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Tommy’s Edinburgh

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Kathleen Glancy - Picnic at Dean Orphanage

Kathleen Glancy - Picnic at Dean Orphanage

Waiting for a train at Waverley Station

Waiting for a train at Waverley Station

Alastair W. Forbes - My first job

Alastair W. Forbes - My first job

School slate

School slate

The belt or tawse

The belt or tawse

Granton

Granton

Pentland Hills

Pentland Hills

Alastair W. Forbes - Drumsheugh Swimming Baths

Alastair W. Forbes - Drumsheugh Swimming Baths

Portobello Baths

Portobello Baths

Portobello community garden

Portobello community garden

Portobello beach

Portobello beach

Union Canal - by Harrison Park

Union Canal - by Harrison Park

tea in the park

tea in the park

Treasure this for years

Treasure this for years

The Church Hill Theatre

The Church Hill Theatre

Painting of the former site of James Thomson & Sons Ltd

Painting of the former site of James Thomson & Sons Ltd

Grassmarket

Grassmarket

Brown's Close in the Grassmarket

Brown's Close in the Grassmarket

The old wooden bridge over the Union Canal at Leamington Road

The old wooden bridge over the Union Canal at Leamington Road

Queue of buses on Waverley Bridge

Queue of buses on Waverley Bridge

Trams on Princes Street

Trams on Princes Street

The Ferry at Cramond

The Ferry at Cramond

North British Station Hotel on Princes Street

North British Station Hotel on Princes Street

Flats on Portobello Promenade

Flats on Portobello Promenade

Knifer-grinders cart, Bruntsfield

Knifer-grinders cart, Bruntsfield

Palace Cinema, Princes Street

Palace Cinema, Princes Street

Spanning the Water of Leith

Spanning the Water of Leith

Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge

Sunset over Forth Road Bridge

Sunset over Forth Road Bridge

Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge

Portobello Beach

Portobello Beach

Fishwives in costume

Fishwives in costume

Old money

Old money

Enlistment to the City Battalion 1914

Enlistment to the City Battalion 1914

Forth Rail Bridge Lucky Pennies

Forth Rail Bridge Lucky Pennies

Oor Wullie

Oor Wullie

James Thomson & Son Ltd Shortbread Mixture

James Thomson & Son Ltd Shortbread Mixture

The Broons

The Broons

James Thomson & Son Ltd pre 1905 before the King's Theatre was built

James Thomson & Son Ltd pre 1905 before the King's Theatre was built

James Thomson & Son Ltd before it closed down in 1971

James Thomson & Son Ltd before it closed down in 1971

Clothing book coupons

Clothing book coupons

Happy Families card game

Happy Families card game

Cup and ball game

Cup and ball game

Whip and peerie

Whip and peerie

Yo-yo

Yo-yo

Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby

Calton Hill

Calton Hill

Hibernian F. C. programmes

Hibernian F. C. programmes

Coronation Toffee Tin

Coronation Toffee Tin

Subbuteo figures

Subbuteo figures

Hearts football programmes

Hearts football programmes

Milne's Court

Milne's Court

Knife-grinder's cart, Bruntsfield

Knife-grinder's cart, Bruntsfield

Portobello Bathing Pool

Portobello Bathing Pool

Bath Street, Portobello

Bath Street, Portobello

Bath Street, Portobello

Bath Street, Portobello

Bath Street, Portobello

Bath Street, Portobello

Refurbished Portobello Baths

Refurbished Portobello Baths

Portobello Beach

Portobello Beach

Boroughmuir RUFC, Meggetland Playing Fields, Edinburgh

Boroughmuir RUFC, Meggetland Playing Fields, Edinburgh

West Bow (Foot of Victoria Street)

West Bow (Foot of Victoria Street)

Old Town from Princes Street

Old Town from Princes Street

Between Mid and West Arthur Place

Between Mid and West Arthur Place

Corporation Buses Lothian Road

Corporation Buses Lothian Road

Castle and Princes Street from North British Hotel

Castle and Princes Street from North British Hotel

Bath Street

Bath Street

Children playing on railings at Greenside

Children playing on railings at Greenside

Newton Street Coronation Party, Edinburgh

Newton Street Coronation Party, Edinburgh

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