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Teenagers On Tenement Balcony At 42 Dumbiedykes Road, New Flats In Background c.1960

1960
Teenagers On Tenement Balcony At 42 Dumbiedykes Road, New Flats In Background c.1960
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Back Row (l-r) – Ginger _?, Mattie Taylor, Peter Bottomley.
Front Row (l-r) – Willie Syme, Davy _?, Jimmy Hush.

“Taken from the top balcony at No.42 Dumbiedykes Road. Holyrood Square and the ‘Brickies’ – the buildings opposite our block of tenements – had been demolished to make way for the new flats.” – Jean Bell (née Bottomley)

Donor number: 0056-019

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Location:
Dumbiedykes
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1960 1960s adolescent architecture balcony boy buildings childhood children construction crouching demolition details Dumbiedykes Edinburgh fashion flats hands clasped hands on hip housing jacket jumper outdoor railing Reminiscence scaffolding shirt smiling standing teenager tenement THELMA tower block work site
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Living Memory Association
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Jean Bell's Dumbiedykes

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