitfire@hotmail.com
18
March
2004
21:08
Dear Sirs and Ladies of THIS magnificient SCOTLAND! Best wishes and
greetings from an austrian collector, who is admiring at the fine fine
fine home page of Your Museum and Collection! Best regards: zoltan.macsai@tiscali.at
21
March
2004
19:40
Hi, I'm looking to get in contact with a few off friends from the past.
my name is Douglas Lothian (54) Went to St Mary's School (1956 -1962).
Palled around with a Joe Mc Kingsley and Christopher Corrie. I lived at 45
Tollbooth Wynd with my Mother Betty, Father Hugh and Sister Maureen. If
anybody out there relates to any of the above and wants to talk. Drop me a
line. Douglas Lothian
Update 23/03/2004 - Message for Douglas
Lothian
Douglas: You have not given your email address
above. The email address that you sent to me is not accepting responses.
Do you have another email address that could be used by anybody wishing to
contact you?
- Peter Stubbs
22
March
2004
16:28
In reply to Eleanor Ross (January) My Grandmother was manageress of
Jerome's in Edinburgh as well as others in the chain. They were at 79
Leith St.
23
March
2004
11: 19
Found this site while browsing, and was fascinated by it. I spent many
years as a sales representative with Whiteholme of Dundee, selling their
postcards throughout the Western Highlands and Islands, and it is great to
see such a well researched and accurate history of the "Post Card". I
well remember the "Best of All series " published by JB White and of
course the follow-on with Whiteholme also the well known Colourmaster
Series. This site brings back fond memories. I will be a regular visitor
to this site from now on Allan Collins
Reply 27/03/2004
Thanks for the comments, Allan.
1. I have just added some postcards from the
"Best of All" series by J B White that you mention above. You will find
them on this page:
"Best of All".
2. I know of a collector and postcard dealer who
has a large collection of J B White postcards, all photographs by R A
Rayner. He is attempting to discover more about this photographer. Can
anybody help?
3. Over the next couple of months, I
hope to add more postcards to the web site. If there are any
publishers or subjects that anybody would particularly like to see, please
email me.
- Peter Stubbs
23
March
2004
17:08
Have a picture done by Crooke in 1890 of a run away horse pulling a
cart. It shows a lady being thrown from the cart. Could anyone give us any
information about this picture or how we could find out more about it.
This was given to my wife from one of her relatives in Scotland. Thank
you, Lloyd & Eloise Johnson Butchj2@cox.net
Reply 25/03/2004
The picture sounds interesting. All the Crooke
pictures that I have seen to date have been studio portraits. If you
would like to email me a copy to put onto this web site, I can do that and
see if anybody can then tell you anything about it.
- Peter Stubbs
Update 04/04/2004
Thank you, Lloyd and Eloise, for emailing me a copy of the picture. I have added
it to this page on the site for others to see:
William
Crooke - Artist. I
hope somebody is able to tell you more about it.
- Peter Stubbs
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April
2004
13: 21
Dear Curator, I have been
trying to find an audio recording of the Newhaven Fishwives choir,
especially for my Father, who is from Newhaven. Mr Peter Stubbs suggested
that the Museum may be able to advise me. Thank you in anticipation, E J
Walker (Wolverhampton, Midlands)
temerairescience@blueyonder.co.uk
Reply 10/04/2004
Today,
I forwarded your request to the people who run the Newhaven Heritage
Museum and asked them to contact you by email if they know where you might
be able to find an audio recording of the Newhaven Fishwives choir. I
hope you find one.
- Peter
Stubbs
08 April
2004
13:53
Enjoyed browsing your
website. I am an exiled Scot so it is really good to be able to visit in
Scotland, especially Edinburgh although I do not come from this part. I am
from Lanarkshire but my Mother was born in Edinburgh. I am trying to trace
my Forsyth ancestors. There was a family of Forsyths living at 29 West
Port, St. Cuthbert's, when the 1881 census ws taken. Husband,s name Andrew
Forsyth and wife Ann. They had a daughter named Jane who was only 1 year
old. Andrew and Ann were married in Canongate Church in 1865. I would like
to know if there are any relatives out there who would know something
about them, especially Jane, who may have married a minister. If anyone
could supply me with any info at all, I would be most grateful. My email:
jmeaklim@hotmail.com
13 April
2004
07:53
Very nice and useful website.
