Tag: Edinburgh
Princes Street station was closed in 1965 and has since been demolished
The above photograph was taken in 1950 by Tom E, Gray 23 April 1898, The Ambulance Crew, Princes Street Station: 1959, Princes Street Station to be closed: All photographs from … Continue reading Princes Street station was closed in 1965 and has since been demolished
Telephone Exchanges
EDINBURGH. The photograph above is from Trove. This is the supporting information provided with it: 13 December 1900, Edinburgh Evening Dispatch: 3 March 1977, The Scotsman: ABERDEEN. 16 November 1906, … Continue reading Telephone Exchanges
Murrayfield Ice Rink
As a teenager I regularly went to skate on Murrayfield Ice Rink with my friends. We had great fun, but the ice skates for hire were made of very hard … Continue reading Murrayfield Ice Rink
‘a streetful of shops under one roof’
In the Trove archive I came across a 1950s map of the centre of Edinburgh. On the reverse of the map was this : My favourite memory of Jenners returns … Continue reading ‘a streetful of shops under one roof’
‘Here is the evidence that Scotland is alert and looking forward’
North Star and Farmers Chronicle, 30 August 1947:
‘The GROTTO’
I came across this architectural design in the TROVE archive. I have no idea if the design was ever more than a design, or indeed any more about it. The … Continue reading ‘The GROTTO’
MAD BUYER
117 London Road Edinburgh [sketch from a Trove photograph taken in the early 1980s]