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| The former North British Hotel, built and owned initially by the North British Railway, is accessed from the railway station by the Waverley Steps - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| May, 2014 - tram on test - departing York Place (left); arriving St Andrew Square (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Scott Monument (left); tram on test entering Princes Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| 31st May 2014 with empty trams on test in Princes Street. The trams were running to the schedule that would apply on their introduction to service - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The North British is now called the Balmoral Hotel (left); Duke of Wellington (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| North Bridge (left); St Andrew's House in London Road (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Waverley Bridge (left); Scott Monument in Princes Street (right) before the erection of the tram overhead wires - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Scott Monument - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Edinburgh Castle and Royal Scottish Academy - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Princes Street from the Scott Monument - track for the trams has been laid, but the overhead wires have yet to be erected - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking over to the Old Town (left) and the General Assembly building of the Church of Scotland (right) which temporarily was occupied by the Scottish government pending the completion of the Scottish Parliament building - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Waverley Station between the Old Town and the New Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Views over Waverley - to North Bridge (left) and the Old Town (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| South St David's Street (left); Jenners Department Store (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Bank of Scotland (left); cherubs at Topshop (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Although the tramlines have been laid, the overhead has yet to be installed in May, 2010. Buses of Lothian Transport (left) - the only local authority bus operated service in Scotland. Ex-London Transport AEC Routemaster (above) on privately operated sightseeing tour - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Entrance to Edinburgh Castle - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Entrance and ramparts at Argyle Tower (left); Argyle Battery (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| One o'Clock Gun (left); Mons Meg (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Edinburgh Castle is still a military establishment and accordingly flies the Union Flag - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| National War Memorial of Scotland in Edinburgh Castle - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Great Hall with its original hammer beam roof - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Prisons of War set out as used during the Napoleonic Wars, but the last prisoners of war to be held in the Castle, albeit in the medical centre, were survivors of a Luftwaffe aircraft which crash landed during World War 2. The excellent mock-up of the accommodation can be visited (above left). Access to the National Military Museum is off Argyle Battery (right). Although entry is free you have to pay to get into the Castle grounds to access it! PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| As the sign shows - Cemetery for Soldiers' Dogs - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Scott Monument viewed from the ramparts (left); a deserted Princes Street (right) in June 2009 while work on the installation of the new tramway system continues - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Queen's official Scottish residence at the foot of the Royal Mile - Holyrood House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Holyrood House nestles below the Salisbury Crags at the foot of Edinburgh's Royal Mile - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Entrance to the Scottish Parliament which is also at the foot of the Royal Mile - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Scottish Parliament Building - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Debating Chamber, Scottish Parliament (left); John Knox's House (right) on the Royal Mile. Knox was the founder of the Presbyterian Church - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Canongate Kirk with its unusual entrance surmounted by a stag's head and cross - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Showing the flag to entice the tourists - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Showing the flag officially along the Royal Mile - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Royal Mile - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Duke of Buccleuch statue outside St Giles Cathedral - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Camera Obscura at the top of the Royal Mile (left). Not on the Royal Mile, but in St Andrew Square, Dundas House (above) remains the registered office of the Royal Bank of Scotland - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Ceiling of the Royal Bank of Scotland's banking hall in Dundas House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Princes Street Gardens on the south side of the railway (left); Cockburn Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Steps leading from Cockburn Street to the High Street - the Real Mary King's Close - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Modern Bank building in High Street (left); Cowgate (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Elephant House - birthplace of "Harry Potter" - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Labyrinthine extension to the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street (left); Greyfriar's Bobby (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Greyfriar's Bobby, the amazing little dog who slept on his master's grave in Greyfriars kirkyard - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Memorial to Bobby at the entrance to Greyfriar's Kirkyard (left) and John Gray, his master's headstone (right). Bobby was not interred in the kirkyard and his grave under a tree nearby was built over many years ago - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Greyfriars kirkyard with some of the stones dating back into the 1600s - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Greenmarket in the Old Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Union and Scottish flags on Edinburgh Castle - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Immaculately preserved early Land Rover in the Greenmarket (left); despite modern computerised route indicators buses are dedicated to specific routes and, in Edinburgh, painted accordingly (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
