New house, no. 51 Durham Road

Category

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Item no

27868

Title

New house, no. 51 Durham Road: David Watt and son David R. Watt

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1933

Type

Photograph

Cassie, her 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.

Image from the David Ritchie Watt Family Album.

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