| Edinburgh |
| Edinburgh is of course the capital of Scotland. It lies on and to the south of the Firth of Forth and is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, helped by its hilly, rugged terrain and some superb old buildings. |
| Edinburgh Castle in a postcard mailed in 1907. (Z) |
| No date for this postcard of Calton Hill - probably around 1910. (Z) |
| Band Day in Princes Street Gardens - no date for this one. |
| No date for this postcard of two visitors to the top of Arthur's Seat. |
| A postcard very similar to that above - but the bandstand has changed. |
| Princes Street - 1930s ? (Z) |
| This postcard of White Horse Close dates from 1911. |
| The Scott Monument and the Princes Street Gardens. |
| The Castle and the National Gallery. |
| The Castle and Ross Fountain. |
| A 1935 view of Princes Street. |
| A postcard of Holyrood Palace from the 1930s. |
| Princes Street and the Scott Monument in the 1920s. (Z) |
| A view of the City from the Castle. |
| This postcard of the Black Watch on the Esplanade dates from August 1910. |
| A great postcard of the Black Watch from around 1910. But who is that little fellow sitting in the window ? |
| A rather grainy postcard of the Forth Bridge. For more postcards of the Bridge and the Firth of Forth, visit our Crail page. |
| "John Knox's House, in High Street, Edinburgh, is notable as being the old manse or residence of John Knox, the famous Scotch (sic) minister and ecclesiastical reformer. Here he resided from 1559 to 1572. The interior of the house is well worth a visit, many relics of Knox being stored here." This "Oilette" postcard by Raphael Tuck was mailed in 1920. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| The Carlton Hotel, North Bridge. (thanks to an anonymous emailer who corrected my impression that this was in Glasgow !!) |
| This postcard was mailed in 1937. |
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| This postcard of the Forth Bridge (with a train crossing) was mailed from Edinburgh to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, on 16 July 1925. Part of the message reads "We reached the Scottish Country just in time to see the King and Queen on their first visit together to Holyrood Palace. We had a close up view of them as they drove through the streets this morning in an open carriage on their way to church. Tomorrow they return to London and we go....to Glasgow." |
| Holyrood Palace by moonlight. |
| A 1904 postcard of the Foot of the Walk, Leith. |
| An interesting old view of John Knox's House. |
| A good view of Portobello Beach and the Pier. |
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| For books and DVDs about Edinburgh, see the Amazon ad at the bottom of this page. |
| To see Edinburgh on a map, please follow this link. |
| Did You Know.... that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes, was born in Edinburgh in 1859 ? |
| Did You Know.... that Edinburgh is the UK's seventh most heavily populated city with 448,000 inhabitants at the 2001 census ? |
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