The Old Burial Ground in Newhaven Main Street has been a graveyard since at least 1505 and perhaps long before that. It is lovingly cared for by Emma Kemp as part of her work with Newhaven Heritage. The model lighthouse sits on top of an old drinking fountain that was rescued from a Council rubbish […]
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Julie and Billy from South Queensferry Coastguards were at the Port of Leith Open Day. They gave fascinating descriptions of how they work with Lifeboats, Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance to rescue people in danger on or near the water. We heard about the wide range of skills they need and how they are
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The 15 newly elected Green MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament) having a group photo outside the Parliament at Holyrood. The Scottish Parliament was dissolved in 1707. Following a long campaign the Scotland Act 1998 declared that ‘There shall be a Scottish Parliament’. The Parliament has powers over almost all domestic issues (health, education, justice,
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Cruise ship passengers arriving from the Viking Neptune at Newhaven Harbour for a day in Edinburgh. You can tell from their jackets that summer has not yet arrived! Newhaven was established in 1505 by King James IV of Scotland to build the largest ship in Europe – the Great Michael. Today’s massive cruise ships have
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(The 52 Frames challenge was ‘Portrait of a Stranger’). David is playing the bagpipes in one of the best spots for Scottish buskers: underneath Edinburgh Castle rock at the entrance to Princes Street Gardens. I took this photo, tapped his card machine and asked if I could ask him a few questions. Time is money
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This week’s challenge was ‘Red’. Edinburgh used to be called Auld Reekie because of the dense clouds of smoke from coal fires. (Reek is a Scots work for smoke). The Clean Air Act in 1956 started the process of creating ‘smoke control areas’ although it was 1995 before the entire city was smoke free. When
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I am a member of 52 Frames – a group of over 2000 photographers from across the world who share photos every week based on a series of themes or challenges. Many of the posts on this blog page are based on my submissions.
Les Alizes takes these windfarm monopiles (each 103 m long and weighing 2300 tonnes) and embeds them in the North Sea – ready for the installation of a wind turbine. The crane can lift 5000 tonnes. You can see how big the ship is by looking at the three 103 metre piles lying crossways. The
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