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Collecting images of people, places and objects which relate to Edinburgh’s working life, industries and professions. From brewing to printing, rubber products to glassware and everything else in between.
Please upload and tag your photos here! Use the #AuldReekieRetold. We are especially keen to hear from folk who worked in Edinburgh industries from the 1960s onwards.

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Steel Coulson Brewery - Ale bottle

Steel Coulson Brewery - Ale bottle

Fountainbridge Brewery, Edinburgh

Fountainbridge Brewery, Edinburgh

Delivery Horses At McEwan's Brewery Fountainbridge 1940

Delivery Horses At McEwan's Brewery Fountainbridge 1940

Scottish & Newcastle Brewery, Fountainbridge

Scottish & Newcastle Brewery, Fountainbridge

Cooper At Holyrood Breweries c.1890

Cooper At Holyrood Breweries c.1890

Women Working On Production Line At Leith Provident Dairy 1930s

Women Working On Production Line At Leith Provident Dairy 1930s

Shifting Crates Of Bottles At Leith Provident Dairy 1930s

Shifting Crates Of Bottles At Leith Provident Dairy 1930s

Man Working At Speedspools Monotype Printers At Gayfield Place Lane 1992

Man Working At Speedspools Monotype Printers At Gayfield Place Lane 1992

Two Workers At James Betram's Engineering Works On Leith Walk 1960s

Two Workers At James Betram's Engineering Works On Leith Walk 1960s

Printing Machine at Nelson's Printingworks

Printing Machine at Nelson's Printingworks

Man Operating Letter Press Machine At J&J Gray Printers In Annandale Street 1950s

Man Operating Letter Press Machine At J&J Gray Printers In Annandale Street 1950s

Safety Officers Training At McDonald Road Fire Brigade Station c.1983

Safety Officers Training At McDonald Road Fire Brigade Station c.1983

Whisky Bottlers At William Muir Bond 9, Commercial Street, late 1950s

Whisky Bottlers At William Muir Bond 9, Commercial Street, late 1950s

Burton's Biscuits Rich Tea Line 1992

Burton's Biscuits Rich Tea Line 1992

Rolling Barrels In The Distillery Yard At Gorgie And Dalry 1991

Rolling Barrels In The Distillery Yard At Gorgie And Dalry 1991

Women Working On Bottling Line At Invergordon Whisky Bond, 6th December 1990

Women Working On Bottling Line At Invergordon Whisky Bond, 6th December 1990

Coopers At DJ McCallum Bond And Cooperage On Links Place 1930s

Coopers At DJ McCallum Bond And Cooperage On Links Place 1930s

William Murray IPA bottle

William Murray IPA bottle

Auld Reekie Breweries

Auld Reekie Breweries

A Founding Edinburgh Ale

A Founding Edinburgh Ale

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Categories:

Childhood Daily Life Family Life Food and Drink Places Work

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#AuldReekieRetold #AuldReekieRetoldt 1890 1890s 1930s 1940 1940s 1950s 1958 1960s 1980s 1983 1990 1990s 1991 1992 accident alcohol ale animal apron architecture arm in arm arm round waist baker barrel beard beer belt biscuit boilersuit bond bonds boots bottle bottles bottling box breathing apparatus breweries brewery brewing building buildings business canal cap carbon dioxide cask ceiling light Christmas cleaning co-op cobbles collar colour commerce conveyor belt cooper cooperage copper corrugated iron craftsman crate dairy Dalry decoration delivery depot details distiller distillers distillery dress drink Edinburgh engineering factory fashion fire brigade fireman firm foot raised Fountainbridge gas gloves Gorgie group hand on lap hand on shoulder hands clasped hands on knees harness headscarf helmet holyrood horse indoor industry J&J Gray jacket James Bertram John Campbell Harper jumper kneeling lamp leak Leith Leith Provident lifting lorry machine machinery McEwan's men Milk milk bottle moustache Nelson Printingworks operating outdoor overall pallet pallet jack paper Peter Stubbs plane press printer printing production line profession publishing railing Reminiscence safety Scottish & Newcastle Scottish and Newcastle Brweries shirt shoes Sighthill sitting smiling smock spectacles standing stool strip light suit tanker THELMA tie tiles tinsel Trade training transport trousers typesetter typesetting uniform Union Canal Victorian waistcoat warehouse wartime washing washing bottles wellington boots whisky William Muir window women work workclothes worker workers working working life workshop workyard yard

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