Please visit my website!!! Webmaestro :)
http://www.metropolis5000.com
13 April
2004
16:47
Peter, Douglas Lothian here
again. Thank you for your reply. Sorry about that email address i gave you
it was out of date. Here is an up to date address for any resposes.
klothian@renault.ie
Comment 15/04/2004
The original message from Douglas was posted on 21
March 04. - Peter Stubbs
14 April
2004
20:07
Excellent site. We have a
link from our Royal High School Club in London website links page to your
section on the school. I'm sure many of our 'exiles' will be enjoy viewing
your photos, engravings and documents. Will RHSCL Webmaster
15 April
2004
16:18
I am a Dewar and all of my
ancestors came from Scotland, I think Perth. Some moved to Canada then to
America. I live in Williamsport, PA and when my grandfather died he told
us we were from the White Label Scotch Dewar's. Are we related to you?
17 April
2004
18: 18
hi peter mike maxwell here
and iv'e just found this site and i think you've done well hope you keep
going for us all so we can show others about our brill city and past times
history. thanks!.
17 April
2004
18:18
hi peter mike maxwell here
and iv'e just found this site and i think you've done well hope you keep
going for us all so we can show others about our brill city and past times
history. thanks!.
18 April
2004
00:19
Hello...Wondering if anyone
out there has info on lantern slides taken of items being removed from
Tut's tomb. I have some along with a few collections, some scientific
drawings of insects as well. And a Lizar's projector. Need to sell them
and would like to know their value. HELP!! Suzanne Noga Santa Fe, New
Mexico 505 986-2008
others in the chain. They were at 79 Leith St.
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5 May 2004
20:47
Hello Peter. Could you
please, if possible, give me some information. I did email you but
it was returned undelivered. I was searching via. Google for
Drummond-Shields and your web site was the only one listed. My father
found a very old photograph on a mount in a frame behind another
photograph. This was 10-15 years ago. The glass broke and the frame was
disposed of. He is not sure where he got the frame and photo from, but it
is the photo that was hidden which is of interest. The photo is of a
Gentleman about 70 years old and at a guess from about 1900 In the bottom
right of the mount embossed in small letters is Drummond-Shiels 49 Jamaica
St Glasgow Does this mean anything to you. Thank you in advance for your
help Chris.
Hello Chris: I have now
updated the Drummond Shiels page to include reference to the Glasgow
studio at 49 Jamaica Street. It still leaves some questions
unanswered, but I hope the updated page will be of some help to you.
Here is a link to it:
Drummond Shiels
Peter Stubbs -17 May 2004
9 May
2004
00:10
Hello
again! - The GuestBook stopped receiving messages on 19 April 04. I have
been trying to fix it since then. It should be working again now. - Peter
Stubbs
12 May
2004
16:20
IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
VISITING YOUR WEBSITE. VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY NICE. THANK YOU LINDA GAIL
PATRICK AT FREELIGHTINC@AOL.COM
18 May
2004
20:15
Hi Peter I have been trying
to get on to the section showing the Marine Hotel in Newhaven but am
unable to reach it for some reason. I wish to inform the people on the
Newhaven web site what I had seen and have told them of this great site of
yours. Keep up the great work it means a lot to us `Missionaries` in
England Donald Campbell Veale.
Hello Donald: Thanks for your comments on the web site. I have more
photos and comments about Newhaven to add to the web site, but it will
probably be a few weeks before I am able to add them.
Your
comment about Marine Hotel puzzles me because I cannot recall having
included any pages on the Marine Hotel in this web site. If you tell me
the name of the page on the site that you are trying to reach, I'll
investigate and try to fix any links that are not working.
