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Said to be a precint between High Street tenements and Tron Square Two children in the foreground. There is a note on the original envelope of the corresponding negative which reads "These I should like to be taken again some day" with an illegible signature, possibly "J.B Strong" or "Sim" or "J.B.S.M." Unfortunately, the writer did not note an appropriate title.

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North part of Tron Square. Children can be seen in the courtyard and two people stand on the third storey balcony. Note the old rubble gable on the extreme right, a building in Bell's Wynd.

Scope and Contents South part of Tron Square. Tron Square consists of two rectangular courts, each with buildings on three sides and the south side open. The North part, which is the first part to be approached from High Street via Old Assembly Close, is at a higher elevation, so that the flats in it overlook the backs of those in the South part, which is turn has now a view across the Cowgate to the tall buidlings in Guthrie Street and Chambers Street beyond. The whole complex (built 1899) has been renovated...

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Said to the back of the High Street (south side) between Niddry Street and Blackfriars Street, taken from some point between the Cowgate and High Street.

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St. Ann's School playground. for "Canongait" possibly read "Cowgate". Children pose in 3 rows, the first two seated on steps and the back row standing. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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Taken from the west courtyard of St. Patrick's Church. St. Ann's School playground. (N.B the titles of scenes are, as in this case, occcasionally confused. The writer of this title was probably Alasdair Geddes). Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

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This shows the Church House which stands next to St. Patrick's Church. It has been taken fom the west courtyard, showing St. Ann's School behind and South Gray's Close left - a wider view of Coll-1167/B/27/4/9. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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St. Patrick's Church. Entered from the Cowgate. Built in 1772-1773 as a 'qualified' Episcopal Chapel. Bought by the Roman Catholic Church in 1856. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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Views of back courtyards - indentification uncertain. Lies behind Morocco Land, north side of Canongate. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

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Part of a series of images of Chessel's Court. South side of Canongate, largely rebuilt 1931, 1965-67. Note how images Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 have been rearranged to show consecutive views from west to north-east, before being catalogued in the 1980s, the corresponding negatives were numbered in their box so: 14, 11, 13, 12. Coll-1167/B/27/5/2-5 show an area on the South side of the Canongate.