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Cockburn Street 7 1152 x 864 262K |
The view from Warriston's Close looking up at the north side of this slightly S shaped street, similar in many ways to nearby Victoria Street. Both are excellent shopping streets if you're interested in unusual artifacts. There are record shops and poster shops etc. |
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Cockburn Street 10 1152 x 864 253K |
Just up the road a little way is this establishment offering Primal Body Piercing (ouch!) and bings of bongs. A friend of an acquaintance of mine tells me they're friendlier than a rival shop further up the street. |
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Old
Fishmarket Close 2 1024 x 1296 194K |
A large image which won't fit on most
monitor screens, hence the two alternate edits below. If you want
to print it for personal use that's OK.
All my images can be used in any way you like, reduced, distorted - whatever. But none must change hands as part of a transaction for money. They are free for personal use only. |
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Old
Fishmarket Close 3 1152 x 483 119K |
A wide format picture of the very attractive wrought iron metalwork and sign, complete with assorted aquatic creatures. The colours of the seven different fish show up well. |
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Old
Fishmarket Close 4 875 x 864 125K |
This shot shows more detail of the close. The steps on the left led, in the sixties, to Bungy's Beat Club which I used to frequent. |
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Old Fishmarket Close 5 768 x 1024 196K |
Another view, photographed in February 2006. The steep hill leads down to the Cowgate. |
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Old Fishmarket Close 08 762 x 1024 263K |
Photographed in March 2006, looking north up the hill towards the Royal Mile. Pentax *ist camera with 10mm fisheye lens. |
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Old Fishmarket Close 10 716 x 1024 228K |
Taken a few moments after the previous picture, looking back down from the Royal Mile. |
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Old Assembly Close 768 x 1024 166K |
The February sunshine lights up this High Street close, just downhill from Old Fishmarket Close but separated by Borthwick's Close. A sign points the way to Tron Square and another advertises Wirework Manufacturers. |
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Cockburn
Street 12 1152 x 864 143K |
Dummies. Not just any old shop window dummies. These ones are apparently representative of today's 'yoof', featuring pierced tongues and leering expressions. |
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Anchor
Close 648 x 864 146K |
Looking down Anchor Close from the High Street to Cockburn Street. |
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Fleshmarket Close 765 x 1024 151K |
Fleshmarket Close starts in the High Street then crosses Cockburn Street before continuing down the steps to Market Street and Waverley Station. Its name was used as the title of one of Ian Rankin's books. This picture is of the Market Street junction. In this picture it could be construed that the gentleman in the jeans has just sold some flesh and is pocketing the proceeds, and the gentleman with the tubular container has some flesh within that he's taking to market. ;o) |
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Fleshmarket Close 04 757 x 1024 231K |
The top section of Fleshmarket Close leading up to the High Street from Cockburn Street. The bendy building featured previously on the web site on Royal Mile page 6 where it was rather straighter. This time there's more pixels and a more extreme wide angle with the Pentax *ist fisheye lens. |
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Fleshmarket Close 05 718 x 1024 198K |
Here it is again showing a bit of Cockburn Street on the left. This may be the last time I photograph this edifice. I haven't edited out the cable in this picture. |
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Fleshmarket Close 06 1280 x 851 313K |
If you emerge from the close at the shop above, and cross Cockburn Street in a northerly direction then you can continue down the bottom part. This is the view looking down towards Market Street and Waverley Station. |
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Fleshmarket
Close 07 681 x 1024 236K |
A vertically orientated view of Fleshmarket Close. The tiny takeaway offers flesh in the form of kebabs and hot dogs. For many years these premises housed the smallest pet shop I've ever seen. The previous picture had a Dylan poster in the record shop's window, reminding me that he sang of people who draw conclusions on the wall and that's what someone's done here regarding the City Art Centre. There's a hostel on the right side of the close at this point where, it's alleged, guests climbed onto the roof to sunbathe etc. One poor soul fell off and was killed. |
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Fleshmarket Close 09 1062 x 1024 327K |
Avalanche is the name of the record shop. On the right, a gentleman climbs up the steps from Waverley Station carrying a leather bag resembling what used to be called a Gladstone Bag. |
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Fleshmarket Close 10 1280 x 851 356K |
This rather seedy entrance is the last picture in this sequence of shots. Handheld at a quarter of a second with no flash. |
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