Peter
Stubbs -18 May 2004
22 May
2004
19:49
These photos are very CRAP
23 May
2004
23:59
I have found family pictures
taken at 32 Victoria street, Manchester. It appears to be taken sept 1,
1902. I also have from the same album pictures taken at Brown Portraits,
687 Eighth Ave, New York, NY. Could this be an extnsion from Brown, Barnes
& Bell? How can I get some information on the Brown, Barnes & Bell of
Manchester, England? Rosemarie Scheller USA
rozenj@aol.com
Hello Rosemarie: Brown Barns & Bell, in the late nineteenth century,
described themselves as The Largest Photographers in the World.
The company's aim was to produce high quality prints for the mass market
at a modest cost. The company's Head Office was in Liverpool,
England.
The
backs of Brown, Barnes & Bell's cabinet prints and cartes de visite listed
other studios throughout Britain. They had studios in London (1880-1901),
also Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham, Barnsley, Wigan, Bradford,
Manchester, Nottingham, Nottingham, Bootle, Southampton, Hull, Newport,
Middlesburgh, Burnley, &c.
Brown
Barns & Bell cabinet print backs also say: Sole Proprietors to
Important Patents in Gt Britain, Canada, America, France, Germany,
Belgium, Russia, Italy, Austria, but they do not list any business
addresses in any of these countries.
I would
have thought that if the company had traded in New York, it would have
used a name that included Barns & Bell; so I expect that Brown Portraits,
687 Eighth Avenue was a different company.
Peter
Stubbs - 25 May 2004
Update: I have nowadded some Brown Barnes & Bell cabinet prints and
cartes de visite to this web site. Please click here
Updated pages 21-31 May 2004
to see links to the new Brown, Barnes & Bell pages
Peter
Stubbs - 29 May 2004
25 May
2004
21:09
Hello Peter, I am looking for
some pictures of Johnstons Hotel, 17 Waterloo Place, which was a
Temperance in 1858. I am interested in this Hotel,its history and if the
original building still exists (does it? changed? rebuild?), since an
ancestor of mine stayed there a few days on his trip to Scotland in 1858.
I want to shoot a video about his travel by the notes of his diary in this
summer.(There was a second Jonston“s, 20 Waterloo Place, a Familie and
Commercial, which is for my purpose of no interest). The same question I
have concerning the Royal Hotel in Sterling. Maybe you or someone else out
in the web is able to help me or give me some hints, where to find
pictures of theese booth hotels. Thanks Alfred Grand, Germany
Hello Alfred: 17 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh still exists, though it is
no longer a hotel. I photographed it yesterday and added the photo to the
Waterloo Place page this web site. If you type Waterloo into the
Google search field on the home page of this site, you should be able to
find the photograph and a few comments about it.
Peter
Stubbs - 30 May 2004
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2004
20:31
Hello Peter, this is great.
Thank you very much. Looking to the Calton Hill does the house be left or
right side of the street? How far from Princess Street is it about?
Another question, which may be helped by you or some Scotish reader of
your wonderful homepage: I am looking for some pictures of transport in
the years about 1858 for the video concerning the following routes: a
paddle steamer, in the kind as it went from Granton to Stirling for people
transport in that time, (on route, departure from Granton, arrivel at
Stirling or similar) some pictures of a stage coach in the manner as it
went on and off between Perth and Inverness at the same time: it was a
great coach with 4 indoor-seats and 16 outdoor-seats; a very interesting
item of a coach. Maybe somebody knows a source for these pictures, a
special book or Scotish museum or ... Best regards Alfred Grandl
(alfred.grandl@gmx.de)
Hello again Alfred: Looking to Calton Hill,
the building is on the left hand side of the street, about 100 meters from
the East End of Princes Street, just before the bridge over Regent Road.
I have received a few emails about the transport
subjects on this web site, so let's hope somebody reads your questions
above and can help to provide an answer.
