75-9 Dumbiedykes Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

17341

Title

75-9 Dumbiedykes Road

Description

A girl pushes a pram past a derelict building on Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh. The house and adjacent hairdresser's shop windows are all smashed and the lower windows are boarded up. The words "Vote Ritchie" have been painted on to the walls in several places. Washing poles can be seen in the foreground.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

84 x 114cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing.

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Business > Service industry > Hairdressers

Homes > Derelict buildings and excavation sites > Disrepair (homes)

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh