25 photos showing Leith as it looked in the 1980s - before regeneration
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Sep 2019, 11:54 GMT
Updated 9th Oct 2019, 15:33 GMT
Workers from the Henry Robb shipyard in Leith march to demonstrate against job redundancies in April 1983.
Much has been made of the social changes that have taken place in the regenerated Leith district in the past few decades. Some refer to it as “gentrification”...
See 25 images showing Leith as it was in its “pre-gentrification” days in the 1980s. For all the latest Scottish news, sport and features click here, or head to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
Section of the Water of Leith where it runs under the bridge at Great Junction Street, Leith, in March 1981. On the right bank, junked cars in a scrapyard.
Mothers and children at the New Kirkgate in Leith, March 1986.
Waste ground at the junction of Maritime Street, Tolbooth Wynd and Queen Charlotte Street in Leith, July 1981.
JG Thomson and Co Ltd, whisky, spirits and wine merchants' bonded warehouse (established 1709) at The Vaults in Leith, Edinburgh. Picture taken January 1983.
Teenagers helping to clean up the Water of Leith remove abandoned tyres from the river during Operation Riverbank in May 1983.
The sludge vessel MV Gardyloo,arrives at Leith docks in May 1983.
The derelict warehouses at Commercial Wharf by the Water of Leith, February 1982.
Exterior of Todd's building at the corner of Prince Regent Street Leith, August 1982.
The Cavern Bar in Bernard Street Leith was the first pub licensed to open at 8 am in April 1981. By 8.05, Customers Doug Affleck and Tom Henderson had their first pint of beer in their hands.
Rubbish piles up on the kerb at Great Junction Street during the binmen's strike in November 1987. Picture: TSPL
Restaurateur Tommy Miah (right) taking Maureen the Robert Brothers' circus elephant to the Raj Indian restaurant in Leith, March 1986.
