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bingham_small.jpg (2078 bytes) Bingham
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"Bingham is Barrie" proclaims the paint-job on the bus shelter, painted to resemble a bus.
duddingston.jpg (98564 bytes) Duddingston
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Duddingston Loch is part of Holyrood Park and is a nature reserve. Otters recently moved into the loch - without any human assistance.
duddingston_ir_small.jpg (2158 bytes) Duddingston 2
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Previously featured as a scanned print, now as a scanned negative. Infra Red film makes the water black and grass white.
fun-city_small.jpg (1491 bytes) Fun City
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The entrance to Portobello's fun fair, not far from the power station and swimming pool.
porty_ps_small.jpg (1907 bytes) Power 1
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There are houses on this site now, of course. It's a pity they didn't make this a listed building like the gasworks at Granton. It might have made a good industrial museum.
porty_ps2_small.jpg (2387 bytes) Power 2
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Crushed, twisted metal amongst the demolition debris.
porty_ps3_small.jpg (2440 bytes) Power 3
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If, like me, you spent some part of your youth at Portobello open-air Swimming Pool across the road from this edifice, then you'll remember the red-brick chimney looming over you.
Craigmillar Art Centre 1
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This disused church isn't in Craigmillar but is next to the roundabout at Kinnaird Park shopping centre at Newcraighall Road.
Craigmillar Art Centre 2
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Another view showing part of Niddrie Cottages on the north side of Newcraighall Road. Apart from these houses and the old church, virutally everything else round here has changed since the '60s.
Craigmillar 05
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The first of 3 long-lens photos from Arthur's Seat. Duddingston Road West crosses the railway bridge on the left. Behind the blue building is Craigmillar Police Station. Niddrie Mains Road runs across the top of the picture beyond the caravan site.
Niddrie 09
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Duddingston Golf Course is at the front, to the north of the railway line separating it from Niddrie Mains Terrace, Craigmillar Primary School, Harewood Road and Niddrie Mains Drive. The streets are empty; most of the houses have been demolished, and those still standing between Niddrie Mains Drive and Niddrie Mains Road have metal shutters over their windows. Further away is Niddrie Marischal and the Jack Kane sports centre.
Kinnaird 15
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Kinnaird Park shopping centre. The Toys 'R' Us sign is legible despite being nearly 4Km distant. On the left of the picture are 2 railway bridges. The nearest is the footbridge to the Asda superstore, the one beyond carries the A1 road (Musselburgh Bypass) over the railway line.
Shop, Eat, Enjoy!
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Make way for the new! Gone are Frankie & Bennie, the multiscreen cinema and the bowling alley.
Please excuse us
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Maybe a mall will materialise...
back view
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These shed-like constructions don't take up much space once flattened.
Shop late
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Shop late Monday to Friday but not just yet. Soon...
Innocent
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This is at the east end of the long, straight, flat section from Duddingston Road West along the south side of Duddingston Loch. There's information about the railway and this bridge over the Braid Burn in the next picture.
Innocent
Railway Sign

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I've kept this image big enough to keep small text legible. If reading in a web browser then it'll be necessary to zoom in to read all the text but it's full of interesting history. More recent Innocent Railway pictures in South Side page 11 plus a 3 minute YouTube video of the tunnel.

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