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	Fountainbridge 0604 681 x 1024 261K	Sad to say, this building has been demolished. I took these photographs in April 2006 but when I passed this way in September it was gone. The Co-op building has virtually all gone too - only the front fascia has been preserved opposite the old Mecca bingo (former Palais de Danse).
	Fountainbridge 0604a 1280 x 851 353K	When I took these photos I didn't suspect that this was going to be demolished.
	Fountainbridge 0604b 1280 x 851 277K	This shows the rear and west side of the Co-op building as well. Only the south frontage remains now in September 2006. Photographed from the lane leading off Gardner's Crescent.
	Fountainbridge 0604c 1280 x 851 334K	I would have thought that this edifice would have been preserved due to the paucity of old brick buildings in Edinburgh. Less attractive structures have been given 'listed building' status.
	Fountainbridge 0604d 681 x 1024 276K	The final picture. This area has changed a great deal since the '60s. The brewery is next for demolition and redevelopment. There used to be Alexander's garage and car showroom. Freer Street disappeared altogether. I remember a hairdresser's called Phil's where a haircut cost 2/6 (2 shillings and sixpence).
	Fountainbridge 0609 1280 x 851 286K	How the area looks in September 2006. Gardner's Crescent leads off to the left of the roundabout in the foreground. The shell of the Co-op building is supported by scaffolding. Somewhere behind stood the brick building, now just a memory.
	Fountainbridge 0706 1280 x 854 228K	The corner of Viewforth and Fountainbridge. Near this spot there used to be a brewery bridge over the main road. There was a large digital clock on this which also showed the temperature.
	Fountainbridge 0706a 1280 x 854 186K	The bridge referred to above would have been visible in this picture facing east towards the city centre.
	Fountainbridge 0706e 1280 x 909 265K	Further east along the road. Shiny new buildings are already here at the terminus of the Union Canal. On the extreme left the white-painted frontage of the old Palais de Danse / bingo club can be seen.

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