Peter
Stubbs - 4 June 2004
08 June
2004
05:05
Thank you. This is a great
site. Ben Neuhart Los Angeles
08 June
2004
20:01
Hi Peter, it has taken me a
while to find your photo of the Marine Hotel with my Grandfathers name on
the front. It is in the section on transport showing the tram outside the
hotel. What a find great photo I have passed this info onto the Newhaven
Portal with your name All the best Donald Campbell Veale
dnldcvl@aol.com
Hello Donald: I'm glad you found the photo
on the site. It's good that photos like this one have survived. They
give a good impression of the street scenes in earlier days.
Peter
Stubbs - 11 June 2004
09 June
2004
13:43
Interesting site and a great
bonus to find an ancestor, John Patrick b 1831. He was a nephew of my
great great grandmother, Catherine Patrick b 1815, Wemyss Fife. Her
brother was James Patrick b 20 Dec 1805 Wemyss, married to Christian
Finlay. The Patrick name has been carried down to my father's generation
as a middle name. Regards Annette Donohue nee Baird -
jadonohue@optusnet.com.au
Hello Annette: I have received a few emails asking about the Patrick
family. It would be an interesting project to research the work of John
and James Patrick. Many of their old postcards and some of their old
photos have survived.
James
Patrick gave illustrated lectures to Edinburgh Photographic Society with
text provided, on at least one occasion, by John Patrick's eldest child
Jessie Findlay. Reports of some of these lectures appeared in the British
Journal of Photography during the 1890s.
Peter
Stubbs - 11 June 2004
14 June
2004
20:37
Great web-site! It was fun to see a James Auld photo. I have an old
photo with Charles Auld, in Ellon, on the back of it. Also, I have an 1881
census with my great, great grandfather (James Ireland) plus it has
Charles Auld (52) and James Auld (19) photographer listed down the street.
Jane Stubbe, USA jmstubbe@prodigy.net
22 June
2004
07:54
Nice site Peter! As someone who (about a hundred years ago) paid his
way through Uni by taking pictures and holding onto the idea that this was
how I would end up making my living, I've always retained an interest in
the 'Edinburgh scene'. Looking at the material in your site has brought
back lots of very happy memories!!
22 June
2004
17:55
This is a wonderful website. I have a family photograph taken by Claude
Low of 54 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh and thanks to the website I have been
able to roughly date the photograph. EC, Leven, Fife
22 June
2004
21:57
Hi Peter as a photography nut {my wifes description of me} I think the
site is first class . I have a question for you i have two photographs by
WK Munro of 16 pitt Street Edinburgh how can i date these I also have a
photograph by a Cagne of 745 Wellington Street Montreal Canada I can find
no info on this photographer all three have a link to my wifes family they
were left to by her Grandmother . Thanks ronnie Black Edinburgh
Hello Ronnie: The Edinburgh & Leith
trade directories list WK Munro as being at 16 Pitt Street (1875-84) and
at 16 North Pitt Street (1876-1907). These are probably both the same
address. If your photo is a carte de visite, it was probably produced
before about 1900. This suggests a date range of about 1875-1900.
Does your photo have a number in pencil on
the back? If so, this may help to narrow down the date. I have several
photos from W K Munro at 16 Pitt Street or 16 North Pitt Street. These
have numbers ranging from about 45,000 to 75,000. I assume that these
numbers were allocated chronologically over about the last quarter of the
19th century.
If your photo includes any costume, and if
you are able to email a copy of the photo to me, I'll see if I can suggest
a narrower range of dates.
I know nothing of the Montreal
photographer.
