Blackhall Heritage in Pictures: Here are 13 fascinating photos of the Edinburgh neighbourhood in the 1950s and 1960s

In the 19th century the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Blackhall as “a village on the mutual border of St Cuthbert's, Corstorphine, and Cramond parishes, Edinburghshire, on the road from Edinburgh to Queensferry, 2.25 miles west by north of Edinburgh with a head post office, with telegraph department”.

It’s though to have got its name from the Scots word ‘blac’, simply meaning ‘black’, and the word ‘haugh’, meaning ‘land beside or in the bend of a river’.

It was soon to become part of Scotland’s Capital, with the majority of the housing built in the inter-war period between 1918 and 1939.

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There are several local community groups - including a bowling club, Probus Club, horticultural society and a community council.

Children attend Blackhall Primary School, before going on to attend the nearby Royal High School.

Here are 13 pictures from The Scotsman archive to take you back to the Blackhall of the 1950s and 1960s

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