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Edinburgh, Princes Street From The Castle c.1950
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When the Duke of Gordon held the castle for James VII during the 'Long Siege' of 1689, there would have been few, if any, buildings between the fortress and the port of Leith. Gordon surrendered the castle on 13 June 1689 owing to sickness and acute shortages of food and water. During 1988-91, excavations unearthed the remains of some of the garrison from this siege. None of the skeletons showed signs of wounds, but all appeared to have died from disease.

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A Selection of Memories from Edinburgh

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Edinburgh

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Dean Bridge
This is the view from Telfords Dean Bridge looking towards Stockbridge. The Water of Leith is just visible, having just flowed through Dean Village (on the 'other side of the picture', behind the photographer. There is a path from Dean Village to Stockbridge along the bank of the Water of Leith. When I lived here (~1976-2003). The small 'Greek' style 'temple' is St.Bernard's Well. I think there is a separate spring ...see more
Edinburgh, view from Dean Bridge 1897
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Dean Village, But Exactly Where?
I can't quite work out exactly where this is. I think its a little bit downstream from the other image of Dean Village, but the buildings on the left of the footbridge are not as I remember them - maybe they were demolished? I think the 'twin towers', in the distance are (or were) the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art?
Edinburgh, the Dean Village c1955
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Dean Village
I lived in a small flat in a converted tannery warehouse between 1976-2003- just off-shot at the left hand edge of the picture, All the old buildings are now renovated and converted to flats. A very desirable place to live. The church in the picture is actually at the far end of Telfords Dean Bridge which is not visible in the picture. The bridge was part of the 'new' high road out of Edinburgh which used to be across the small bridge in the picture.
Edinburgh, the Dean Village c1955
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Nursery School
I went to nursery school in the castle. We lived only 50 yards up the road in Loaning Road in the Munrospun factory. Number 3 Loaning Road belonged to Munrospun and my dad was the electrician and the house came with the job. There was a bomb shelter in the back garden that we played in daily. I walked to Craigentinny Primary with my brothers David and Brian. Went to the scouts in the church hall across from the ...see more
Edinburgh, Craigentinny House 1956
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