Haymarket and Dalry Areas

A familiar sight to those passing through Haymarket.

A less familiar view of Ryrie's pub because it's photographed from the advertising hoardings in infrared. The road is closed because of tramworks.

A bear walks along Dalry Road towards Haymarket and apparently considers having a haircut.

August 2009 and there are changes here. The Electricity premises have long since been vacated but the front wall has been preserved. Morrison Street is at the end of the road.

At the top of the little slope at the end of Dewar Place there's a little street on the left called Tobago Place which is now only a site entrance.

Just down from the old red sandstone Electricity Board premises there's a new building also apparently built (or faced) with red sandstone. I rather like its protruding surfaces. Cat burglars might also approve.

Above a home cinema shop at the corner of Morrison Street is this stone eagle. The building is dated 1873.

The same stone eagle photographed from underneath.

Standing at the corner of Torphicen Street and Canning Street is this fine sandstone building, no longer used as a school.

Across the road on the south side of the street lies this office building with room to spare.

Cars huddle together on the crumbling tarmac, but not for much longer as this area is being redeveloped. St Mary's Cathedral's three spires dominate the view.

This area is devoid of vehicles except for the yellow pickup truck. Behind the hoardings is Dalry Road and Haymarket junction.

On the other side of the advertisement hoardings is the Haymarket junction, probably the busiest intersection this close to the city centre.

March 2007 and poor old Haymarket hasn't yet been torn apart by tramworks.

Peeking out from the advertising hoardings gave interesting views. Behind the Chinese takeaway is Haymarket station. At the end of Haymarket Terrace Corstorphine Hill is visible.

Nature thrives at the back of the advertisement hoardings. The building whose roof is visible has a Bean Scene coffee shop at street level.

The bottom end of Morrison Street leading down to Haymarket. To the right of Diane's Pool Hall is Torphicen Place and the Police Station.

Comparatively recent housing developments surround the railway line west of Haymarket Railway Station. This is the north side of the line facing east. Edinburgh Castle can be seen in the distance.

An unusual building retained after the demolition of the surrounding industrial area.

The big chimney no longer seems to serve any practical purpose other than being a familiar landmark. However, a new hotel planned for the area may be sufficiently tall to obscure the view.

The entire chimney is visible in this shot, looking across the western end of Haymarket Railway Station. A notice on the platform advises passengers to alight here for Edinburgh Airport. There's a bus service to the airport from outside the station, as well as a taxi rank.

August 2010 and a massive hole-in-the-ground has appeared next to Scottish Widows and the round EICC building.

These photos taken from beside the fully automated robot carpark that's never been used since its construction years ago.

Looking over the railing on the elevated area which extends to the Clydesdale Bank Plaza at the back of the Sheraton Hotel and Festival Square.

A sunnier day a few days later reveals progress with the hole-in-the-ground.

5 more pictures of the site taken on 1st January 2011.

The hole is deeper and is partly flooded.

Countless motorists will have driven past the temporary traffic lights in Morrison Street, frustrated at the delays but unaware of the huge, deep hole a metre or two away.

Murray's Tool Store still exists opposite the EICC building in Morrison Street. I visited recently and got a specialised pair of wire cutters at a bargain price.

Additional temporary supports (painted orange) have been provided to make sure the upper deck doesn't collapse whilst the building work proceeds.

On the other side of Morrison Street is Scottish Widows Headquarters and footpaths leading to Gardner's Crescent near Fountainbridge. This view taken with an ultrawide fisheye lens.

Three months have elapsed since I snapped Morrison St 30 above. In the meantime they've built the stairways and lift shafts for the forthcoming extension to the EICC.

There are informative signs and CCTV. The cylindrical building is the existing conference centre.

Artistic license has been used to great effect in this poster by Viewfield Gallery.

Obviously the effects of caffeine haven't been enough to extend activity to brushing on some varnish (or paint as with the two adjacent shops).

Opposite the north end of Grove Street. This later picture appears here for comparison.

Morrison Link connects the West Approach Road with Morrison Street. This circular street branches off the former.

St Mary's Cathedral stands behind the advertising hoardings overlooking the Haymarket junction and train station.

Inside the gents toilet in Morrison Street. There will be many travelers and football and rugby fans who are glad to make use of the Victorian style facilities. (Gone now)

An odd little building not far from Torphicen Place Police Station. The development opportunity referred to on the sign is larger than is at first apparent...

