Alan Wilson
@AlanWilson_SP
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Known to wander around graveyards but a street photographer at heart. All photographs my own except RTs. Please don't use my photographs without permission.
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Here's an interesting stucture that I noticed last week in Inverleith Park allotments. . . . . . a nice piece of upcycling 😂
#upcycling
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Sad news regarding the 'Baby Carriage Manufacturer' ghost sign in Cockburn Street, I was passing today and discovered that its been taken down and cut up.
#ghostsign
#OldTown
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Canonmills, Goldenacre and over to Fife from the top of Dundas Street at lunchtime today.
#Edinburgh
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Spotted today crossing Princes Street at the foot of The Mound - a 1959 BMW Isetta 300 - I looked it up on the DVLA site because I know absolutely nothing about cars!
#Edinburgh
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Spotted this magnificent caenothus as I was walking along Gilmore Place today 😃
#caenothus
#Edinburgh
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One of two identical mosaics which have recently come to light at the entrance to Jenners on Princes Street - CJ & Co with the date 1894. Not all that easy to photograph!
#Edinburgh
#mosaic
#Jenners
#ghostsign
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Elephants and Bagels and Pigeons . . . . . some early Saturday morning sunshine in Nicolson Square.
#Edinburgh
#Southside
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Finding a
#GhostSign
on Forrest Road brightened up a dreich day in
#Edinburgh
for me!
Google tells me it was once the premises of Archibald Young, Manufacturer of Surgical Instruments and Appliances to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
#ghostsigns
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I do love the view of the Central Library from Greyfriars Kirkyard 🙂
@edcentrallib
#Edinburgh
#OldTown
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Today's discovery, a pair of recently revealed ghost signs on Dalry Road.
#ghostsigns
#Edinburgh
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Just heard that Pilrig Motors on Leith Walk will be closing next month after trading for 88 years.
#Leith
#Edinburgh
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When you're waiting for someone to walk through the frame. . . . and this is what you get!
#Edinburgh
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Enjoyed an enjoyable hour or so today photographing reflections in the pond at Inverleith Park,
#Edinburgh
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Took a stroll down Cockburn Street today to get a better photo of the ghost sign.
#Edinburgh
#OldTown
#ghostsigns
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An abandoned raincoat left on the post at the entrance to Carrubbers Close at the back of Waverley Station in
#Edinburgh
, 2005.
#streetphotography
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Another nice find - the doorbell at the Parliament Square entrance to Lothian Chambers, formerly Midlothian County Buildings, which now accommodates the Consulate-General of France and the French Institute for Scotland.
#Edinburgh
#OldTown
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Ghostsign at the entrance to the Turkish Barbers on Union Street, Edinburgh.
#Edinburgh
#ghostsign
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Ghost signs on Dalry Road, I know I've posted these before but I was passing today and had to take another photograph!
#ghostsign
#Dalry
#Edinburgh
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When the billboard fell off the wall on the corner of Brunswick Road and Easter Road, 2009.
#Leith
#Edinburgh
#ghostsign
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Ghost sign on the Inverleith Salesroom at Goldenacre,
#Edinburgh
. It's been on show for a while now so looks like it's going to be a permanent feature.
#ghostsign
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#31daysofgraves
Day 27 - Cemetery landscape
The graves of navvies who died in the early 1900's during the construction of Blackwater Reservoir near Kinlochleven in the Scottish Highlands
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Surprised to find this ghost sign in Broughton Place today, it's new to me so I suspect it's only come to light recently.
Confections - M.T. Scott - Cigarettes
#NewTown
#Edinburgh
#ghostsign
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Keysafes for airbnb or short term lets on a wall in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh.
#Edinburgh
#Airbnb
#Grassmarket
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Street art in Leith today, one old and and the rest new, to me at any rate!
#StreetArt
#Leith
#Edinburgh
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Stumbled across an artist in the Cowgate this morning, I sneaked a peek as I walked by and very much liked what he was painting. 😎
#OldTown
#Edinburgh
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Loved everything about this shopfront on Ferry Road today, from the ghost signs to the colour of the shutters in the early morning sunshine, and nice to have a bit of a chat with the owner as they were opening up. 😃
#Leith
#Edinburgh
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The Capital Building on the corner of George Street and St Andrew Square in
#Edinburgh
and built between 1938 and 1940 for Caledonian Insurance. The bronze sculptures representing "Safety" and "Security" are by Alexander Carrick (1882-1966).
