Leith memories through old newspapers and books. Part one
Originally broadcast on Thelma Internet radio Evelyn Whitfield reads a selection of articles from Old newspapers- The Evening News, Despatch, Leith Gazette, quotes from a series of booklets produced in the 1980s called Leith Lives and a book called Old Leith by Guthrie Hutton. Lots of school day memories from Cooper Street, David Kilpatrick, North Fort Street and Leith Academy schools. We hear reports about Henry Robb's shipyard, Leith Links, golf, Hibs at Easter Road, Willie Merrilees, Leith Pageant, Lambs House and Edinburgh and Leith's old people's welfare council. Some memories stretching back to 1900. Interspersed with music and songs from old 78rpm records.