At the right edge of the grey-painted building, peering over the wall into what's often called a 'hole in the ground' in Edinburgh.

It's interesting to compare this infrared shot with the previous photo. Nature has wasted no time in colonising the vacant plot.

It's looking good in the sunshine - worth preserving (February 2012). Behind the facade the EICC is visible through a window.

Looking directly south towards the junction of Dewar Place, Morrison Street and Gardner's Crescent. On the right, a ramp leads down from Dewar Place Lane to allow lorries and bulldozers in and out.

The corner of Atholl Place and Torphicen Street as seen by a fisheye lens.

A wee bit round the same corner, further into Torphicen Street.

Looking a bit smarter. June 2011.

At the end of the lane the gates are chained and locked - but that didn't stop two separate women standing on the stone blocks and climbing through the hole in the gate within a minute or two of each other. I looked discreetly away so as not to embarass them.

The east end of this lane as seen from Rosebery Crescent off Haymarket Terrace.

Haymarket Terrace changes its name to West Coates as it reaches the former Donaldson's Hospital / Donaldson's College (school for the deaf) pictured here.

At the Haymarket junction showing the railway station on the right and Ryrie's pub on the left.

A few paces away I used Infra Red to capture this image in front of the disused building at Clifton Terrace overlooking Haymarket. (New hotel, station building and tramstops here now.)

The building above as seen from across the road. The weeds have been removed and a sign says Hotel Opportunity.

No prizes for guessing that this is the new route for the tram lines. This is looking back towards Haymarket.

Zooming in shows more of the train station.

The trams will pass to the left of this area, down a slope then parallel to the railway lines.

It's the 21st of October 2011 and work has begun again on the tramlines. This is the view west from outside Haymarket train station.

The yawning hole in Haymarket Terrace has been filled in. Aan improvement, compared to what pedestrians and those waiting at the bus stop used to put up with.

At the end of the straight section seen above, the tram lines make a slight detour south, down the slope to Haymarket Yards where they'll continue towards Russell Road.

April 2012 and the Haymarket junction is largely a big hole in the ground. Traffic from Dalry Road is diverted up Morrison Street to turn left into Torphicen Place. There are lengthy delays for numerous routes because of even fewer access roads between the A71 and the A8. Dozens of drivers daily try to drive through the former shortcut of Russell Road, closed since September 2011.

A metal skeleton supports the tracks before more concrete is added.

Concreted into place. The rusty surface is unlikely to be shiny for some time.

Further west towards Russell Road I saw this vehicle. I don't think it's the kind where you pump a handle up and down to propel yourself along.

Nothing has really changed here in the two years since my 2010 photos. Wide open spaces next to highly congested streets. St Mary's Cathedral behind Morrison Street.

Facing west. The 'colony' houses just off Dalry Road can be seen to the left of the big chimney at Easter Dalry Wynd.

The first of some infrared photos taken mid July 2012.

Nature doesn't take long to produce new growth of grass and weeds.

A similar shot from further away but zoomed in.

In front of the array of huge advertising billboards which have been there for decades. Plant life reflects infrared light making grass and foliage appear white.

Zooming in on Haymarket Terrace gives a better view of the tramworks on the south side of the street.

Almost the same view as the conventional colour picture above. The trees in front of Donaldson's seem to merge with those on Corstorphine Hill.

The footbridge at the train station. In the distance is Murrayfield Stadium.

Again, almost the same view as the normal colour photo above but in infrared.

Back down at street level in West Maitland Street, normally a very busy road with lots of exhaust fumes. This area escaped the excavations until spring 2012.

More of this further down but I've slotted this picture in here so the view can be compared to Haymarket 06 (2 pictures up).

Zooming in reveals Jenners Depository at Balgreen Road. A tangle of cables hangs over the railway tracks heading towards western and northern Scotland.

Another infrared view which can be compared with the conventional picture above.

Further along Palmerston Place I chanced across 2 old gents with matching suitcases - apart from the colour and the location of each suitcase's solitary wheel.

The wheel shortage has been a bit of a drag, quite literally.

After a long period of bell-ringing these white-clad elderly gentlemen emerged from a side door of St Mary's Cathedral, their intentions a mystery to me.

A cute little JCB stands idle (it's Sunday) in front of Omar Khayyam restaurant and the ubiquitous Greggs.

As can be seen from the strata of sedimentary rock, this ground doesn't seem to have been dug up in the past.

