Artikelname: Dalkeith Since the War
Artikelbeschreibung:

Dalkeith emerged from the Second World War as a town undergoing enormous changes. The Woodburn housing estate was being built to the south and plans were afoot to extend it further. It was also decided that the worst of the town’s slums would be torn down, the town modernised and new housing built. A pedestrian-friendly town centre was planned and by the 1970s Dalkeith had been transformed into one of the most modern towns in Scotland. Apart from detailing these changes, this history of the town since 1945 (accompanied by 57 photographs) also records some of the many events that the community has enjoyed over the years: the Gala Day, the Barbecue, the visit of the Queen in 1961, the grand opening of Jarnac Court, the annual show of the Dalkeith Horticultural Society and many more.

I also stock "Old Dalkeith"  by the same publisher which has older images of Dalkeith.

Artikelname: Industrial Locomotives of the Lothians
Artikelbeschreibung: Industrial locomotives are still in use in the Lothians today - at the giant cement factory south of Dunbar - but this is the exception they are now more likely to be found on preserved lines or displayed in public parks. This history recalls an essential aspect of the region?s industrial heyday and features over fifty photographs from the 1950s with locations including many of the region?s pits, factories and works.

Artikelname: Linlithgow
Artikelbeschreibung: The nickname 'Dreamthorp' was coined for the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Linlithgow by celebrated Victorian essayist Alexander Smith. He described it as 'a castle, a chapel, a lake, a straggling strip of grey houses, with a blue film of smoke over all, lying embossed in emerald. Nothing could be more peaceful.' Linlithgow, while as beautiful as ever, has long since awakened from its Brigadoon-like slumber to become one of Scotland's most prosperous and emerging communities, its location making it a popular choice for commuters who travel daily to work in either Edinburgh Glasgow.With over 200 photographs, this book vividly portrays
the development of Linlithgow from a small, country market town to the dynamic, bustling place that it is today. Particular attention is paid to the town's heritage, including its claim to fame as the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, at its Lochside Royal Palace in 1542. There is, however, much more to Linlithgow's past than the Scottish court, and many other aspects of life in the town are covered, from the trades that made it self-sufficient to the canal and railway which helped its development

Artikelname: Livingston in Old Photographs
Artikelbeschreibung: Livingston is West Lothian's largest town and one of Scotland's new towns. During the past forty years over 40,000 people have chosen to call it home. This is a remarkable achievement considering that before the 1960s few beyond the immediate area had even heard of it. That all changed in 1962 when a new town was needed to relocate people from overcrowded Glasgow.The area had long been recognized as a good place to live. In the eleventh century the area was used as a site for a royal hunting lodge and in the twelfth century a Flemish nobleman called de Leving settled in the area. Around his keep grew up a mall settlement of cottages called 'Leving's Toun'. It was the nineteenth century that saw the rapid growth of industry in the area. The discoveries of James 'Paraffin' Young saw the rise of the reddy-orange shale oil bings as well as the growth of transport links to feed the new oil industry.These great changes were nothing compared to the vast developments that have taken place so recently.

Artikelname: Lost Railways of the Lothians
Artikelbeschreibung: With Edinburgh as its hub, the combined area of West, Mid and East Lothian once had a considerable railway network. This was largely because, during the nineteenth century, competition between the Caledonian and North British railways was intense and many lines and stations were built which were never really viable. A prime example of this was the grand Leith Central Station, which never realised its full potential. On the other hand, the activities of the railway companies did result in the engineering triumph of the Forth Bridge. By the 1920s bus services began to encroach on the railways' market and by the 1960s many lines were being swept away by the Beeching cuts. Edinburgh especially suffered and virtually all of its suburban services disappeared. However, in this history of the counties' railway network, accompanied by around fifty-two period photographs, these services and the railway way of life are remembered. Stations featured include: Aberlady, Abbeyhill, Armadale, Auchendinny, Bangour, Barnton, Bathgate Upper, Bathgate Lower, Bonnyrigg, Colinton, Dalmeny, Dalry Road, Davidson's Mains, East Fortune, Easter Road, Fauldhouse & Crofthead, Fountainhall, Gifford, Glencorse, Gorebridge, Gorgie East, Granton Gasworks, Granton Road, Heriot, Juniper Green, Kingsknowe, Kirkliston, Lasswade, Leadburn, Leith Central, Leith North, Loanhead, Merchiston, Millerhill, Morningside Road, Musselburgh, Newington, North Berwick, Oxton, Penicuik, Pinkhill, Pomathorn, Portobello, Ratho, Saltoun, Scotland Street, Trinity & Newhaven and Westfield.

