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This delightful old photograph of the Edinburgh Gas Light Company is crammed with the workers who brought light to the night-time streets of Edinburgh: In Indexing this photograph, Trove provide … Continue reading Edinburgh Gas Light Company
22 April 1940, Edinburgh Evening News:
On a recent walk around the foot of Leith I came across Leith Dockers Club at No 17 Academy Street [this street was formerly known as Morton Street]. Behind a … Continue reading Sea Shanties from Seven Seas
Photographs: Peter Scott-Gordon [Leith, Edinburgh, October 2026] Words: STONER by John Williams
I came across the above photograph in the Trove archive. It records the WALK INN, 300 Leith Walk, Edinburgh. I thought: what name could be better for a pub on … Continue reading WALK INN
Do you remember ‘The Capitol‘ [Capitol Cinema, Leith]? 8 September 1928, Edinburgh Evening News: 7 June 1932, Edinburgh Evening News: 16 June 1936, Edinburgh Evening News: 26 June 1946, Edinburgh … Continue reading ‘The Happy Cappy’
The Palace Cinema, foot of Leith Walk. 1960 Ordnance survey map: 21 January 1913, Edinburgh Evening News: 4 February 1913, Edinburgh Evening News: 3 October 1940, Edinburgh Evening News: 31 … Continue reading Silent lament of angels
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’ … Continue reading Window Cleaning Stuff