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Lee Dalgetty

Amazing Edinburgh image captures city centre street as it was 60 years ago

A fascinating image of one of Edinburgh's busy thoroughfares is doing the rounds online, with locals guessing as to which street it is.

Shared by The Living Memory Association (TheLMA), the snap dates back to 1961. In it, we see some old fashioned buses make their way through the city while pedestrians go about their day.

Twitter users were quick to respond to the image with their ideas of which street was pictured. If you think you've got it figured out, scroll down to see if you were right.

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Uploading the image to their Twitter account, TheLMA said: "Our pic of the day is a cracker from around 1961 in Edinburgh.

"We have been digitising an old set of glass plates so the photos don't come with a great deal of information but we are fairly sure where this is taken. Can you work out which street this is on?"

Many locals were quick to respond, all saying the same thing. Andrew Murray said: "Brilliant picture.

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"Lothian Road, I spent my formative years (1960s) running own that pavement after jumping off the back of moving buses as they approached the stop, often being shouted at or chased."

Hugh MacLeod added: "Lothian Road was my first choice, that's just up from the Filmhouse right?"

The same area captured in 2022 (Google Maps)
Lothian Road has changed dramatically in the 60 years since the snap was taken (Google Maps)

Another Twitter user said: "I'd say the photographer is probably standing on the roof of the Hanging Bat."

Ofcourse, all of the suggestions were spot on. You can find more amazing archive images from TheLMA here.

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