In the Trove archive I came across the above photograph, dated 2017, of a ‘ghost sign’ of 24 Portland Place, Leith. Trove has indexed it under Dr Alex G C Hale, Archaeologist, Historic Environment Scotland.
In this post, I share a timeline of 24 Portland Place [and yes, the timeline is incomplete]. I suggest that in reading the following, you ask what can ‘Ghost signs’ say? Here, there are many questions that may come to mind: What survives the passage of time? Can a name alone, tell a story?
13 March 1901, Leith Burgh Pilot:
15 March 1901, Edinburgh Evening Dispatch:
13 May 1901:
27 May 1901, The Scotsman:
15 February 1915, Edinburgh Evening Dispatch:
1932 Ordnance survey map:
24 Portland Place, 1977 [Trove image]:
2015 – 2020 [AI representations of GoogleMap images]:
Circa 2018:
2 December 2022, Facebook:
Graystone Gallery, opened at 24 Portland Place in Leith, in March 2023, but later relocated to Stockbridge at 52 Hamilton Place:
