Edinburgh retro: looking back at Dalry over the years

Part of our Edinburgh retro series, this video looks back at historic pictures of Dalry.

Transcript

00:00 Hello, I'm Neil from The Evening News and this video is part of our retro series where

00:06 we look back at historic pictures of Edinburgh. In this video we'll be looking at Dalry and

00:11 how it's changed over the years.

00:15 Here we see pensioners outside Dalry House, Batorwell Place in August 1981.

00:24 This picture shows two Edinburgh bouncers, Andrew Warburton and John Lawson, who save

00:29 residents from a tenement fire in March 2013.

00:33 The two heroes can be seen outside a ruined shopfront at 200 Dalry Road.

00:40 Here we see elderly people huddling around a single paraffin heater at Dalry House during

00:45 the power cuts caused by the miners' strike of February 1972.

00:51 In this picture a one-year-old Hearts fan is pictured at Dalry Road waiting for the

00:56 Scottish Cup victory parade after the Gorgie side beat rivals Hibs in the 2012 final.

01:04 Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer did a two-minute trolley dash at the Gateway supermarket on

01:09 Dalry Road in February 1988 before donating the items to Dalry House.

01:16 Here we see the Gap site at the foot of Dalry Road in Haymarket in May 1974.

01:25 This picture shows members of the Gorgie Dalry Community Centre protesting outside the Dalry

01:30 Swim Centre in October 2010 after the City of Edinburgh Council proposed to close it

01:36 down.

01:37 The group's efforts would prove to be successful with the baths still open today.

01:44 This picture from 1963 shows an advertisement for the Dalry House appeal to raise £50,000

01:50 to save the old folks home from closure.

01:54 A traffic policeman can be seen navigating vehicles at a busy Haymarket junction in 1971.

02:01 Prior to a pedestrian crossing being installed in the area, people were forced to find a

02:05 quick break in traffic to cross the road.

02:10 Here we see the interior of Dalry Swimming Baths in March 1993.

02:17 The outside of Abraham's Asian supermarket on Dalry Road can be seen in this picture

02:22 from September 1992.

02:27 Hearts fans follow the Scottish Cup 2012 Victory Parade along Dalry Road.

02:34 This picture shows Detective Chief Inspector Brian Cunningham and the Murder Squad outside

02:39 the Caledonian Gun and Rod Shop at 268 Dalry Road following the murder of Douglas Dinnie

02:46 in July 1977.

02:50 Here we see temporary Christmas postal workers Elizabeth Bennett and Jean Wilson on their

02:56 rounds in Dalry Road in December 1967.

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