100 Days
What a year it has been. As lockdown finally lifts, our online exhibition has come to an end. For this final post we are celebrating the Leith Crest and Motto. Leith will Persevere. Always.
On Day 98, we look at Leith from the perspective of Citadel Youth Centre’s intergenerational Old’s Cool programme.
Today we take a look at the Water of Leith.
Today we explore Leith’s tie to the international wine trade and its corresponding bottling and glassworks industry over the centuries.
Today we look at the Leith Sands & Races, annual festival and sporting event which ran from early 1500s - 1816.
Whisky Expert and founder of Kask Whisky, Justine Hazlehurst, takes us on a tour of Leith’s whisky distilling past in today’s post.
On Day 90, we’re highlighting the Citadel Youth Centre which has been providing youth work for the community of Leith since 1980, celebrating its 40th anniversary this past October 2020.
Prior to the Boundary Extension act in 1920, Newhaven came under the governance of the Burgh of Leith. In today’s post we delve into the life of the Newhaven Fishwife - at one time a common sight not only in Leith, but across the city as they sold their wares.
House Manager at Trinity House Maritime Museum, Adam Gorysz, welcomes us into the Museum with a brief look at a few of his favourite objects from their impressive collection.
On Day 81, we take a look at a few of Leith’s picture palaces of years past.
Gordon Milne shares his knowledge of the Burgh of Leith Town Hall, Police Station & Court Rooms.
On Day 78 we take a look at the research ship used to develop new and improved fishing methods and engineering machinery - now being turned into a floating museum to be docked in Leith.
Local Storyteller Shantywoman Jan Bee Brown shares the fascinating history of John Sackheouse - who stowed away on a whaling boat on its way home to Leith.
R.O. Neish is back with us sharing a history of Shipbuilding at Leith - 660 years of shipbuilding history squeezed into one post!
Today’s lovely post takes a look at The Boys’ Brigade (or simply BB) in Leith, past and present.
“There is a place in a foreign land which is forever Leith.” Today we look at the Leith Roll of Honour with a fascinating THELMA FM podcast featuring local historian Andrew Grant.
We look at one of the most successful Scottish films of all time on its 25th Anniversary and its connection to Leith
Today we look at the Chronicles of Leith, currently displayed at the South Leith Parish Church.
A woman physician when few women studied medicine, a suffragette and advocate of women’s rights, and mother to 4 children adopted during the 1st World War, Grace Ross Cadell was an extraordinary woman. Learn about her connection with Leith.
A Letter to my Future Self. Read an excerpt from Sandy Campbell’s cover story in the Leither.
