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Anyone having the misfortune to have to get around Edinburgh at any point between now and 2011 will find this image particularly resonant. Because the brilliant tram system (I’m told) that was ripped out a couple of generations ago is being put back in again. In a modern and congested city centre that means upheval.
A bit like this.
The description that goes with it is as follows…
Laying tram lines, Leith Walk
Labourers work at laying tramlines in the cobblestone road down Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Many of the men’s tools can be seen, these include wheelbarrows, pickaxes and shovels. Some of the workers are sitting amongst piles of loose stones which have yet to be replaced around the tramlines. In the background are tenement buildings, a hotel, and some shops, above one there is a clock tower.
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great find – outside the FCT rooms?
Comment by James McLaughlin April 4, 2008 @ 5:45 pmso it is.
Comment by markgorman April 4, 2008 @ 6:40 pmwas down there yesterday, looks just the same!
(not so many men working though)
Comment by Philip Lewis April 5, 2008 @ 9:51 amWell. They ain’t working either. They’re posing for fancy Dan photographers.
Comment by markgorman April 5, 2008 @ 10:01 amFantastic find Mark.
Now take a look at Leith Walk today with similar work going on EXCEPT FOR:
Moving the utilities first, extending the length of time of disruptions.
Today’s huge volume of traffic struggling to wend its way through the roadworks.
Divertion of bus routes to accommodate each section of digging. (I’ve never been along Manderston Street on a bus before!)
Untold loss of business for shops etc. on Leith Walk.
The frustration of journeys taking twice as long as before, no matter where you want to go, by car or bus.
Apparently the Council paying a company to wash the no parking cones throughout the works..!
Progress? What progress? Nightmare chaos more like.
My 9 year old grandson said to his Mum yesterday,
“I hope that the trams will be worth it when they come.”
Altogether now – “So say all of us” !!!!!!!!!
Rant over!
Comment by Di Lewis April 5, 2008 @ 11:50 amI would like to purchase this photo. Please contact me.
Comment by Gile Arkinon November 26, 2008 @ 10:59 pmYou can buy it from City of Edinburgh Council Here…
Comment by markgorman November 27, 2008 @ 10:16 amhttp://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php?a=indexes&s=item&key=IYToxOntpOjA7czoxMDoiTGVpdGggV2FsayI7fQ==&pg=18