Peter Stubbs - 23 June 2004
25 June
2004
00:14
Thank-you for providing such
a fabulous resource! As an urban geographer with historical interests, I
can click around your page for hours. Well done! Ian MacLachlan Edinburgh
sojourner, permanent residence in Lethbridge, Alberta
25 June
2004
14:06
hi there, i was wondering if
in the process of all your research whether you had come across any
information relating to the subject of spirit photography in edinburgh?
thank you! ace website too. katie
Hello Katie: A couple of
lectures on spirit photography have been given to Edinburgh Photographic
Society. There may be reference to them in old editions of the British
Journal of Photography. If there is anything in particular that you are
looking for, please let me know. The lectures were:
- Session 1870-71: John Nicol:
The so-called Spirit Photographers by Members of Boston PS
- 7 March 1928: G K Ritchie: The Question of Spirit
Photography
Peter Stubbs -28 June 2004
25 June
2004
14:40
I am researching my family
history and have a picture taken by E Debenham & Co Weymouth (?1886) and
would be interested to know if this is the same photographer you are
talking about and if so, maybe I can trace some more family photos. My
name is: Sally Murray e mail address:
msally4@aol.com
Hello Sally: It seems likely
that this was the same photographer. I asked the same question on my web
site a year or two ago. It is answered in 'Answer 1' on this
Debenham
page.
However, tracking down further photos of
your family by this photographer is not likely to be easy. So far as I am
aware no archives or records of his photographs have survived.
Peter Stubbs -28 June 2004
28 June
2004
12:52
Hello, my name is James
Barbour. I live in Edinburgh have done since 1967 am very pleased to find
a web site to a Barbour.
30 June
2004
09:20
This, for me, is a truly
wonderful website. Although my parents were both Edinburgh born and bred,
I have never lived in Scotland (but often visited) and have through your
site been able to find all the places my Mum has told me about. Two weeks
ago my Mum told me about her father's cousin who owned the Clapperton
Studios in Selkirk. I searched your site which not only brought up the
information I was looking for but enabled me to get in touch with Ian
Mitchell, son of grandad's cousin. He in turn has put me in touch with
another family member who is also into family history and my knowledge of
the family has already improved. So many thanks. In answer to your
question "who was the other Thomson brother", perhaps I can help. I am in
the process of writing up my family history and needed a certain
photograph of my maternal grandmother taken, I am sure, before she married
in 1912. This photo has sat in a frame for some years and on removing it
today found that it is a postcard and printed on the back are the two
names Norman Thomson and John Thomson. The front in the bottom right hand
corner is embossed with Thomson Bros, 5 West Maitland Street, Edinburgh. I
hope this helps. The reason I was interested in the Thomsons (apart from
taking Granny's picture) is that her mother's maiden name was Thomson so I
am hoping for a family connection. Many thanks once again for an excellent
site.
jeanette@lspa32.freeserve.co.uk
Hello Jeanette: Thanks for your
comments about the web site. I'm pleased that you have found it useful.
Thanks also for taking the time to send me the info on the Thomson
Brothers. I'll add it to the web site.
Peter Stubbs -30 June 2004
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Peter
Stubbs - 5 July 2004
08 July
2004
23:27
Very nice site. Keep up
the good work. from Jean
http://www.genieslot.com
09 July
2004
22:57
very enjoyable site nice
to see old Edinburgh
10 July
2004
13:49
Durch Zufall bin ich hier
auf dieser Seite gelandet und bin wirklich begeistert. Dabei habe ich
laengst nicht alles gesehen. Aber was ich sah, gefaellt mir
ausnahmslos. Ein dickes Lob an den Webmaster! Weiter so... gut gedacht,
gut gemacht, weiter so! It is a very good website ... super
...!!! FRANKYBFC http://www.frankybfc.de
Thanks for you comments.
I believe the text in German above translates approximately as:
"By coincidence, I landed here on this site and am really
inspired. I did not see everything. But what I saw pleased me
without exception. High praise to the web master! Also well thought
out and well constructed."
I have left your web site address in the message above, but have
removed the text relating to your banner because it just displayed
some html text and did not display any banner.
