History of Leith, Edinburgh

This picture was taken from the Liberal Rooms in Casselbank St. The father of Tony Benn Capt Wedgewood Benn MP can be seen at the front in the Model T Ford.

Primrose & Co, Alber Foundry,52 Jane St, Leith, 1947.

HIS etchings of Edinburgh notables date back 200 years, and are at most nine or ten inches high, with some black-and-white caricatures hardly larger than a credit card.

But John Kay’s art deserves a bigger place in Edinburgh’s memory and Scotland’s art history, say campaigners led by the 44 Scotland Street author, Alexander McCall Smith. for more click here

ACCORDING to legend, it was used as a “pillow” by Jacob, the founder of Israel, as he dreamt of angels ascending to heaven on a ladder.
The fabled Stone of Destiny was then taken from Palestine to the north, where it became the ancient symbol of Scottish kingship. for more click here

This photograph shows the cementing in of the Leith Coat of Arms above the doorway of the new Leith poorhouse in 1907 which developed later into the Eastern General Hospital. South Leith’s poorhouse was on Taylor Gardens in Great Junction Street from 1850.