Perched above Waverley Station, Edinburgh’s Governor’s House is sometimes mistaken for Edinburgh Castle by visitors arriving in the city. The castellated building is actually a remarkable survivor of the former Calton Jail.
Los Angeles Portrait Studios was one of Edinburgh’s best-known commercial photography studios during the first half of the twentieth century. Located on Princes Street, it produced thousands of family portraits that continue to provide a fascinating glimpse into the city’s social history.
Alexander James Adie was one of Edinburgh’s greatest scientific instrument makers. Inventor of the sympiesometer and optician to royalty, his precision instruments were used by Charles Darwin, Sir David Brewster and other leading nineteenth-century scientists.
Built between 1938 and 1940 for Caledonian Insurance, the largest insurance company at the time, the Capital Building was designed by architects Leslie Grahame Thomson and Frank J Connell.
In October 1848, the celebrated Polish composer Frédéric Chopin visited Edinburgh during his final concert tour. Discover where he stayed, where he performed, and why his brief Scottish visit remains an important chapter in the city’s musical history.
Sad to see this fine Edinburgh building lying empty. The old Odeon Cinema on the Southside of the city has been unused and unloved for more than twenty years.
1917 – the first World War raged on and the N.H.S. was almost thirty years away.
The charity running the Royal Infirmary had a deficit of almost £26,000; equivalent to £2.6M in 2024.
Bearing the simple message “Good Old Portobello”, this delightful 1903 postcard captures an unremarkable but memorable moment in everyday life. A local policeman appears to be having a quiet word with a young boy while several companions watch with interest, preserving a fleeting glimpse of Edwardian Portobello.
