View from Joppa flats

Category

Library Item

Item no

4469

Title

View from Joppa flats

Description

An aerial view looking along the houses and promenade lining the coastline from Joppa to Portobello showing maintenance works on the sands.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1972

Size

25.7 x 30.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Joppa is situated to the east of central Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth. Like its immediate neighbour, Portobello, Joppa was a popular seaside resort. It is now part of Edinburgh.

Portobello developed around a cottage built in the mid 18th century. The sailor who occupied the cottage had fought at Puerto Bello, a port in Panama captured by the British in 1739, and named his home after the battle. With its long beach the town became an increasingly popular leisure destination. It boasted a pier between 1871-1917 and an outdoor swimming pool between 1936-1979. Holidaymakers and day-trippers could also visit the Marine Gardens or the fun fair, both now demolished. The town has been part of Edinburgh since 1896.

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