Edinburgh Walks

Water of Leith today. The Grey Wagtail seemed interested in the otters’ actions. @WOLCT @gowildedinburgh @WildPhotoScot @CheepBirds #otter #greywagtail

@gowildedinburgh @WOLCT Great film, Tom. My favourite bird on the Water of Leith. And I like how the fledgling already has ‘the dip’……

First dipper chick to fledge this morning - siblings still being fed in the nest! We have apx 16 pairs of dippers on the 12.75 mile walkway section of the Water of Leith. Looking forward to seeing a lot more chicks in May! #dipper #waterofleith #urbanwildlife #edinburgh

Water of Leith today @WOLCT #otter

@AlanWilson_SP This what I saw on 29th October. Got to hope they were careful with what they removed. I’m sure they were.

Walking by Mr Purves Lighting Emporium today in St Stephen Street and saw that the shop has now been cleared out. #Stockbridge #Edinburgh

Mr Purves is being cleared. #endofanera #Stockbridge #Edinburgh #oneofakind

@martinaburke @WOLCT Thanks for this. I enjoyed all of them.

@Edinburgh_Walks @WOLCT He painted all over Scotland, mainly landscape and castles. The one below was painted in 1904 before the one with a similar view I posted previously.

‘The Water of Leith’ 2 x companion paintings by Alex Burke (1895) …

@Threadinburger Informative and enjoyable read, thanks. Regarding Sandport Street Bridge I’d always known this as Fishquay Bridge between Coalhill and Bridge Street. Do you know where the fish quay was? By St. Ninian’s Church? I think Wine Quay was on the Shore side near the foot of Shore Place.

The thread about how Leith opened itself up by bridging its river and why that changed forever in 1955 threadinburgh.scot/2024/02/14/the…

@cocteautriplets There was ‘The Laurie’ (Laurie Street Picture House) somewhere around where Kirkgate House now sits. My grandfather-in-law talked about it being a flea pit that had no toilets that he visited on Saturday morning to watch cowboy films in the 1920’s cinematreasures.org/theaters/60045

@Calum_M_Ross @ThelmaScotland @thecockburn I think Calum may be right. The alternative would be the roof of the building that stood in the grounds of the now Radisson Blu/Scandic Crown hotel if it was tall enough?

@ThelmaScotland @thecockburn Using the towers of the Hub, St Giles and the Tron to triangulate, I think this photo is taken from the top of the tower of St Patrick's Catholic Church in the Cowgate. The curved metal behind the minister seems to match with the copper dome of the tower.

Today's donated pic of the day is something of a mystery, we have no date, no names and no exact location. Possibly the #1940s or #1950s & definitely #Edinburgh but which roof do you think they might be on? Or does anyone recognise the men in the photo?

There are coal chute covers along the north side of Charlotte Square (Bute House etc). These are square as opposed to round.

@USAinScotland @DoorsOpenDays 🙋‍♂️

@cocteautriplets Saw this very happy house in Greece this year.

@MostlyGhostly_ If I may….. edinburghwalks.com/2018/05/22/the…

Remembering Quintinshill: #Onthisday in 1915, a terrible calamity occurred at #Quintinshill signal box near #Gretna, resulting in Britain's worst ever rail disaster. The loss of life was catastrophic; over 220 souls lost their lives... facebook.com/mostlyghostlyt…

@ConStreet6 Is that in Bernard Street?

It may be tiny but this is one of the most spectacular gilt mosaic ceilings I’ve seen - and it’s hiding in the heart of #Leith.

@cocteautriplets @theSpurtle @AlanWilson_SP Nuisance was regularly used as a euphemism for public urination….

No Nuisance Allowed. Police Regulations Strictly Enforced Many thanks to Watermelon Girl (@Watermelon_lass) for directing me to this ghost sign in the lane running along the side of the Assembly Rooms on George Street. 👍 #Edinburgh #NewTown #ghostsign

@cocteautriplets Just over-by on the ground of the old Shrubhill bus depot was Gallowlea, a sandy knoll where poor souls were executed and their remains left to rot or burnt. A warning for those travelling north into Edinburgh from Leith. The sand reputed to be used in the mortar or the New Town.

I always thought the Dean Village ( or controversially should it be Dene Village/Village of Dene ) was on the land now taken up by the Dean Cemetery. and that the old village by the water was the Water of Leith Village.

@thecockburn @NTBCC @theAHSS Maybe the developers could recognise that 106 Princes Street was the birthplace of Lieut. John Irving RN of HMS Terror. He perished on the 19C Franklin expedition to find the North West Passage and is buried in the Dean Cemetery. #Franklin #HMSTerror @fingerpostblog

Proposed partial demolition and redevelopment for hotel use at 104 - 108 Princes Street Public consultation: 19th December, 12pm-6pm & 26th January, 12pm-6pm - at The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street Online consultation: 104-108princesstreet.co.uk

@bfford @ThelmaScotland That was my thought too. The dairy in Duke Place. It was the windows that I thought - from memory - were very similar.

@ThelmaScotland Could be the dairy around the corner from Leith Academy Primary

Today’s picture was taken in #1948. though we do not know where (possibly Leith). A dairy worker is standing beside some complicated dairy equipment, wearing his overalls and rubber boots but, alas, with the hygienic image ruined by the lit cigarette dangling from his fingers!