Peter
Stubbs -10 July 2004
12 July
2004
15:59
Found this site whilst
browsing GREAT . RESEARCHING MY g/Grandfather John McKillop served in
the 26th Foot Cameronians 1861 daughter( Margaret) born 19th July 1861
at 382 Castlehill if any one has any info would appreciate it Thanks
email address waltermckillop@tiscali.co.uk
14 July
2004
19:43
Dear sir, I have in my possession a card to which is affixed a double image of"The little shepherds and their flocks" published by yourselves and sold by Underwood & Underwood. It appears to be very old and I would be interested if you have any comments to offer. Gerald Leech. e-mail---leech @gcjad.freeserve.co.uk
Hello Gerald: I
am familiar with Underwood & Underwood stereo views and have some of these in my
collection and on this web site, though I was not the original publisher
of these. There are many sets of Underwood & Underwood stereo views, often
comprising scenes from around the world. These tend to be high quality
images that retain lots of detail of the views, and look all the more impressive
when viewed through a stereo viewer. These were produced around the 1890s
and early 1900s.
I would like to find
out more about this company, to help me answer questions that are placed in this
GuestBook, and questions that I am asked by email. e.g. What became of the
company? Is there a list of all the stereo cards that they published?
If anybody is aware of any literature that can help me to answer these
questions, can you please
email me.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, I know
nothing of the views that you mention: "The Little Shepherds and their
Flocks".
- Peter Stubbs -14 July 2004
15 July
2004
01:46
My Grandfather was, I believe, a member of the EPS, probably around 1900. His name was Edward Illingworth.
I would like to know if you have any record of him. I know he was producing Autochromes in the early 1900's.
Prof. R. Irvine.
e-mail rirvine3@cogeco.ca
Hello Prof. Irvine: There was a
Member of EPS named E A Illingworth in the early 1900s.
- He gave an Exhibition Lecture titled 'A Trip to the West Indies'
during the EPS International Exhibition on 6 March 1908.
- He gave a lecture titled 'Masking and Binding' to the EPS Lantern
Section on 10 January 1912.
- He gave a lecture titled 'Contact Prints' to the EPS Lantern Section on
28 October 1914.
- He was a Member of the EPS Survey Group that made a photographic record
of some of Edinburgh's architecture.
- He was joint-winner of the Medal for Survey Photographs of Edinburgh in
the EPS Members' Exhibition in 1912. His entry was titled 'A set of
Greyfriars'. These would be small photographs. Copies may still be
held by the Edinburgh Room at Edinburgh Central Library.
Peter Stubbs -15 July 2004
18 July
2004
03:57
Hi, nice place. I want to know if the hongkongbank at waterloo place is there? Can you send me a picture?
ehnf@hotmail.com
Hello: I think that the address
you are looking for is 6 Waterloo Place, London (not Waterloo Place, Edinburgh).
This was originally headquarters of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank and is now a
hotel, Sofitel St James.
Peter Stubbs -20 July 2004
21 July
2004
16:29
My wife and I along with our daughter, and two granddaughters, recently visited Edinburgh (from Aberdeen). I explored some of Edinburgh's many closes and found them so interesting, so I was very glad to find your webpage showing and describing the many closes. Your whole web site is excellent and so informative. Keep up the good work.
Moe and Moira,
Ottawa, On., Canada
Hello Moe and
Moira: Thanks for your comments. I have now photographed about
another 20 of Edinburgh's closes. I plan to add these photos to the web
site, but it will take me a little while to do so.
Peter Stubbs -
21 July 2004
24 July
2004
20:17
What a great site, my
husbands side are all from Edinburgh and he would love to obtain a
photograph of Dundee St Edinburgh circa 1900's his grandmother lived at
146 where the brewery now stands. Pauline Poustie. Cleveland.
24 July
2004
23:15
Absolutely beautiful photographs. I feel like I've attended the Edinburgh Festival!
Ramona Christmas
28 July
2004
14:18
carol.eyden@btinternet.com
I have learned from an elderly relative that someone in my family was the governor of Edinburgh Prison. This would have been in 1930s I think. Has anyone a record of names of governors around this period. He is said to have lived in a big house 'on the other side of the park' which I understand was nearby. Sorry about the sketchy information. My mother came from Portobello and my grandparents lived there and at Eyemouth and Musselburgh. The names involved may have been Brack or Pennycook but if a female family member married the prison governor I won't know the name. Any information would be gratefully received.
