New House No. 51 Durham Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

27866

Title

New House No. 51 Durham Road: David Watt, Jessie Sanderson, Mary Ritchie, David R. Watt, and Cassie Watt

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1933

Type

Photograph

In the photograph from left to right: David Watt, Jessie McEwan Sanderson (nee Blair), Mary Sim Ritchie (nee Hill), David Ritchie Watt, and Catherine "Cassie" Richardson Watt (nee Ritchie).

Cassie, husband David Watt, and son David R. Watt moved to 51 Durham Road, Portobello in 1933. The Watt's new home had the advantage of a large garden, which the elder David built up from scratch. He obtained used bricks from a nearby demolition site and laid a system of pathways through the garden. David also built a sundial for the front garden, and on the longest day of the year in June, he sat marking the shadows every half hour in wet cement.

Leo (not pictured) and Mary Ritchie are parents of Cassie Watt (nee Ritchie) and maternal grandparents of David R. Watt, the boy in the photo. Jessie Sanderson (nee Blair) is the mother of David Watt and paternal grandmother of David R. Watt.

Image from the David Ritchie Watt Family Album.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Portobello

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