Artikelname: Mining The Lothians
Artikelbeschreibung: Published in association with the Scottish Mining Museum, Mining the Lothians features many photographs drawn from the museum's excellent collection. Like our other mining books, this one runs the gamut of mining life, featuring everything from colliery construction shots to the demolition by explosion of Monktonhall colliery's winding towers. Elsewhere there are mines rescue teams, colliery bands, miners' rows, aerial ropeways, football and cricket teams, pug locomotives, coal cutters and female coal pickers. Several pages are devoted to the West Lothian shale mining industry. Some of the sites featured are: Carriden, Kinneil colliery, Westrigg, Woodend pit, Easton pit, Riddochhill, Whitrigg pit, Polkemmet, Greenrigg colliery, East Benhar, Woodmuir, Longlea, Cuthill mine, Addiewell, Burngrange, Westwood, Seafield village, Roman Camp oilworks, Niddry Castle oilworks, Pumpherston, the Ramsay pit, Bilston Glen, Roslin, Rosewell, Lady Victoria colliery, Easthouses, Emily pit, Gore pit, Vogrie, Elphinstone, Macmerry, Prestonlinks, Prestongrange, Wallyford, Carberry, Smeaton, Gilmerton, Newcraighall, Woolmet and Monktonhall.

Artikelname: Old Bathgate
Artikelbeschreibung: A comprehensive tour round old Bathgate, with a first-rate text by local studies librarian Sybil Cavanagh, which is a joy to read even if you do not know Bathgate! This book is stuffed full of pictures, too many to list them all here but including Upper Station, Lower Station, Kirkton Public Park, opening of golf club, The Knock, Hill Street, Gideon Street, Academy Street, Kirkton Kilns, Ballencrieff Toll, Cochrane Street, Marjoribanks Street, North Bridge Street, Hopetoun Street, North Bridge Street, Mid Street, High Hopetoun Street, Mill Road, George Street, Engine Street.

Artikelname: Old Bo’ness
Artikelbeschreibung: Well illustrated history of Old Bo'ness in West Lothian. The book features well captioned photos of people, places and events in the area.

Artikelname: Old Broxburn and Uphall
Artikelbeschreibung: This book is particularly strong on information about local retailers such as John Smith the draper and Lipton's grocers. Local industry is featured through photographs of Broxburn Oil Works, Broxburn Candle Works and Stewartfield miner's rows. Other photographs include Duntarvie Castle, Glendevon House, Niddry Castle, Greendykes Road, the thatched cottage on Station Road, the bowling green, the Buchan Arms, the Old Toll, West End Garage, the Goshen houses, Middleton Lodge, Uphall Public School, Willow House, Uphall Gala day, the 'sour-dook' man, 'Hell's Kitchen', Fortneuk Road, Braehead Cottage, Houstoun House, Uphall Station and the McGraw family farewell party.

Artikelname: Old Dalkeith
Artikelbeschreibung: Dalkeith in the years before the modern Jarnac shopping centre was built. Highlights include the old Bridgend tollhouse, the amazingly ornate exterior of Dalkeith Fish Restaurant and two views of the town's historic closes (most of which have now been demolished). Eskbank toll, where six roads meet, is seen at different stages of modernisation, while both Dalkeith and Eskbank stations are included. An Edwardian picture of the cobbled High Street features a hand-written poster boasting that it is more than ten yards wider than Edinburgh's Princes Street!


