Edinburgh homeless families were once housed in military huts after the Second World War.
Dramatic new images capture a time when military camps were created across Edinburgh in the immediate aftermath of the second world war.
The camps had already been created throughout the city to assist with the war effort but when peace was declared they were handed over Edinburgh Council.
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The society and cultural website Scran shared images online and explained that the slum clearances and wartime bombing meant that there was a huge housing shortage in Edinburgh.
The temporary housing available at the camps consisted of basic tin shelters, called Nissen Huts, and they provided very cramped living conditions, with many residents still living there well into the 1950s.
The Lost Edinburgh Facebook page shared the images and some locals posted in with memories of the old huts.
One said: “I lived in a Nissen Hut at Duddingston Golf course which was an ex army camp. must have been from 1947 to 1949 or 50.
“We had one half of a hut with another family in the other half. Had communal toilets etc and a communal wash house for laundry. Just an iron coke stove for heating.”
Another added: "I remember visiting a school friend who lived in the huts at Duddingston, I was around 11 at the time and the family had been evacuated from Ireland and were living in bow topped corrugated sheeting huts. They had to put up coverings for some kind of privacy.”
And one said: “My mother, sister and I came to Edinburgh and were given a Nissan Hut to live in in Duddingston Camp.
“The government had promised ex service members like my mother (Wrens) homes when they returned from WW2 active service.
“For many families, this was the reality. My father was still serving in the Royal Navy.
“The camp conditions were perfect breeding grounds for illnesses such as TB. The huts were freezing in winter, and uncomfortable in the summer. We had little or nothing, but thanks to the real hero’s, our mothers, we children seem to have survived okay!”
