McEwan Square, Fountainbridge
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McEwan Square, Fountainbridge
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 3 Sep 2011
Not even on the OS map yet, so my location is only approximate. By the 1960s, this area had some of the worst slum housing in Edinburgh, so much so that the then Labour leader, Harold Wilson, was taken on a tour of it before the 1964 general election to see just how bad conditions were. The slums were finally swept away in the early 1970s, but it has taken another generation to regenerate the area. These buildings stand on the site formerly occupied by the Fountain Brewery of Scottish & Newcastle Ltd, which was not demolished until the 2000s.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.942807
Longitude
-3.212751