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John Lyle with his grandmother
Unknown, 1940, Photograph
John Lyle with his grandmother
John Lyle with his grandmother
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Item no
21015
Title
John Lyle with his grandmother Jane Rose Woodgate at the Stockbridge colonies
Description
A small boy scowls at the camera as he stands beside his grandmother. He is standing on a bench on an upper landing of a colony house at Reid Terrace, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. The boy is wearing a double breasted jacket, shorts and t-bar shoes. The old lady is wearing a patterned pinafore (pinny) and round glasses.
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Unknown
Date
1940
Type
Photograph
This item was digitised as part of the Whose Town? project, an educational resource for schools. Unique archival material was gathered together to create a snapshot of a person's life at a particular point in Edinburgh's history.
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Whose Town? John Lyle
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