Former YMCA building on South St Andrew Street
July 2023
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Former YMCA hostel now houses Chinese restaurant on ground floor.
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Never a hostel!
Frequent visitor in the 50s and 60s
Great place to meet up with friends.
Sorry, there was a typo – YMCA not YHCA, now corrected.
You can see another photo of this building on the Canmore website – zoom in and you can see the YMCA sign above the door –
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1240721
You can also see it marked on this OS map, online via NLS – https://maps.nls.uk/view/102717098
Used to play badminton there at lunchtime when I worked in Lawnmarket around 1982
Stayed here on a school trip to Edinburgh in 1971. Boys in one dorm, girls in another. Lovely place. I was 11 years old. Had a great week and have fond memories of my first trip to Edinburgh. Planning to return soon.