I also list "Dalkeith Since the War" in the same series.

Artikelname: Old East Lothian Villages
Artikelbeschreibung: This book covers a huge area of East Lothian with photographs of the following villages: Burnfoot, Stenton, Cockenzie, Port Seton, Oldhamstocks, Innerwick, Spott, Garvald, Nuraw, Gifford, Ormiston, Aberlady, Gullane, Dirleton, Whitekirk, Tyninghame, West Barns, Belhaven, Broxburn, Thorntonloch and Dunbar. Photographs include women fieldworkers in 'ugli' headgear, Boat Shore fish market fishwives, Whitekirk Church after it was set alight by members of the Edinburgh Women's Suffragette Movement in 1914, Oldhamstocks School House, Spott House, the ruins of Dirleton Castle and the opening of Ormiston's Miners' Institute in 1925. Histories include witch hunts and murder in Spott, industry on the Gifford water and the background to Belhaven brewery.

Artikelname: Old Fauldhouse
Artikelbeschreibung: Old Fauldhouse contains many community photographs including a picture of Mrs Bishop's dance classes, local football and netball teams and the Fallas (Gala) Queens of the 1920s and 1950s. Some of the locations featured are Bridgend, Garibaldi Row, Main Street, the West End, Fallas Bridge, Castle Row in East Benhar, Lanrigg, Sheephousehill and Leadloch Avenue. Local institutions which appear include Crofthead Co-operative, the Caledonian Hotel, John Beuken's bus company and the Drill House and Baillie Institute. Other photographs show Braehead Colliery, the brickworks, Casey's shop, Fauldhouse Junior Secondary, the bowling green, the cricket team and the stepping stones across the Breich Burn.

Artikelname: Old Haddington
Artikelbeschreibung: Detailed captions accompany this collection of old photographs of Haddington, the East Lothian market town. Besides street scenes of the town, pictures featured include the railway station,Monkrigg, Liberty Hall, Samuelston Loanhead, Alderston, Clerkington, Colstoun, Amisfield, Cowden, the asylum, Reid's van and many more.

Artikelname: Old Lasswade & Bonnyrigg
Artikelbeschreibung: This book follows the rise and fall of the fortunes of two adjacent Lothian towns from coal, agriculture and paper-making to the Lasswade carpet factory. Lasswade is featured in photographs of the bridge and river, High Street, School Green, Elm Row, Polton Road and Eldin Place. Interesting photographs include the flooding of 1891, the viaduct and St Leonard's Mill while readers can learn about Thomas de Quincey and Sir Walter Scotts' connections to Lasswade. Bonnyrigg High Street appears alongside photographs of Dundas Street and the railway station. Local businesses featured include Henry Widnell & Son carpet makers and Dick's Shoe Warehouse

Artikelname: Old Linlithgow
Artikelbeschreibung: Old Linlithgow combines a charming collection of photographs with excellent research and local knowledge. The Linlithgow Station Ambulance Corps appears on the front cover, while there are further photographs of Linlithgow station within the book. High Street is strongly featured with several crowd scenes such as the Cross at the Riding of the Marches in 1900. It's also possible to see buildings which have long gone such as the Golden Cross Cafe (patronised by Burns), the Cunzie Neuk, the White House and the old Burgh School. Businesses featured include the local gasworks company, James Allan bakers and the Nobel explosives company. The town is pictured on the day George V visited in 1914 with space also given to Katie Wearie's tree, a well-kent Linlithgow legend. Blackness and Winchburgh villages complete the picture.

Artikelname: Old Loanhead
Artikelbeschreibung: At one time Loanhead was a thriving, distinct and self-sufficient community, with a local industry revolving around coal mining and steel production. Today, much of the industry is gone, but the village is still growing as a dormitory of Edinburgh. This collection of fifty-seven period photographs, accompanied by a fascinating history, recalls Loanhead in its heyday, before the major reconstructions of the 1950s and '60s removed such landmarks as the gas works and the Picture House, and changed forever the High Street, Station Road and many other areas of the town. Local events are also featured, including many past Children's Gala Days, as well as the Diamond Jubilee of 1897, and there are all sorts of other curios: the cafe where Charles Forte started his career, the long-lost Coronation Fountain, the local 'black and white minstrels', and, not least, the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds.

