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Sighthill Farm Workers Cottages 1947

1947
Sighthill Farm Workers Cottages 1947
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These cottages were situated on the corner of Wester Hailes Road and Calder Road opposite the present St Nicholas Church and originally housed Farm workers from the farm on the other side of Calder Road.
Demolished in the 1950s.
Original St Nicholas Church on the right and work being started on Sighthill Bowling Club in the foreground.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Sighthill and Wester Hailes
Categories:
Childhood Daily Life Environment Sport & Leisure
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
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Stuart Laidlaw's History of the Old Calder Road Sighthill from 1946-1970s Sighthill

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