Hello Carol:
The Governor of Edinburgh Jail lived in the Governor's House. I think that
the house that you mention will be the
Governor's House for Calton Jail. It was an impressive building
decorated with towers and battlements. Its address was 30 Waterloo Place.
It stood on high ground immediately to the north-east of Waverley Station,
looking down on some of the station platforms, and was sometimes mistaken for
Edinburgh Castle by visitors to Edinburgh! Holyrood Park was on the other
side of the valley.
The New Edinburgh
Almanac was published annually until 1932. Each year, it gave the name of The
Governor of Edinburgh Jail. The Governor of Edinburgh Jail at Calton was Major P H Monro from 1920 (or earlier)
until around 1928. At about that time the Jail and its Governor moved from
Calton to Saughton. Major P H Munro
was followed as Governor by Brigadier-General R M Dudgeon who held the post
until about 1931.
Peter Stubbs -
30 July 2004
30 July
2004
17:31
Came across this site by accident. I was working out of Edinburgh in 1955 as a photographer on the Scottish edition of Picture Post. Interesting to see so many other Murrays had preceded me!
John S Murray (now in Holmfirth, Yorkshire)
john.s.murray@ntlworld.com
Hello John:
Thank you for sending me the picture of Edinburgh in the mid-1950s. I like
it and feel that it captures the period well, as do many of the Picture Post
photos.
Peter Stubbs -
1 August 2004
31 July
2004
09:50
`Hi there`
I loved some of your work mine is www.hoodwinked.biz the story of Robin Hood and his sarcastic teddy bear wink plus advertising work publishing Si-fi and portraits so if your interested have a look and maybe we can get together
Melvin
Hello Melvin:
Thank for the message, and best wishes for the future of your business.. I
have had a look at your web site, which I believe you built yourself. Well done!
Your site has a good range of art styles, and you seem to be building up an impressive list of customers.
Peter Stubbs -
1 August 2004
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Cool website, nice photos. Thanks for sharing them. Denis
http://dlg.atspace.com
01 August
2004
17:15
Hi Peter
I have found information showing Granton as the birth place of my grandfather John Mackenzie but can find nothing
Do you have pictures of Granton around 1867
Elizabeth Pearse
Fergus, Ont Canada
01 August
2004
17:24
Hi Peter
Just sent an email about Granton. I have just found your pictures, sorry for being so slow on checking.
On all censes my grandfather lists his birth place as Granton, but on a visit to Scotland in 1994 & going to Registry House there is nothing listed for him. Is there another place in Edinburgh that I can check for his birth. This is the information he has put in census & marriage certificate. His name was John Mackenzie, born Granton 1867 to Sarah Stewart & John Mackenzie
Elizabeth
Fergus Ont Canada
Hello Elizabeth:
Is it possible that John Mackenzie was born in Granton-on-Spey (Scotland, rather
than Granton, Edinburgh Scotland)? I'll have a look next week and see if I
can find anything to help with your search.
Peter Stubbs -
1 August 2004
01 August
2004
18:49
ALA ABA LOVES THIS SITE AND ALA OWERRI ECHO
04 August
2004
00:19
May i say what a delight your site is? having lived
in HK as a child, and been Edinburgh born myself, it was wonderful to see
Scotland and Hong Kong through your eyes. Have "borrowed" one of your
roadsign pics to help with the imagery on my own site - ^Quest^ through
which I hope to assist people seeking a Path into their inner being, and
FREEDOM. Your sign graphically illustrates my point that <confusing signs
lead to disaster> Questor@fsmail.net thank you
04 August
2004
15:43
Hi Peter Stumbled on this site by accident but was
drawn to it by the statement that daughter Margaret was born at 382
Castlehill in 1861 and that her father saw service with the 26th Foot
Cameronians these are exactly the comments I made in my search for my
G/Grandfather John McKillop married to Eliza Burn in Dublin in 1860 I am
still following this matter up and awaiting a copy of their mariege
certificate I am more than interested now that my grandaughter lives in
Edinburgh , I am curious to know how the facts that were mentioned came on
to your web site not that I mind but am just curious. Do you have any
photos of 382 Castlehill or the 26th foot in service in Edinburgh Thanks
again for inadvertently catching my eye with this information My email
address is waltermckillop@tiscali.co.uk home town Burnley Lancs
waltermckillop@tiscali.co.uk
Hello Walter:
I think that the reference to John McKillop at 382 Castlehill comes from
the entry that you left in the GuestBook on 12 July. I'll see if I can
take a photograph of 382 Castlehill to add to the web site soon. I don't
have any photos of the 26th Foot Cameronians in Edinburgh. - Peter
Stubbs - 4 August 2004
Update: 382
Castlehill appears to have been part of Cannonball House, the last
building on the left hand side of the Royal Mile before entering Edinburgh
Castle Esplanade. I have photographed the building and included the photo
in a new Cannonball House page to this web site.
