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Dave Henniker Bruntsfield & Beyond
More Morningside
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Similar to a previously shown picture but this time with a slightly different perspective and with the Pentland Hills visible. That's Hillend and the small hill at the end is called Hillend Hill. The nearer hill is called Buckstone Snab and is at the western end of the Braid Hills. | |
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Looking down the main road from Newbattle Terrace on the left to the bottom of the hill. This is the main A702 road heading south from the city centre towards Biggar. | |
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Another view of the road, this time through a long lens from Buckstone Snab looking north towards the city centre. Past the top of the hill (Church Hill) the main road changes its name to Bruntsfield Place at Holy Corner and veers off to the right. |
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Busy with traffic and shoppers. This telephoto picture shows all of Morningside Road from Maxwell Street to Church Hill Place. | |
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A similar monochrome image. | |
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At the bottom of the hill, looking south. Hermitage Terrace is hidden from view behind the trees on the left. Maxwell Street is on the right. The disused Morningside Railway Station lies 100m further on. | |
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A telephoto shot looking up the road towards the city centre. Roadworks and temporary traffic lights are causing delays. Up the hill towards Church Hill, Newbattle Terrace has been closed by a line of red and white cones. | |
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Yet another view south from the steep part of the hill, this time showing the Pentland Hills in the sunshine. Hillend artificial ski slope stands to the left of the T Woods, overlooked by Caerketton Hill. | |
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Facing up the hill in this picture which features the same row of colourfully painted shops as in picture 31 above. The rightmost shop is Cameratiks, the photography specialist. | |
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Newbattle Terrace enters onto Morningside Road at the left of the picture. Sandwiched by art shops is Context Interiors with an amazing display of art deco and nostalgic items. | |
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The same row of shops from directly opposite. | |
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In this picture I 'corrected' the perspective so that the vertical lines became more or less parallel. The number 23 bus is going to Craiglockhart. | |
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There used to be an electricity substation here at the corner of Maxwell Street and the footpath leading to the railway bridge to Balcarres Street. There was always a loud hum audible from the enormous transformer. | |
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This is how the train station looked in 2004, rather reminiscent of a scene from the game Half Life 2. Sadly the suburban railway line has been used only for goods traffic for many years. The track heads east past Blackford Hill, visible in the distance. | |
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Picture taken from the carpark on the Safeway / Morrisons supermarket roof. Currently used for evangelical purposes. | |
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Pitsligo House (in the road of the same name) was formerly an old folks home with tiny rooms accomodating old ladies. It's been demolished and is probably now used for new luxury homes. | |
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Looking down Pitsligo Road from Clinton Road towards Newbattle Terrace. One of the dozens of leafy lanes in this part of Edinburgh. The area is somewhat blighted by British Telecom's building behind the wall on the left. | |
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In the dullness of Safeway's carpark some cars reflect the sunnier skies that shine on the Pentland Hills 5 kilometres to the south. Caerketton is distinguished by its scree slopes. June 2003. (update 2006: Waitrose carpark) | |
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A country lane in the city centre, just off Tipperlinn Road. | |
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Morningside Braid Parish Church is the building at this address. There's another shot further down this page. | |
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A triangular building at the end of a row of tenements near the entrance to Morningside Cemetery. | |
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These lamp posts were on council property beside a recycling area. Photographed in February 2002. Hopefully such ornate metalwork has been preserved against the elements. | |
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The rear of the Canny Man public house as it was in 2000. Hundreds of glass bottles form the double triangle against the white wall. | |
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Detail of the building shown further up the page. | |
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A nice display of flowers near Morningside Station. Braid Road lies behind the clock; Comiston Road to its right is part of the main A702 road south. Balcarres Street (further right) continues west before changing its name to Craighouse Gardens. | |
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The clock visible in the previous picture has rather an attractive plinth which is shown here. The text reads: Presented by Robert Kirk Inches, William Inman and William Hudspith Torrance, town councillors for the Morningside ward 1910. The red sandstone tenement building has the old Hermitage pub - renamed to 'Morning Glory' in what is presumably an allusion to Morningside rather than to Morning Glory seeds - which were once supposed to contain an LSD-like substance. |
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Newbattle Terrace has lots of large houses with big gardens but it has an odd mixture of flats and smaller houses too. This tenement block is typical of Edinburgh but seems strangely out of place here at the foot of Pitsligo Road. | |
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I'm guessing that the Heights name is because some height was added to the original sandstone building (as well as width). | |
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It's cowboy country in Morningside. Scotweb have premises up the wooden stairs. On the right horses can be bought and sold. There's a saloon bar just past the Trading Station. | |
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The Cantina is flanked by the jail and the Pueblo Pine Company. Strangely, the Cantina is also the back door to Morningside Libray! | |
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A closer look at Ed Newbey's Grain - Horses - Livery store, the jail with its barred window and the Cantina - also known as Morningside Library's back door. My better ½ is coincidentally currently continuing the cowboy capers on the Xbox 360 with Red Dead Redemption. |
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Seen in a shop window at the bottom of Morningside Road near Loopy Lorna's Teashop. A dog made out of newspapers leaps through chains of sentient sausages. Zoom in to see the expressions on the sausages' faces. | |
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A twilight version of a favourite view south from Church Hill. Snapped through the window of a number 5 bus whilst waiting for it to pull into the bus stop. |
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