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	Comely Bank 0 1024 x 768 207K	The telephoto lens accentuates the steepness of Comely Bank Avenue leading from Stockbridge up to the West End. A horse-drawn vehicle is delivering milk.
	Comely Bank 1 1024 x 768 154K	This shot concentrates on the patterns made by bay windows and chimneys.
	Comely Bank Avenue 2 1152 x 864 272K	The same street as the previous photo but nearly 30 years later. The photos above and below were taken in the '70s with a Yashica SLR and 350mm lens. This one was taken with an Olympus E-10 digital SLR with a 420mm equivalent lens.
	Comely Bank 2 486 x 600 93K	Back to the '70s for this shot of Comely Bank Avenue, photographed from East Fettes Avenue at the north side of Comely Bank Road. Sorry, but I couldn't resist another shot of the 'store-horse'. That would be St Cuthbert's Co-op delivering the milk. The hill isn't as steep as it looks; the horse could probably climb it - as long as it's had its oats for breakfast.
	Stockbridge 1024 x 768 197K	This attractive footbridge leads from Rocheid Path to Bell Place, one of the Stockbridge 'colonies' streets.
	Stockbridge 2 1024 x 768 284K	Taken from the footpath which runs parallel to Inverleith Terrace. The 'colonies' are visible across the Water Of Leith.
	NW Circus Place 00 724 x 864 162K	The first of four shots of this part of Stockbridge near the bottom of the steep main road down from Princes Street. Much of this road is still cobbled with granite setts. On the way down it changes its name as follows: Frederick Street, Queen Street Gardens West, Howe Street, South East Circus Place, Circus Place, NW Circus Place, Kerr Street, Deanhaugh Street, Raeburn Place - all in less than one kilometre.
	NW Circus Place 01 648 x 864 126K	These photos were taken from Kerr Street at the end of St Stephen Street, on the southern banks of the Water of Leith. This second shot is just to the right of the previous view. The steep cobbled lane to the right of the tenement building is Gloucester Street.
	NW Circus Place 02 1152 x 864 220K	A wider view of the entire triangular block, backed by India Place.
	NW Circus Place 03 1152 x 864 183K	Photographed from the corner of India Place, looking across NW Circus Place to St Stephen Street.
	NW Circus Place 05 stair 768 x 1024 203K	When approached from India Street, these tenements could be perceived as having a basement and a sub-basement. This is quite common in Edinburgh's New Town. However, the sub-basement is at street level as seen from North West Circus Place. A series of short stairways connects the two streets.
	NW Circus Place 07 bus 768 x 1024 194K	The same red pillar box appears in this photo as seen from the stairs up to India Street. A single-decker LRT bus is trundling down the stone setts of North West Circus Place. The junction on the right is St Stephen Street.
	NW Circus Place 09 Stair 768 x 1024 184K	A shot from below the stairs, beside the street-level sub-basement (see above).
	India Street Police Box 1152 x 864 163K	If you climb the stairs in the previous picture you'll enter India Street, a quiet New Town street where James Clerk Maxwell lived. This old police box is, suprisingly, not besmirched by graffiti.
	Royal Circus 00 1152 x 864 354K	There may be as many as eight of these signs, a welcome sight to any tradesmen looking for houses in this circular street bisected by Circus Place.
	Royal Circus 05 1152 x 864 331K	The northerly corner of NW Circus Place and Royal Circus. In this photo you can see almost a quarter of the circle as well as some attractive basements.
	Royal Circus 06 1152 x 864 410K	Taken from the same corner as the previous picture. The cobbled road is looking good in the sunshine. Pedestrians get advance warning of approaching traffic because of tyre noise.
	Water of Leith 3 938 x 1024 279K	Further downstream in Stockbridge there are a variety of building types overlooking the Water of Leith.
	Water of Leith 4 1280 x 854 291K	This shows the footpath from Deanhaugh Street bridge to Bridge Place and Glenogle Road.
	Water of Leith 5 1280 x 912 246K	Some interesting balconies and verandas with good views of the river.
	Inverleith Park 1280 x 802 369K	Inverleith Pond is alive and well and populated mainly by swans. This crane heron is an exception.
	Dean Terrace 1280 x 850 378K	Looking south west up Dean Terrace from its junction with Deanhaugh Street. This street is perched on the banks of the Water of Leith and leads up to Carlton Street, Danube Street and Ann Street.
	Deanhaugh St 680 x 1024 178K	This is part of the Main Road. At this corner it changes its name to Raeburn Place as it continues west. The sidestreet called St Bernard's Row is closed to traffic at this point.

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