#AdoorableThursday
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The entrance to the Albert Gallery in Shandwick Place dating from 1876, it was designed for artist's studios and exhibitions but failed and was converted in 1885 to the Army and Navy stores, in 1933 it became the West End Restaurant.
#Edinburgh
#AdoorableThursday
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Spotted a newly revealed ghost sign at the bottom of Dundas Street this morning.
#Edinburgh
#NewTown
#ghostsign
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There concrete panels on Charteris Land, The University of Edinburgh by David 'Dusty' Miller - "The Maise", "Growth and Development" and "Assimilation of Knowledge".
@GrimArtGroup
#concreteartweekend
#Edinburgh
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Sir Walter Scott's front door at 25 George Square where he lived from 1774 to 1797, finding the milk bottles was a bonus.
#AdoorableThursday
#Edinburgh
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Kleen Cleaners in St Mary's Street taken in 2017 around the time it closed, its been boarded up eversince.
#shopfront
#Edinburgh
#OldTown
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Another view from yesterday's walk up Salisbury Crags, looking north towards Hib's ground on Easter Road. . . . and a train passing by Abbeyhill.
#Edinburgh
#Leith
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As I was leaving Tesco at Canonmills yesterday. . . . I had to put my shopping down! 😃
#Canonmills
#Edinburgh
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Spotted a double ghost sign in Bruntsfield Place this morning: Antique something and Gentle Wash Ltd.
#Bruntsfield
#Edinburgh
#ghostsign
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The statue of David Hume on Edinburgh's Royal Mile having his toe rubbed, maybe I should make a series of "Things only tourists do in Edinburgh".🤔
#Edinburgh
#OldTown
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Took a wander along to Cowan's Close this morning to see how the dig was going.
#Southside
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Walked by the old Royal Infirmary in Lauriston Place this morning (not at 5.40, the clock has stopped) and was pleased to see the renovation by the University of Edinburgh is gradually getting there.
#Edinburgh
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My main reason for walking through Leith yesterday was to photograph the 'J McIntyre' ghost sign that's reappeared at Capital Pets on Easter Road - thanks
@adbrora
for the heads up - so here it is along with a few more from Easter Road.
#Leith
#Edinburgh
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It doesn't get much better than this, when you walk into the National Gallery of Scotland and find you have the room to yourself. 😎
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Found another ghost sign on Cockburn St. this morning, presumably it was under the Scott Brothers sign that was there previously. Ah, according to the 1911 PO Directory Scott Brothers were Baby Carriage Maunfacturers with a factory at 22 Greenside Place.
#Edinburgh
#ghostsigns
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Another ghost sign that has been around for many years is this one at 120 St Stephen Street in Stockbridge. Today I got lucky, it was the first time I've wandered by when there wasn't something parked in front of the shop!
#Stockbridge
#Edinburgh
#ghostsign
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Not been out and about with the camera so much recently but still managed to grab the odd shot.
#Edinburgh
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Visited the small burial ground today situated behind the Gallery of Modern Art, previously John Watson's Institution, which contains the graves of 12 pupils who died there between 1828 and 1888. A previous visitor had left a rose and a coin on each marker.
@ScottishGraves
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Every time I cross the bridge I have to look over to see he's OK! . . . . . . one of Sir Antony Gormley's "6 Times" sculptures in the Water of Leith at Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
#Edinburgh
#Stockbridge
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Took a stroll around the Southside this morning before heading home to watch the rugby. Was thrilled to be able to photograph the door to Lady Glenorchy's Parish Church (now Assemby Roxy) without anything parked outside!
#Southside
#Edinburgh
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Had an hour to kill last week when I was in Dalkeith just outside Edinburgh, so made a brief visit to St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Churchyard.
#Dalkeith
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When Waterloo Place was built in 1816 it split Old Calton Burial Ground in two, I dropped by this afternoon to photograph the rarely visited northern section.
#OldCaltonBurialGround
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Got caught in the rain today but luckily found shelter under the trees in Dalry Cemetery.
#DalryCemetery
#Edinburgh
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Strolled into North Leith Burial Ground this morning on the way to get my second jab 😷
#Leith
#Edinburgh
#graveyard
@ScottishGraves
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Muriel looking out the window at the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge,
#Edinburgh
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The Lodge of Edinburgh No.1 (Mary's Chapel), Hill Street, Edinburgh.
#AdoorableThursday
#NewTown
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Today's discovery - the birthplace of Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) at 32 Dublin Street in Edinburgh's New Town, designer of steam locomotives including the Flying Scotsman and Mallard.
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