Peter Stubbs - 9
August 2004
06 August
2004
04:06
I'm trying to trace my ancestors who once lived at
267 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, in the late 1800's. Would appreciate any info
on this address, such as what type of property exists at that address
today, etc, etc. Cathy Sinclair Edmonton, Canada Email:
cdsin@telus.net
Hello Cathy:
I have had a look at 267 Leith Walk, and taken a photograph of it which I
hope to add to the web site this week. It is part of a block of
stone-built apartments, 4 storeys high, built in 1895. No 267 is on the
corner of the street. There is a public house 'Victoria Bar' on the
ground floor.
Peter Stubbs - 8
August 2004
Update: I
have now added the photograph to the site. Please click below to view it:
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Peter Stubbs - 13
August 2004
08 August
2004
20:08
Hi Peter. I think this is a wonderful web page as
you have so many photos to look at and interesting subjects. Keep it up.
Russell Auty, Wing, Bucks, England.
09 August
2004
17:43
Hello I have looking for #9 Livingstone Place. I do
not have a street for this address. Can you tell me where to look. A
Mr&Mrs Joesph Forbes Clarke lived at this address in Sept,1899. What have
seen of your site it is very interesting. I have enjoy the map section.
Thank-you Gail Canada
Hello Gail:
Livingstone Place is just to the south of the Meadows, close to the Old
Town of Edinburgh. The best map to find it on is probably this Newington
Section of the 1932 bus and tram
map. Click on this link, to find the map then look for the Meadows, a
large area of grass towards the bottom left of the map.
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If you cross the
Meadows on the footpath that passes between the 'O' and 'W' of MEADOWS,
heading approximately SSE then keep going, crossing over the bus and tram
routes, the short section of road heading south straight ahead of you is
Livingston Place. The first building is No.1 and the last, at the
southern end of the street, is No.23.
Peter Stubbs - 9
August 2004
9 August
2004
22:36
Thanks for the access to photos of Leith. I am
trying to trace info about Leith to include in my family-tree records. My
mother was born in Leith in August 1904. Douglas Newsam - BARBADOS dnewsam@caribsurf.com
11 August2004
10:11
this site is a very nice site,i dey
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14 August
2004
10:34
Carl Leckey. MBE. CF. Author The Angels Of Mons.
Historical Fact/ Fiction www.carlleckey.co.uk A GREAT SITE I HAVE RELLY
ENJOYED MY VISIT IT HAS HELPED MY RESEARCH INTO EARLY CHARABANCS
16 August
2004
19:51
Doing a project for school, very helpful, learnt a
bit more about Fox Talbot
24 August
2004
11:32
You've made a wonderful site here and put in what
can only be described as a tremendous amount of work. Thank you for your
efforts; thank you for allowing everyone to enjoy the results! FEU North
Carolina USA
25 August
2004
10:07
This site is absolutely
fantastic. All of my father's ancestors are from Edinburgh/Leith and I am
thrilled to see some things as they probably saw them. Thanks for doing
such a fine job. Regards David Spalding Adelaide Australia
dxs@bigpond.net.au
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