North Merchiston Cemetery, East Slateford

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	Angle Pk Ter 3 1280 x 1008 308K	400m further west the Fountainbridge main road has changed its name to Dundee Street and again to Angle Park Terrace. Two unusual premises are on either side of Ardmillan Place. I guess you can trade themes here...
	Angle Pk Ter 4 1280 x 917 307K	A very special paint job on the Childrens MUSIC CENTRE.
	Angle Pk Ter 5 1280 x 809 286K	Nice to see this old fire station preserved so well and in use for funerals. A railway line used to run behind here but now it's just a footpath and track eventually leading to locked gates at railway land.
	Angle Pk Ter 6 1280 x 717 277	A wider view of the old fire station showing where hearses now replace fire engines.
	N Merchiston 0 1280 x 850 385K	Continuing west it's necessary to cross the top of busy Ardmillan Terrace to reach this overgrown bench at the entrance to North Merchiston Cemetery. Merchiston Townswomen's Guild provided the bench to commemorate their 21st anniversary.
	N Merchiston 1 1280 x 850 502K	The biggest notice of the four advises readers that North Merchiston Cemetery has been compulsorily acquired.
	N Merchiston 2 1280 x 1050 503K	I've cropped the above image so that you can read the actual text with its bad grammar. The text on the NO DOGS notice is difficult to read for dogs or humans even although it's all in block capitals.
	N Merchiston 3 1280 x 854 567K	Inside a neglected cemetery you would expect to find old headstones leaning at dizzy angles or pushed over flat for Health & Safety reasons or as acts of malicious vandalism. Beyond the trees is St Michael's Parish Church at 1 Slateford Road. (Patron Saint of Marks & Spencer?)
	N Merchiston 5 1280 x 850 511K	For reference purposes a look back at the cemetery entrance. The lodge house is behind the hedge on this side of Ardmillan Terrace. Angle Park Terrace is across the junction which includes Slateford Road and Harrison Road (not visible in this picture).
	N Merchiston 6 1280 x 850 281K	The north boundary wall which separates the burial ground from Gorgie Farm. The name North Merchiston seems wrong somehow as it's sandwiched between Slateford and Gorgie and separated from Merchiston proper. And Merchiston's leafy lanes just ooze proprietry!
	N Merchiston 7 1280 x 850 279K	Peering over the wall gives this view of Gorgie Farm. Beyond is Gorgie Road and the former Tivoli Cinema to the left of which can be seen the railway separating McLeod Street from Murieston. The 3 arches carry the West Approach Road over Russell Road.
	N Merchiston 8 1280 x 850 291K	This view over the wall shows the western end of Gorgie Farm. Beyond the Gorgie Road tenements on the left can be seen Heart of Midlothian football ground and the top of Corstorphine Hill.
	N Merchiston 9 1280 x 850 370K	Zooming in reveals more detail of the railway bridge and the shiny new Tynecastle High School. The old building can be seen on the other side of McLeod Street behind Hearts ticket centre. Flats at Murrayfield's Succoth Avenue are on the horizon beyond the Water of Leith's floodplain.
	N Merchiston10 1280 x 850 470K	Another look back towards the cemetery entrance.
	N Merchiston11 1280 x 850 333K	Looking over Gorgie Farm's east end toward Springwell House.
	N Merchiston12 1280 x 850 332	Another view of Gorgie Farm. A double decker bus is passing the former Tivoli Cinema and approaching the Ardmill junction. The old Donaldson's School building is in the distance 1km to the north.
	N Merchiston13 1280 x 850 445K	Near the west end of the cemetery. The railway line is behind the wall.
	N Merchiston14 1280 x 850 547K	The Caledonian Brewery lies over the wall. There's no access and it's necessary to go back to the east end to exit the cemetery grounds.
	N Merchiston15 1280 x 850 669K	Low winter sunshine in February lights up the bare trees.
	N Merchiston16 1280 x 839 628K	Destruction doubtless done by adolescent males on cheap booze or sniffing solvents. I can't believe that a council workman would knock over such a small cross for Health & Safety reasons.
	N Merchiston17 1280 x 850 539K	More flattened tombstones.
	N Merchiston18 587 x 800 192K	An unusual cylindrical stone hewn from granite. Another name was added more recently in 1998. Some intellectually challenged person has broken the top section off.
	N Merchiston19 715 x 800 197K	Visitors approaching from the west are directed to City Centre Attractions as they pass by St Michael's Parish Church.
	Ardmillan Terrace 712 x 1024 200K	This little tour has returned to the the cemetery entrance before it continues west along Slateford Road. The architecture of this tenement at the top of Ardmillan Terrace is Scottish Baronial. This is the view east along Angle Park Terrace but this journey takes us the opposite way.
	Ardmillan 02 1280 x 960 392K	To the left of the yellow painted shop in the previous picture is this quaint window display of chimney pots and old objects including cigarette packets.
	Ardmillan Terrace 03 Auld Reekie 874 x 1080 252K	A vertical shot of the window reveals that the premises are those of Auld Reekie chimney sweepers. With the advent of smokeless zones and the decline of coal fires, it's true to say that lums don't reek much any more. Auld Reekie was a nickname for Edinburgh when it was smokier. An early picture of Auld Reekie from the '70s is here.
	Slateford Road Violet Terrace 1280 x 850 252K	On the south side of the main road, opposite the cemetery and west of the church there are some colony type houses with floral names. Violet Terrace and Laurel Terrace are to the left of this car park. At the back is the former railway line behind Harrison Gardens.
	Primrose Terrace 1280 x 850 333K	Primrose Terrace has this interesting brick building, complete with bricked-up windows. This was Weston's Biscuits factory until it changed to a 'cash and carry'. Thanks for the information to James McDougall from Australia who lived in this area until 1964.
	Myrtle Terrace 1280 x 850 301K	Myrtle Terrace is where I spent some time as a young baby, my mother told me. Other local streets are Ivy Terrace and Daisy Terrace.
	Caledonian Brewery 9 1232 x 1024 218K	Here it is again, one of our surviving breweries. The beer is highly recommended.
	Caledonian Brewery 10 718 x 1080 237K	Caledonian Brewery established in 1869 the metalwork on the red painted gate tells us.
	Caledonian Brewery 11 1280 x 952 337K	Another view of the gate with the stone fronted cottage on Slateford Road.
	Caledonian Brewery 12 1280 x 880 325K	Further along Slateford Road there's this view back to the brewery, with the railway lines heading north west to the city centre. Cars are parked in Wardlaw Terrace.
	Slateford 14 1280 x 996 313K	This attractive stone building stands on the north side of Slateford Road on the east side of the suburban railway line.
	Slateford Green 0 1280 x 800 283K	Just west of the train lines is a more recent housing development called Slateford Green.
	Slateford Green 1 1280 x 850 302K	This is the interior car-free area of Slateford Green. From the other (Gorgie Road) end it's circular in appearance as the two straight sections can't be seen. Our tour goes north to Gorgie Road before heading back east.

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North Merchiston Cemetery, East Slateford

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