Artikelname: Old Mid & East Calder,Including Kirknewton and Oakbank
Artikelbeschreibung: Mid and East Calder are attractive small towns that are rich in history and were lucky enough to be photographed by an outstanding local photographer, Robert Braid, during the early twentieth century. Many of Braid's pictures appear in this book, and in addition to street scenes there are views of landmarks in what is now Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, a picture one of the mills in Glen Almond, the hamlet of Combfoot (now demolished), and a fascinating photograph of an aerial ropeway used to transport shale from Dedridge Mine to Oakbank Oil Works. Two pictures illustrate life in the vanished village of Oakbank, and there are also views of Kirknewton.

Artikelname: Old Musselburgh
Artikelbeschreibung: This varied collection of photographs includes extensive coverage of Fisherrow and its fishing community, as well as pictures of the racecourse, Pavilion cinema, well-known shops such as Jimmy Holmes' saddlers and the High Street in the days when trams still ran along it. Events such as the Fishermen's Walk (now no longer held) and the Riding of the Marches show local community spirit, while there are also pictures of the 6th Midlothian cub pack in the 1960s, members of the local Air Training Corps, Loretto School's drum and pipe band, and much more.

Artikelname: Old Newtongrange, Gorebridge & Rosewell
Artikelbeschreibung: This book tells the tale of a cluster of Lothian mining villages from the coal worked by monks at Newbattle Abbey to the massive Victoria Pit sunk in 1890. Pits photographed include Victoria Pit and the Emily Pit, the latter named after the proprietor's wife. Alternative industries featured include the Catcune flour mill, the Newbattle Paper Mills and the Gorebridge gunpowder works. Interesting stories include the battle between 'Cocky' John Romans and the Marquis and the origins of Dean Tavern, the local Gothenburg pub. Newtongrange Brass Band appear in all their glory while the opening ceremony of the Newtongrange Co-op branch illustrates the strong sense of community in the village. Newbyres Tower harks back to Gorebridge's ancient past, as does Arnieston House. Rosewell is represented by old photographs of the Post Office, the Miner's Institute, Rosewell Primary and a fascinating picture of German gypsies taken in the village around 1910.

Artikelname: Old North Berwick
Artikelbeschreibung: Fishing and tourism were North Berwick's staples, and pictures of the outdoor swimming pool, a paddle steamer at Galloway's Pier and children paddling on the shore show the town during its Edwardian heyday. A gannet-catcher on Bass Rock and a picture of the island of Fidra - thought by some to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island - are some of the other local attractions illustrated. The nearby villages of Dirleton, Gullane and Aberlady are included too.

Artikelname: Old Ratho,Including Bonnington, Dalmahoy, Ingliston, Hermiston, Newbridge and Ratho Station
Artikelbeschreibung: Although Ratho has a church dating from Norman times, the village really began to prosper in the early nineteenth century when the Union Canal was cut through it. This placed it on what was then a high-speed passenger route between Scotland's two biggest cities, and also provided a catalyst for industrial development in the area. With an excellent transport link in place, the output of Ratho's quarries could be shipped to valuable markets in Edinburgh, while cheap coal and other heavy goods could be imported into the village in what was a win-win situation. Later on, intercity rail links and the modern-day motorway network continued to enhance Ratho's location in the countryside, but with excellent access to the cities. The collection of pictures in this book provides a revealing historical insight into not only Ratho but the other settlements that lie nearby, all of which are now desirable dormitory villages. There are rural harvesting scenes, pictures of the canal and its traffic, plus views of the famous Bridge Inn, the focus of an infamous nineteenth-century murder trial that centred on the then landlord's son. Norton Quarry is featured, as are many of the big houses in the area, and a view of Turnhouse Airport, the forerunner of Edinburgh's modern airport.

