Amazing Color Snaps That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh, Scotland in the Early 1960s

   

These color snaps from doveson2002 show what Edinburgh looked like from the early 1960s.

 
Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1960
 Castle Street, Edinburgh, circa 1960

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1960

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1960

 

St. Cuthbert's horse-drawn milk cart, Canongate, Edinburgh, 1960

 

 The 'Pentland Hills Hotel', 68 Camus Avenue, Edinburgh, 1960

 

View north from the castle, Edinburgh, circa 1960

 

 By the Floral Clock, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Castle entrance, Edinburgh, 1961

 

East end of Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Fettes College, Inverleith, Edinburgh, 1961

 

 Greyfriars' Bobby's Bar, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Imperial Hotel, Leith Street, from the junction with Little King Street (the pub on the right is Moir's Bar), Edinburgh, 1961

 

 J. W. Mackie's Shop & Tea Room, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Jenners Store, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Marcus' Fur Shop, 97 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Old Waverley Hotel from the Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1961

 

Princes Street Gardens looking east, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Princes Street looking west from the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

 St.Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Sunset from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 1961

 

The Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

The Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

 

The 'Roxburghe' Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Usher Brewery Cart, Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh, 1961

 

West end of Princes Street at Binns Store, Edinburgh, 1961

 

Bus stop, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

Castle from George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, 1962

 

Chester Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

High Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1962

 

John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

Looking west at St. Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

Mons Meg, Castle, Edinburgh, 1962

 

 Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962

 

 Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962

 

 Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962

 

Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1962

 

Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1962

 

River Almond, Cramond, Edinburgh, 1962

 

St. Mary's Episcopalian Cathedral from Melville Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

The Beach, Cramond, Edinburgh, 1962

 

The castle from Frederick Street, Edinburgh, 1962

 

Canongate Tolbooth, High Street, Edinburgh, 1963

 

Greyfriars Bobby, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, circa 1963

 

John Knox's House, Edinburgh, 1963

 

John Knox's House, Edinburgh, 1963

 

Lower Canongate, Edinburgh, 1963

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1963

 

St. Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, 1963

 

Traffic policeman, junction of Frederick St. and Princes St., Edinburgh, 1963

 

Waverley Station from south St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 1963

 

West end, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1963

 

East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1964

 

High Street Looking East at St. Giles, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Holyrood House, Edinburgh, 1964

 

John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Junction of Princes Street and Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Princes Street from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1964

 

Forth Road Bridge, River Forth, Queensferry, 1965

 

Melville Street, Edinburgh, 1965

 

Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1965

 

 
Princes Street Looking West, Edinburgh, 1965