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David McLean

Incredible film captures new post-war shopping precinct near Edinburgh as it opens

Filmed almost 60 years ago, it offers a heart-warming glimpse of Dalkeith and its people as they were when the town's post-war shopping precinct still smelled of fresh concrete and paint.

A piece of rare colour footage has appeared online which shows scenes around Dalkeith in 1964, including town centre sights, familiar landmarks and some of the people who lived and worked there at the time.

Uploaded to YouTube by Sandy Howden, the 20-minute-long silent home movie makes up for its lack of audio by offering us views of the Midlothian market town that have otherwise been lost to history.

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