My daughter has recently moved to Leith and her flit has given me an opportunity to explore her new neighbourhood. It has been wonderful to discover that the ‘tired old’ Leith of my youth has been transformed. A revival that is ongoing.
Lorne Street: this corner property, no 31, has both readable and unreadable ‘ghost signs’:
The skylight window above the red door retains this faint impression:
An incomplete timeline:
3 January 1890, Edinburgh Evening News:
1892, Ordnance Survey map:
6 February 1893, Edinburgh Evening News:
1898 Postal Directory for Leith:
24 November 1990, Edinburgh Evening News:
12 November 1997, The Scotsman:
9 November 1999, The Scotsman:
