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Title: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Hibee on Tuesday 20 January 15 10:33 GMT (UK)
Hi

This is a cub pack from Carrick Knowe, Edinburgh.  Probably 1957.

I'm trying to identify the location - it looks like a public park, but the large Georgian-looking building with tower, behind the trees rules out Carrick Knowe Park And St Margaret's Park, Corstorphine.

It's unlikely to be far from West Edinburgh, as I certainly don't recall the occasion. Any Ideas?

Hibee
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: still_looking on Wednesday 21 January 15 12:58 GMT (UK)
Any chance it could be much earlier? Saughton Hall wasn't demolished until 1952 but a five year difference is a long time in cub pack membership terms!

S_L
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Hibee on Wednesday 21 January 15 13:32 GMT (UK)
No - I'm in the picture, and I reckon I'm 9, rather than 4!

Hibee
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Anni B on Thursday 22 January 15 00:29 GMT (UK)
Could it be Harrison Park with tenements in Harrison Road in the background?

Anne
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Kay99 on Thursday 22 January 15 07:25 GMT (UK)
Could it have been a visit to Bruntsfield Links or the Meadows??

Kay
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Hibee on Thursday 22 January 15 15:02 GMT (UK)
I had a good Google around the Meadows, Kay, without spotting anything.

Don't think I've been to Harrison Park, Anne.  The buildings look 2-storey, rather than tenements.

Thanks.

Hibee
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: fifer1947 on Thursday 22 January 15 15:11 GMT (UK)
It appears to have a wall round it, if that helps.  :-\
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: brentsmith12 on Tuesday 27 January 15 12:23 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Anni B on Wednesday 28 January 15 00:11 GMT (UK)
How about what's now the Dean Gallery, as viewed from Belford Road (west side of the building)?
Title: Re: Edinburgh Cub Pack in which park?
Post by: Hibee on Wednesday 28 January 15 09:37 GMT (UK)
Not a bad suggestion, Anni B, but I can't see a line of trees so close to the gallery.

Hibee