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Dave Henniker Grange Road and The Grange
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The main road connecting Newington to Churchhill passes along The Grange, one of Edinburgh's leafy suburbs. It starts off as Salisbury Road then Grange Road, Beaufort Road, Strathearn Road, Strathearn Place, Churchhill then Churchhill Place. | |
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Marchmont Road is to the right of the corner; Strathearn Road is to its left. This is quite a busy crossroads, being part of the Grange Road route from Salisbury to Morningside at Churchhill. | |
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Diagonally opposite the corner above is Grange Cemetery, more information from the Gazeteer for Scotland. This is a west view towards St Giles Parish Church on Kilgraston Road, a continuation of Marchmont Road. The central stone structure with the driveway on top is 180m long and runs along the east-west ridge. | |
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The stone structure, built from red sandstone, contains dark tunnels and tombs. This is an east view from the central stairway. | |
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Facing west from the same standpoint as the previous picture. | |
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Before investigating the tunnels, I backed off for a view looking south through the centre towards Dick Place. |
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Two sets of three pillars are on either side of the tunnel entrance, and each set has a face carved into the stone beside it. | |
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On the right is a woman's face wearing a disconsolate expression as befits someone whose nose has been disfigured. | |
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The bearded man on the left looks more resigned to his fate, although his nose has been chipped too. | |
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Just inside the entrance. Two tunnels branch off left and right. | |
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Peering into the left tunnel... | |
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Past the barred gate some sunlight filters through openings. | |
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These tunnels would not normally be accessible. There were some workmen in the cemetery and they use the space for storage of tools and equipment. | |
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At the south end of the central tunnel looking back towards Beaufort Road, the middle part of the Grange Road / Strathearn Road link from Newington to Churchhill. | |
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Green ivy leaves swamp their stone likenesses on this tombstone. | |
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An impressively different stone carving graces this tomb. | |
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This vertical shot shows more detail including the fruit borne by this palm tree made of stone. Just beyond the wall, countless passengers on the upstairs deck of the number 5 bus will have glanced over the top totally unaware (as I was) of this intriguing memorial. | |
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Mortonhall Road in the Grange photographed from Blackford Hill. |
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Pitlsligo Road has had some changes in 2009. New luxury homes have replaced former sheletered housing, and opposite there the former BT (British Telecom) premises have been vacated. This was a somewhat incongruous presence in the expensive leafy suburbs where the likes of Fred 'the shred' of the Royal Bank of Scotland hang out. | |
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Kilgraston Road is a continuation of the route from Kings Buildings via Blackford Avenue. It goes north up this slope to Marchmont Road. The lodge house pictured here has the EP logo on its gate, short for Esdaile Park - next picture. | |
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An atypical vehicle for The Grange, even in its main north-south route of Blackford Avenue. | |
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Closer inspection reveals that not only is this a van with 'attitude' - it spells out its attitude with this 'PARKING SHMARKING NOTICE'. It continues with a claim that there's a method of avoiding parking tickets but this link is inconclusive. | |
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Built in the Scottish Baronial style of architecture and subdivided into individual houses. There's another view of this building on the page Views from Braid and Blackford Hills. | |
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I'm not giving directions to Lover's Loan because the sign has been stolen in the past. The shadow of the railings is probably only positioned like this on this day and time each year, assuming the sun is shining at all. The word Loan is of course another name for Lane, and doesn't refer to something that must be paid back to one's lover. |
Bruntsfield and Beyond A-Z or visit Grange Scrapbook (external website) for more information.