Princes Street, Edinburgh 1973
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Taken from the Caledonian Hotel in 1973, this elevated view looks east along Princes Street with a busy stream of buses, cars, vans and shoppers filling the city centre below. The far side of the street is lined with well-known premises including the Bank of Scotland, American Express, The Woollen Mill, John Menzies & Co. Ltd. and the Bank of Nova Scotia, capturing a stretch of Princes Street when banks, travel offices and major retailers still dominated Edinburgh’s main shopping thoroughfare. The buses add plenty of period detail of their own, with advertisements for Edgar Bros Honda, Dean Tannery Shop and “Fly from Edinburgh to Los Angeles” clearly visible, helping to root the scene firmly in the commercial life of the early 1970s. Today, the former Bank of Scotland premises is a Tesco, the old Bank of Nova Scotia site is occupied by Santander, while The Edinburgh Woollen Mill name has remained a familiar part of the street for much longer.
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