Mr Thomas Howden’s ‘Jock’, Leith Flower Show, Driver James Liddle 1907
1907
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Archibald Minto (standing on wagon, far right).
The Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory of 1900 gives a Thomas Howden, grocer and egg merchant, at 136 Kirkgate.
1907 was the inaugural year of the Leith Hospital Pageant, still going today [2025] as part of the Leith Festival.
Donor number: 0550-001
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