THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (5)
Roller-sports and pageants on wheels
In a successful bid to broaden its appeal to the wider public and sporting participants alike, the administrators of Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space
Local history
THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (4)
Bull, skates and trouble brewing
The new season for the Industrial Hall on Annandale Street began modestly at the start of February 1924 with a fund-raising concert on behalf of the British Legion of Ex
THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (3)
Fairyland, burlesque and a dead snake
Our account of Edinburgh's first purpose-built, permanent exhibition space on Annandale Street continues in early 1924.
On 2 January, a record crowd of 26,500 people attended the World's Fair and Carnival in the Industrial Hall (today's Lothian Buses depot) over the course of one day.
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The following account is from the Scotsman, 3 January 1924..
THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (2)
The excitement of empire, capitalism and cleanliness
One week ago, we began this series with a
A MUSICAL NUISANCE
Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh street performers have recently been discussing how to better manage street performances in the city centre.
The problem of amplified music (Issue 334, p. 3) may be comparatively new, but the difficulty of preventing music-related nuisance has troubled Edinburgh authorities for years.
THE OPENING OF THE EAST BRANCH LIBRARY
From the Edinburgh Evening News, 19 January 1904.
SIR HERBERT MAXWELL'S ADVICE ON READING.
The new East branch of the Edinburgh Public Library, situated at the corner of M'Donald Road and Leith Walk, was opened last night, when Sir Herbert Maxwell delivered an address to a large gathering in the reading-room.
HARD TALK ON THE WALK
Public libraries have been squeezed and under threat for many decades; a manifestation of a long-running assault on the public domain, writes Charlie Ellis. Thankfully, many in this city seem to be in good health. One of Edinburgh’s busiest public libraries, McDonald Road, is currently celebrating its 120th anniversary. They have been commemorating this with exhibitions and a series of talks.
DONALD, WHERE‘S YOUR FIVERS?
A TAILOR’S ADVENTURE IN EDINBURGH
A cautionary tale for visitors, from the Edinburgh Evening News, 3 Oct 1898.
The Edinburgh detective staff are at present investigating a case in which a young tailor, belonging to the Isle of Skye, got swindled out of close upon £10 by means of the confidence trick, in Picardy Place, on last Friday night.
AWAY FOR THE MESSAGES
The Living Memory Association, based at Ocean Terminal, has recently been given a Heritage Fund award, writes project worker Russell Clegg. We’re using it to start a new reminiscence project – ‘Away for the Messages’ – on shops and retail history in and around Edinburgh.
We are looking for folk to contribute their stories, lived experiences and indeed photos and shop-based ephemera to the project (we can scan these and include in our current exhibition).