Edinburgh, The Canongate Tolbooth c.1890
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The Canongate was where the canons of Holyrood Abbey entered the Old Town. The tolbooth, with its projecting clock, is one of the most famous landmarks on the Royal Mile and dates from 1591.
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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
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?
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.
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
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