As can be seen from the strata of sedimentary rock, this ground doesn't seem to have been dug up in the past.

Not having seen this subterranean place at the corner of Devon Place before, I was intrigued to see if this was a walking route to Haymarket Yards. It wasn't but I found some quite interesting scenes.

After descending a few steps I came upon this underused car park behind the LEEL building called Apex House.

An iron grille at street level cast interesting shadows...

The bars prevent access from here into the car park.

A closer look at the shadows' patterns.

There are locked gates making this a secure and well lit place for LEEL (Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd) employees. This assumes that LEEL is still a going concern - but someone must be paying the electicity bill...

The source of the radiating shadows as seen from the footpath in Devon Place.

Sunshine through the vegetation casts slanting shadows. I reckon the local youth come here in the evenings to escape their parents and get stoned.

Dark trousers, white short-sleeved shirts, blue backpacks. 'Birds of a feather flock together.'

Significant changes are underway at Haymarket Railway Station at the start of 2013. The house at Distillery Lane has a TO LET sign, visible meantime through the new building's girders.

The back of the old station building can be seen here, as can the terraced houses across at the other side of Dalry Road.

On the east side of Donaldson's grounds is Magadala Crescent. Recent tramworks have caused traffic diversions up here and nearby streets.

One block further east towards Haymarket is Coates Gardens.

Not far away, on the other side of the main road is the former Donaldson's building.

Normally one of the busiest road junctions, Haymarket is currently devoid of traffic.

February 2012 and the site is no longer a hole in the ground. In this view part of the original EICC's 'telephone dial' roof can be seen on the left.

The base of the green crane is protected against would-be climbers by revolving rotaspikes. This is next door to the existing cylindrical EICC building.

'This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.' Alexander McCall Smith

Above is reproduced the quote by Alexander McCall Smith, and which is carved into the new stonework of the EICC's latest addition in April 2013.

Uncertain as to its legibility I took a 3rd photo from the front. This also shows part of other carvings representing part of the Edinburgh skyline.

Edinburgh author Ian Rankin has referred to Lothian Road as the street of blood and vomit. Apart from the dubious establishments there are more innocent delights such as the amazing models from Wonderland's expanded premises.

Across the road at Clifton Terrace is a coffee shop called Le Petit Repas.

Dalry Road starts at Haymarket. Pictured here are one of the rows of terraced houses. There are more running parallel, set back from the main road.

A tram leaves the main road (Haymarket Terrace) and takes the curve down to Haymarket Yards, parallel to the main train lines heading west.

The curves in the tram tracks are accentuated by photographing through a long lens.

A tram heads west towards Murrayfield and beyond. Edinburgh Castle is in the background.

Bicycles for hire for railway commuters alighting at Haymarket Station

Golden sunshine lights up the area as a tram headed to the airport passes the junction on a December afternoon.

As yet the former carpark has no new construction visible. The train tunnel from Waverley to Haymarket has been strengthened in readiness.

Zooming in a little shows the top floors of tenement buildings at Haymarket Terrace. Corstorphine Hill lies behind. Four green copper domes are part of the old Donaldson's building.

Panning the camera to the right shows the spires of St Mary's Cathedral.

The view from Morrison Crescent now largely consists of illustrations of the area once it's finished.

Dalry photos now: The Diggers pub features in The Edinburgh Pub Guide and was once described as mecca by camra.

On the north side of Gorgie Road next to the former Tivoli cinema is a cobbled lane leading to Murieston Road.

A brave attempt at a boulangerie / patisserie going by the name of The Auld Alliance. I can't help but feel trade would have been better at a more upmarket location.

The notice reads 'The Police will be asked to remove any vehicle obstructing this doorway. 24/7 Access Required'.

Two strange little tenements sandwiched between the more common 4 storey blocks.

The view over the park from Murieston Road to Murieston Crescent. The park is very popular with parents and children. Older guys often play cricket here, too.

East of the junction with Ardmillan Terrace, Henderson Terrace and Murieston Road, Gorgie Road becomes Dalry Road. Murray Donald's shop had been here a long time. (Gone now)

An updated photo (2010) of the Lodge House at the Dalry Road entrance to the cemetery.

This footpath connects Dalry Road to Dundee Street near its junction with the Western Approach Road. It's sandwiched between the West Approach Road and Dalry Cemetery.

