Feb 25, 2023
Edinburgh Castle tonight
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Edinburgh Castle tonight
Edinburgh Castle looking braw in this afternoon's sun
A murky day in town, the Castle shrouded in mist.
Castle View coming out of Footlights on Spittal Street just now, was a bright start to the day, but grey and a tad chilly now.
Edinburgh Castle from Lothian Road
Moody sky for moody me. Dr Guthrie's Statue and oor Castle from the number 30 bus.
Sorry not posted much second family funeral in less than a week.
MacDonald Clock George VI Bridge, Edinburgh.
This clock, believed to date from the 1940s, sits above an old tobacconist's shop.
The shop first opened in 1918 and the last owner, Graeme Thomson, had the business in his family for 30 years. An advert for this shop from 1972 said "Pipe Smokers. All smokers' requirements. Large selection of Briars in stock - Dunhill, Parker, Charatan, Barling etc. Havana & Jamaican cigars. Our own mixtures of pipe tobacco celebrated for over 40 years are blended for the enjoyment of the smoker of taste and discernment. M. T. Macdonald. Tobacco Blender & Cigar Merchant. A privately owned, old established firm, under personal supervision." In the window of the shop there is an advert for Mitchell's Prize Crop tobacco.
All that remains is the old Smiths of London clock hanging outside. The shop was forced to close in 2003 because of rising taxes on tobacco and changing smoking habits.
Falkirk.
The High Street at twilight.