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Stonemasons Working On The Site Of The GPO Building 1880s

1885
Stonemasons Working On The Site Of The GPO Building 1880s
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At least one of those pictured here is a relative of Anne Findlay (née Sutherland). They came from Brora to Edinburgh to work on the construction of the General Post Office in the east end of Princes Street.

[Agnes (Nan) Currie (née Collie), who donated the photograph, was the granddaughter of Anne Findlay.]

Donor number: 0141-014

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Daily Life
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1880s apron arms-crossed beard bonnet boots brick Brora building cap chimney pot construction Edinburgh family General Post Office GPO hand on hip jacket leaning mallet men moustache outdoor plank pole post office Princes Street scaffold set square shirt standing Stone stonemason THELMA trousers trowel waistcoat work workclothes worker
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