Dalry Primary School was looking good in the sunshine with its trees and blue railings.

Sandwiched between a normal size tenement building and a smaller one is this little shop which has been a hairdresser's and a billiards hall - though probably not at the same time.

Looking west towards the Gorgie area. The former railway bridge in the distance carries the Western Approach Road over Dalry Road. Maplin electronics caters for electronics and computer enthusiasts, and across the road is Silicon, the cut-price computer shop. The girl in the foreground has just seen her hat blow across the road into the traffic.

Dalry Gait is the name of the lane leading down to the left. Brick built houses are quite unusual in this area.

A few more shots showing the variety of businesses...

All sorts of services are on offer. Somehow, tanning salons seem to equate to seedier areas...

It's possible that these two shops were once gardens belonging to the brick built dwelling.

If I remember correctly, the tattoo parlour was once a small cinema.

More recent shops include Cash Generator and Pound Plus.

A footpath connects Dundee Street to Orwell Terrace passing below the busy West Approach Road. The pedestrian underpass predates the road - which was built on the old railway lines to the Caledonian Station at Edinburgh's West End.

In 2005 a brave (but subsequently futile) attempt was made to discourage moronic youths from spoling the underpass with their pathetic 'graffiti'. Sadly this beautiful artwork was ruined and is long gone.

A closer look at the cyclist silhouette, done in the same colours as the overhead fluorescent lighting.

From 2006 but edited in 2018

Evidence of cooperation between proper grafitti artists (they do exist) and the local authorities.

Silhouette of a banana skin incident.

A 2008 picture showing the other end of the subway. It has just been painted with anti-vandal paint.

At the Dalry end looking back towards Dundee Street. The vandalproof paint seems to be effective. Adolescent males could save the money they spend on spray cans.

October 2011 and the wall beside the ramp up to Dundee Street has had a nice paint job in the form of a mural created with participation by local schools.

I thought I'd better capture it before it's spoiled by numpties with spray cans.

Neat stenciling. Maybe his tag is Oedipus...

May 2013 and the teenage boys' clumsy scrawls have been wiped off the vandalproof paint. The floor of the tunnel is getting scrubbed too.

This road, built on former railway lines, splits/merges here between the bridge over Dalry Road and the Dundee Street ramp. Drivers are warned to beware of foxes. No doubt the old railway embankments provide a secluded route for foxes.

Not far from the south end of the Telfer Subway is Dalton's in Yeaman Place. April 2006

A fine Victorian building. Dalry Public Baths is inscribed in stone but the more fashionable term 'Swim Centre' is preferred.

A densely populated area so near to the city centre must guard its parking places jealously. There are police warning signs about double parking. At the end of this street is Dalry Road with Haymarket a short distance away down to the right.

Not to be outdone by teenage neds, those who can spell have (as Bob Dylan sang) drawn conclusions on the wall. Some ironic statements have appeared.

This area has a lot of quite new high density housing and is near to Haymarket. Some of the original buildings have been incorporated into the design. This is The Tower - which isn't quite as towering as the chimney.

Additional support has been added to this wall which divides a residents' car park from some industrial buildings.

Looking up at this chimney on a breezy day can give the impression it's falling on top of you. It reminded me of the effect experienced by sunbathers at the old Portobello open air swimming pool, when looking up at the nearby power station chimney.

This view also shows the attractive building beside the chimney. With its clock face and arched windows it looks to me rather like a country school.

The main road (Dalry Road) is here. The camera is looking along Orwell Terrace which leads to Caledonian Crescent. The Telfer Subway underpass is straight ahead and leads under the West Approach Road to Dundee Street.

West Park Place, a little lane off Dalry Road on the left side as you get nearer to Haymarket.

Looking out of Dalry Gait across Dalry Road towards Caledonian Road.

SCOTT or DALRY the sign seems to say at the top of this cobbled lane. It's Richmond Terrace and leads through the colony houses between here and Haymarket.

April 2012. I revisited Dalry Road to sample the local shops once more.

Same shot cropped to better see FLABéLOSS and MORNING MADNESS. The latter could be true if overdone. Skin cancer is on the increase.

Up the road a bit and Run and Become Become and Run have run off to Queensferry Street at the West End. Two doors along G-SPOT claim to supply "all your personal preferences".

Jim's barbers & VS Hay's dietary supplement shop.

More local shops in front of the parallel rows of houses known as colonies.

