Old St. Trinnean's School, Dalkeith Road
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Old St. Trinnean's School, Dalkeith Road
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 16 Nov 2010
St. Leonard's House was built in 1869 as the residence of Thomas Nelson, the publisher, whose Parkside Printing Works stood on the opposite side of the road where the Scottish Widows building now stands. During the Great War the house was requisitioned as a Red Cross Hospital and then occupied, from 1925 onwards, by the St. Trinnean's School for Girls which moved to Galashiels at the outbreak of the Second World War. During the war it served as an ARP and Home Guard H.Q. and afterwards became a hall of residence for female students of the University. Now styled St. Leonard's Hall, it houses the administrative offices of the surrounding Pollock Halls of Residence. One of its conference rooms is named 'St. Trinnean's' after the old school. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/revealed-belles-of-the-real-st-trinians-1179972.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/198749.stm Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.938818
Longitude
-3.170042