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St Leonard’s

In an archive [I have forgotten which archive] I came across these ‘before’ photographs of St Leonard’s, Edinburgh. I have tried to make something of them.

St Leonard’s improvement scheme:

To play the film please click here or on the above image.

Music credit: ‘Idiot Prayer’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds [live at Alexandra]

1-3 Gilmour Street, Edinburgh
2 Gifford Park, Edinburgh 1
9 April 1920 Richmond's Pharmacy, 61 Pleasance, Edinburgh - sugar rations (1)
9 April 1920 Richmond's Pharmacy, 61 Pleasance, Edinburgh - sugar rations (2)
9 April 1920 Richmond's Pharmacy, 61 Pleasance, Edinburgh - sugar rations (3)
9 April 1920 Richmond's Pharmacy, 61 Pleasance, Edinburgh - sugar rations (4)
65 the Pleasance, Edinburgh
98 Pleasance, Edinburgh, William Woodward and Son, clockmakers
115 St leonard's Street, Edinburgh
182 Pleasance, Edinburgh
Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh
Crosscauseway, Edinburgh
Malgon for headache - Richmond's Pharmacy, 61 Pleasance, Edinburgh
Simon Square Soup Kitchen, Richmond Lane, Edinburgh
Stairway, St John's Hill, Edinburgh
The Wee Beer shop, 125 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh
Understanding a Photograph - John Berger (3)
VERTIGO by W G Sebald (16)
VERTIGO by W G Sebald (22)
Waiting for the last bus - Richard Holloway (2)
Waverley (10)

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Peter Scott-Gordon: gardener, artist, retired doctor: peter@holeousia.com
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