A view of one of the rows of houses showing their bay windows.

2pm on a Friday afternoon saw this lorry on the wrong side of the NO ENTRY signs in Murieston Road. Unlike the next culprit, the driver chose to reverse all the way to Murieston Lane to do a 3 point turn.

4pm the same day (31st May 2013) when I was walking back I saw this van which, having disregarded the NO ENTRY signs, drove into Dalry Road against the flow of traffic.

Infrared photo of the West Approach Road crossing above Dalry Road on a former rail bridge.

An apt footnote on this McDonalds poster. Murieston Crescent is under the bridge to the left, McLeod Street is on the right.

There's been a lot of graffiti around this area, mostly the usual mindless scribbles by adolescent teenage morons. This is hardly comparable with Banksy's efforts but it made me smile.

My bicycle's camera caught a train crossing the bridge leading to McLeod Street and Russell Road. This is a still frame from the video. The rail bridges have all been repainted.

Just through the bridge above and to the right, I caught another snap on the bikecam. This frame shows a shadow of me on my bike.

Dalry Road shops next to a bus stop at the top of the hill.

Don't get tattoos on your wrist if you want an Apple watch to work properly. I bought recycled cartridges from Cartridge World's Bruntsfield shop and they were crap.

Five different shops in this picture.

Just round the corner from the recently enlarged and improved Haymarket train station is Troy café. The lane behind is Distillery Lane.

Three different food outlets on the other side of Dalry Road. Behind this row of shops to the left is the former car and lorry park which is now being developed.

Silicon shop. Yes, they did rip me off by getting a day's labour in their shop from me FoC.

Business got tough for this shop, what with everyone wanting tablets instead of desktops. Also Maplin across the road has a good range of motherboards and PC cases.

The bridge is the West Approach Road crossing Dalry Road.

West End Place is some distance from what's regarded as Edinburgh's West End which is usually thought to be near or beside Princes Street's west end.

The view north from inside the pedestrian underpass. The walls have vandal proof paint but nevertheless naive numpties still adorn the the walls with clumsy scribbles which are duly removed.

Looking east towards Lothian Road and Edinburgh city centre from the Western Approach slip road junction at Dundee Street. The Fountainpark building on the right is home to various leisure pursuits.

West-bound traffic is piled up here due partly due to the temporary closure of Ardmillan Terrace. In the distance Grove Street and Gardner's Crescent cross over this former railway line. Behind lies the cylindrical building of the EICC.

From the same standpoint as the previous picture but zoomed in on the bridge at Grove Street, with Gardner's Crescent and the EICC building beyond.

A damp day highlights the tarmac, creating a P shape contrasting with the grassy embankments.

Photographed from the footbridge over the former railway line which separates Dundee Terrace from Dundee Street. Drivers may exit here if not continuing to the end of the Western Approach Road at Murrayfield.

The badly placed roadsign is attempting to tell drivers they cannot go down Henderson Terrace and turn right into Dalry Road (forbidden)

There's a high wall here because the road is built on the old railway cutting. Further west the cutting continues as a footpath passing under Harrison Road and Ashley Terrace. Beyond that it leads to a dead end at a gate with an entryphone.

The old railway footbridge between Dundee Terrace and Dundee Street provides this vantage point for the view towards the city centre.

Looking north west from the bridge at Dundee Street.

The same view looking north east.

The view along the end of Dundee Street. At the traffic lights the road changes its name to Angle Park Terrace. The Diggers pub is at the corner.

From the Dundee Street bridge looking towards the city centre.

Approaching the Diggers Pub on the West Approach Road.

This leafy lane connects Dundee Terrace to Angle Park Terrace. At the top of Henderson Terrace 4 storeys of flats perch on top of the Diggers pub.

A few steps down and the pub is in view. Behind the wall on the right is Dalry Cemetery.

Infrared photography shows the contrast between man's artefacts and plant life.

After noticing the plant life I returned another day with my infrared camera.

The former railway bridge over Dalry Road carries the West Approach Road traffic - left to Roseburn Street and Stevenson Road, right to the city centre.

Dalry Road is well served by LRT buses.

The lodge house at the Dalry Road entrance to the cemetery.

A suicidal cyclist dices with death. Cyclists, pedestrians and horses are not allowed on this road. Snapped from the bridge at Dundee Street.