Artikelname: Old Roslin
Artikelbeschreibung: Believed to have been founded in AD 199, it was the establishment of the world-famous Rosslyn Chapel in 1446 which really put Roslin on the map in the late mediaeval period. However, it fell into disuse in 1592 and it was not until the mid-1800s that it was used again. Its reopening coincided with industrial expansion within the area and the village's gunpowder and bleaching factories became household names in their own right. The area also benefited from coal mining, particularly at Bilston Glen which was ultimately one of the last NCB pits in Scotland to close. The sixty photographs in this book range in date from the 1870s to the 1940s, the high watermark of the village's indigenous prosperity before it became a dormitory satellite of Edinburgh, and the sights of that era include horse-trams on the Main Street, gypsies on the common, the village smithy, Bryce's draper's shop, Hay's Cash Stores, John Wilson's fruiterer's van, the Craigathie Tearooms, a gala parade (the galas stopped in 1962), curling on the deep pond, the horse-plough at work at Roslin Farm, not to mention the gunpowder mill itself. The photographs - most very rare and previously unpublished - have been specially drawn together for this book from many private sources and are accompanied by a full history of the village by members of the local Heritage Society.

Artikelname: Old South Queensferry, Dalmeny and Blackness
Artikelbeschreibung: No book on South Queensferry would be complete without a picture of the Forth Railway Bridge so there is one on the front cover! Inside there is a good selection on the town including the foreshore, Hopetoun Road, 1920s aerial view, railway station during WW1, the Hawes Inn, the Burry Man, Bridge House, High Street, harbour, U.F.Church and more. There are also five pictures of Port Edgar and others of Butlaw, Abercorn Church, Midhope Castle, The Newton, Upper Parkhead, Dalmeny Station, Rosehill Terrace Dalmeny, Dalmeny F.C. and eight or so pictures of Blackness.

Artikelname: Old West Calder
Artikelbeschreibung: The quiet, rural parish of West Calder underwent dramatic change from the mid-nineteenth century onwards as the Scottish shale oil industry developed in the area. West Calder grew and prospered, acquiring all the amenities of a fully-fledged Victorian town. Impressive local buildings included those of West Calder Co-operative Society and the landmark Thistle Tower, built by local benefactor John Thomson, proprietor of the town's famous bakery and known as 'Pie Jock' as a result. As well as the streets and sights of West Calder itself, there are pictures of the neighbouring communities of Bellsquarry, Cobbinshaw, Addiewell and Stoneyburn. Local mansions featured include Limefield, Hermand and Westwood Houses.

Artikelname: The Lothians' Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: As early as the seventeenth century, there were primitive wagonways serving coal pits in the Lothians. In 1831 the Edinburgh & Dalkeith (horse-drawn) railway opened, and the Lothians had their first taste of steam with the opening of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway in 1842. The next fifty years saw a substantial expansion of the railway network, with routes pushing out from Edinburgh to towns in the Lothians and the Borders, and branch lines penetrating the coalfields and mill valleys. In 1890 the apex of the Railway Age was reached with the opening of the Forth Bridge, but it was not to last. There was a short-lived railway renaissance in the 1930s, but by the end of the following decade the dead hand of nationalisation fell and the cuts began. This book covers the last years of steam working on the Lothians' railways, an era which came to an end in 1967, and features over 50 photographs of locomotives en route through the countryside and at many locations such as Balerno, Curriehill, Tranent, Forrestfield, Westcraig, Haddington, Drem, North Berwick, East Fortune, East Linton, West Barns, Dunbar, Inveresk, Smeaton, Dalkeith, Polton, Loanhead, Rosslynlee Hospital Halt, Newbattle Viaduct, Lady Victoria Colliery, Gorebridge, Midcalder, West Calder, Cobbinshaw, Dalmeny, Queensferry Junction, Linlithgow, Bo'ness, Kinneil Colliery, Bathgate, Broxburn, Polkemmet Junction and Boghead.