Books

"The Tolbooth was the focal point of the Scottish burgh from medieval times until the 19th century. Incorporating the office where taxes were paid, the centre of local administration and also the prison where debtors were jailed, it was the most important single building in the community. As such it was the focus of much civic pride and community identity"--Back cover. 72 pages...

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Early Railways of Dalkeith by Brian Scott

A Pictorial of the early railways of Dalkeith....

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East Lothian Villages by David Anderson

This book covers a huge area of East Lothian with photographs of the following villages: Burnfoot, Stenton, Cockenzie, Port Seton, Oldhamstocks....

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Edinburgh Last Days of Steam by W.A.C. Smith

Railway services in Edinburgh began in earnest in 1846 and for 12 year thereafter the Scottish capital enjoyed major national rail links....

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Edinburgh's Trams:The Last Years. North Vol.1 by R.J.S. Wiseman

Richard Wiseman took extensive photographs of Edinburgh's tramways between 1952 and 1955, shortly before the network's closure on 16th November 1956...

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Edinburgh's Trams. The Last Year. East Vol.4 by R.J.S Wiseman

Richard Wiseman's photographs of Edinburgh's tramways taken between 1952 and 1955, shortly before the network's closure on 16 November 1956....

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Edinburgh's Trams. The Last Years. South Vol.2 by R.J.S. Wiseman

Richard Wiseman's photographs of Edinburgh's tramways taken between 1952 and 1955, shortly before the network's closure on 16 November 1956....

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Edinburgh's Trams. The Last Years.West Vol.3 by R.J.S. Wiseman

Richard Wiseman's photographs of Edinburgh's tramways taken between 1952 and 1955, shortly before the network's closure on 16 November 1956....

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Forth and Clyde Canal, The comeback canal. by Guthrie Hutton

This is the follow up to Guthrie Hutton's 1991 book a Forth and Clyde Canal (now out of print)....

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Lost Railways of the Lothians by Gordon Stansfield

With Edinburgh as its hub, the combined area of West, Mid and East Lothian once hosted a considerable railway network....

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Lost Railways of the Scottish Borders by Gordon Stansfield

This book recalls the lines, including the Waverly line, and the branch lines as they once existed in the nineteenth fifties and sixties before..........

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Mining in the Lothians by Guthrie Hutton

3 A story of mining in the Lothians, East and West. Full of fascinating detail and photographs....

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Old Armadale and Blackridge by John Hood

This title showcases the villages of Armadale and Blackridge during their most prosperous period in the earl twentieth century....

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Old Cockenzie and Port Seton by Bernard Byrom

The book includes illustrations and commentaries of the fishing industry at Port Seton. There are photographs of street scenes and famous local houses as well as scenes of leisure activities including Seton Sands Camping Ground opened in 1924. ...

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Old Colinton by Peter Gray

50 pages of old photographs of the village and surrounding area, incl churches & large houses, also includes Juniper Green ....

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Old Cramond by Peter & William J Scholes

50Picturesque and historic Cramond is the site of the earliest recorded settlement in Scotland, and several millennia later was occupied by Romans....

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Old Currie, Balerno & Juniper Green by George Monies

An illustrated history of these three areas of west Edinburgh, featuring 53 rare period photographs taken in the days when each was a village in its own right and not just a suburb of the city....

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