Unable to overtake because of traffic in the outside lane, the motorist waits patiently while the Darwin Awards contender trundles slowly towards Angle Park Terrace

Hopefully someone will recognise this woman and tell her of the error of her ways. It's not a good idea to go cycling on motorways or urban clearways unless you really want to remove yourself from the gene pool, thus achieving a Darwin Award.

Danny MacAskill Wannabee or Darwin Awards Contender?

If he lost control and fell off traffic coming round the blind corner could have contributed to his demise.

The park at Murieston looking across at Murieston Crescent on the left and Murieston Terrace on the right.

Another infrared view of the park at Murieston, Dalry.

Murieston Park in infrared as seen from the corner of Murieston Road and Murieston Place.

Previously photographed in normal colour, two tiny houses sandwiched between tenements in Murieston Road.

The corner of Dalry Road and Henderson Terrace. It's best to obey the 'green man' pedestrian crossing here but take extra care for vehicles making illegal right turns into Dalry Road, or illegal exits from the one-way street that is Murieston Road.

On the left is the view along Dalry Road towards Haymarket. The freshly repainted NO RIGHT TURN sign on the road surface is still ignored and vehicles often drive through the crossing whilst pedestrians cross Dalry Road.

On a patch of rough ground between the foot of Coffin Lane and the Western Approach Road near the bridge over Dalry Road I snapped this snoozer.

Late February and sunny Edinburgh has escaped the snow. This is the view out of the Dundee Street gate. The tenements at Dundee Terrace are in the background behind the exit from the West Approach Road.

Coffin Lane is behind the wall to the left and connects Dundee Street to Dalry Road.

Particularly sad to see this infant's gravestone neglected and weathered. I think it says that the young Ritchie person died aged two months.

A closer shot showing the stone book on the block with the white shield on the front.

The stonemason made an excellent job of sculpting a book. The text reads 'Suffer little children to come unto me'.

The first of four pictures of the the stairway leading to the lower level.

Dalry Road is just visible through the bare trees.

Part way down the steps.

Looking north east.

Not so many mausoleums as many other Edinburgh cemeteries.

Loose blocks of stone can be seen through the bars of the gate.

Looking back along the wall towards the steps.

Looking over the wall at Dalry Road and down Murieston Crescent.

Just to the left of Murieston Crescent is St Martin's Church.

Tall, tilting tombstones - the tilting probably caused by tree roots.

Strange shadows. Beyond the boundary wall the top decks of two double decker buses are visible.

The furthest west point of the cemetery at the corner of Henderson Terrace and Dalry Road is higher than the adjacent footpath and gives views along Gorgie Road.

Looking over the wall towards the railway bridge near the top of McLeod Street. The entrance to Springwell House is on the left.

Public Toilets at the foot of Ardmillan Terrace stand in front of Springwell House. These are essential for football fans from the nearby Heart of Midlothian stadium.

Looking up the driveway which runs parallel to Henderson Terrace.

An admonishment to believers who have yet to repent for their sins.

The pub behind the wall is officially called The Athletic Arms but is known as The Diggers because of the nearby graveyard. No recent digging though.

Looking down the driveway which runs parallel to Henderson Terrace.

Another look at the Dundee Street gate. Across the road there's a footbridge which once crossed a railway line. It now crosses a westbound slip road from the West Approach Road. The corner of Tay Street and Dundee Terrace is visible at the back.

Finally a black and white shot of the warning carved in stone.

2½ years later I revisited with my older Pentax DSLR, now converted for infrared light. Sadly, I found no trace of the infant grave stone shown above in Infant Grave 0,1 & 2. I suspect they've been stolen as they could easily have been carried to a waiting vehicle.

Unlike in February 2010, the trees are in leaf.

A lovingly made WILDLIFE AREA sign shows a positive aspect of this wee cemetery.

The grass appears to be cut in some parts of the cemetery, but grown long elsewhere.

Steps on the long wall separating the two levels.

Looking over the boundary wall to Dalry Road.

Further north east along Dalry Road, looking past St Martin's Church along Murieston Crescent.

Further still, looking back towards the church. The boundary wall is lower here, giving views of the shops - and shops converted to houses, an increasing trend.

This view at Haymarket 28 July 2016 shows the location of the south tunnel under Morrison St.

The old stone wall has had the top sliced off.

A temporary view of the Dalry colonies with the North tunnel's location marked.

At the corner of Dalry Rd girders are sprouting up where there used to be seats beside the pavement.