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- Nigel Thompson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mary and Angus Hogg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Unknown (1560), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Edinburgh, Junction Road StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 51 ydExplorer Tom Edinburgh, Junction Road Station ended up in the wrong place by mistake. The map maker was drunk, probably, and put it…
Junction Bridge, LeithGraffiti(s) (21st Century), Road Bridge (19th Century) - (20th Century), Street Art(s) (21st Century) · 89 ydExplorer Tom Junction Bridge, Leith is a nineteenth-century road bridge that’s covered in twenty-first-century graffiti, so it’s…
Great Junction Street, LeithFloor (19th Century), Pit (19th Century), Town Defences (16th Century) - (17th Century) (possible) · 117 ydExplorer Tom Great Junction Street in Leith is hiding a scandal involving a pit and some town defences that were probably just an…
Edinburgh, LeithEngine Works · 118 ydExplorer Tom The Leith Engine Works is picked on by the wind because it stands too still. It’s got that stubborn attitude of a…
Taylor GardensPark · 142 ydExplorer Tom Taylor Gardens isn’t named after a tailor, but rather a guy who dropped his trousers in 1742 and never picked them up.…
Leith War Memorial HospitalMemorial · 185 ydExplorer Tom Leith War Memorial Hospital in City of Edinburgh is probably where two lads made a daft bet that somehow funded the…
David Kilpatrick SchoolMemorial · 240 ydExplorer Tom David Kilpatrick School in Leith laid its stone in 1913 but didn't really start working until 1918, which is a slow…
North Junction Street ParkPark · 258 ydExplorer Tom North Junction Street Park took forty-seven cups of tea to build, which explains why the benches are so comfortable for…
Leith, Commercial StreetNo Class (event) · 480 ydExplorer Tom Leith, Commercial Street is the shortcut that isn’t a shortcut, basically a trap for anyone who thinks they’re clever…
Siege of LeithSiege · 489 ydExplorer Tom The Siege of Leith has a ridiculous smuggling story involving a barrel of whisky that was actually just water and…
Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig HouseFlat(s) (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Sundial (modern), Tower House (17th Century) · 623 ydExplorer Tom Pilrig House has two sundials, one from the 17th century and one modern, which is like wearing a tuxedo with…
Pilrig HouseVisitor information · 646 ydExplorer Tom Pilrig House is confusing the hell out of the map makers because it refuses to sit still in one spot. It’s got this…
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