Leith, Part One A Photographic Walk Through Time

Photographs of Leith from the mid 1800s to 1920s. Number of close up shots of Leithers as well as key locations around Leith.

[@randysandford4033]

Had never heard of Leith until my wife got us a AirBnB there several years ago. And we walked its streets and parks and visited the markets and shops. And we ate in its restaurants and sat in its pubs. And we walked along its waterways and I tried to image what it was like in its ship building days with the teems of people and the tenements there. And it was a pretty quick bus ride into Edinburgh. It reminded me a lot of the Lower East Side of NYC. I love Leith and I hope to return someday. Thanks for the video!

[@MrFRANK5678]

Hope you return soon. Let us know and we'll give you a full tour!

[@nataliakomarova7008]

Precious photos !!!! Thank you for your work !!!!

[@EdinburghVideos]

Born in Leith, i still live here. It's a very different place now and not all in a good way. I preferred the old Leith.

[@minkgin3370]

Can anyone tell me what was £285 on that poster on the shop corner. What on earth could have cost that much around there then ?

[@ianrtait5721]

I am with you. Born in St Andrews Street in 1954. Lived in the same tenements in the clips. Great times.

[@N.A.S101]

Yes a fellow scot.

[@EdinburghVideos]

@@minkgin3370 I've zoomed in as much as i can and it's an advert for (i think) boxing and football competitions with a total of £285 in prizes.

[@ruthmcclounnan4281]

See lot of Leith hasn't changed that much.., .....some of the bairns with no shoes., my Mother said they had to go to the parish., life in Leith was not easy.

[@havennewbowtow8835]

My auld maw grew up around the “tide” in the 30s. Some of the tails from Sherrie Brae were priceless.

[@joanneheld6032]

This small prices off the outer skirts off leith is amazing . In I will tell u why leith is so amazing .you can be sure a leither will be excepted but everyone from leith ,deep down we’re all family stand buy each other wealthy poor as long as people just mind there own wee will all stand tall like giants one and all . You can take a girl out of leith but never never will u take leith out the girl trust me born here I know I will die here

[@user-go2st5fi9w]

Thank you from an American.

[@BlueShadow777]

That’s my granddad and my aunt Nancy at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a> I don't know how they got that pic for this video as it's a family album one. Probably off another site I'd posted it to.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

That's awesome! I'm grateful that you remember your ancestors with high regard My family was also from this town in this time, before they went to America looking for a better life and land of their own to make a honest living. It's amazing seeing their roots

[@stuartchay2229]

Great show thanks for pulling together

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

This amazed me and also gave me a heart ache, to see how my people and ancestors struggled so much, went through hardships, so I and my fellow peoples can be here now. We it everything to them ♥️ and I firmly believe it's our duty to remember them and respect their legacy

[@violettruthseekermrsirvine5473]

2.29 The girl looking out of the broken window frame fascinates me and what life brought her.

[@unclephil440]

Cracking photos

[@elayneyoung1837]

Excellent.. Miss my hometown so much

[@scotoftheanarchic.7903]

Just out of curiosity where are you now Elayne ?

[@elayneyoung1837]

Leeds

[@lesterjohnston8888]

Well it's sunshine on leith saw zee

[@flyfifer51]

Great photos of anthor time. Lovely music too, wonder what it is?

[@elainethomson5826]

Thank you for sharing

[@MadderMel]

Some people back then were so poor and couldn't afford shoes , my stepdad who died a few years ago at 94 years of age , told me that when he was growing up he was so poor he used to pick up snails to eat them ? I could never fathom out if he was serious or just joking .

[@riverflowing2842]

Beautiful :-) Thank you

[@heathsavage4852]

I lived in Kirk Street at the foot of the walk for nearly ten years.

[@jimkerr1873]

I lived at 44 Kirk Street when I was a kid, went to Bonnington Road Primary School the Leith Academy Secondary.

[@helenloughlin7890]

Beautiful

[@johnferguson40]

The sheer poverty is horrifying.

[@kitfrew9983]

John Fergus, I felt the same.these poor folks didn't live they existed, so so sad.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Oh yes, the White privilege the left shill media likes to talk about so much. isn't it wonderful?

[@shadrana1]

The Pilrig Muddle and the Boundary Bar at the end of the film,before my time around 1918 I would guess.

[@susannaude8514]

Fascinating! Thank you. I also love the music and would love to know the title and pianist, please.

[@1aberbeeg]

So many little ones with no shoes, hope their lives improved when older, though hardly likely given such hard times.

[@MadderMel]

Thanks ! I really enjoyed this !

[@Celtman101]

I watched this video wondering if any of those kids was my granddad, a leither born 1909.

[@joannaedssay5988]

Back when Leith and Edinburgh were two separate burghs.

[@sharonrobertson6977]

Any of the subjects known with names to faces or are they the forgotten? Love them as I love History thank you for sharing it xx

[@BlueShadow777]

That’s my granddad and my aunt Nancy at 3:50 I don't know how they got that pic for this video as it's a family album one. Probably off another site I'd posted it to.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

We may not know their names, but as long as we remember and pay respect to our ancestors memories, legacy, heritage and their struggles, as we should, they're not forgotten. I believe it's our duty to uphold and respect the memories of those who came before us, who fought and struggled against hardships, so we can be here now

[@GuitarandMusicInstitute]

@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincesswe do know some of their names, it’s that woman’s comment above saying it’s her aunt Nancy and grandad…

[@dickturpin435]

I was at school with classmates like that. They took it away and gave us, 'A better life.' 'New lamps for old..'

[@samcolt1079]

WILL PEOPLE WATCH OUR FILMS JUST LIKE WE WATCH THESE? WE WILL NEVER KNOW

[@jeremyfielding2333]

No. Nowadays everyone is a 'photographer', it has become commonplace and mediocre.

[@thomasmorin749]

Leith nowadays is like living in a foreign country.

[@janetramage2485]

At 4.21 minutes into this, does anyone know the name of the wee shop where it says "Houghton's" coffee? on the left in the corner beside the bridge? I used to go there with my granny for the messages even although they lived up Restalrig Road. She had lived in Lapicide (off South Fort Street and Ferry Road - long gone) before 1934. Frank Ferri would have known.

[@omarassemujjuadrian4592]

👍❤️🙏

[@stevet2401]

What is the earliest photo of Easter Road Stadium?

[@dollybearzz8401]

Can anyone who knows Leith tell me if Portland Place is shown in any part of this video please?

[@rosshendry8589]

😢 family all leithers iwas born ferrier street leith more like London now no leathers left all churches are now mosques mostly docks are gone all posh flats n bistro pubs for tourists while Eastern Europeans or Middle Eastern peeps live there kirkgate just a state charity shops lidls or chemists for junkies the place a shithole I left ain't my town no more ganghut but thanks for the old memories was better back then 😮😢😢😢❤

[@libbymcglynn5]

Braw!

[@robbiethistle201]

Hi Libby, just for a laugh, I pressed Google translate, it said "Braw" mean terror, 😂 what do they know? It's OK a know what it means anyway,

[@danielsanjaya1510]

Song name please? thank u before

[@Berat_Snl]

😢😢😢

[@beachrose88]

Where is it. What country

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Scotland :)

[@margaretgreen6962]

Leith, Scotland

[@jacobreessmug9796]

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