100 Days
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 explore the history and future of the Imperial Dock Elevator and Grain Warehouse.
Today we look at the Leith Sands & Races, annual festival and sporting event which ran from early 1500s - 1816.
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.
In todays’ post we honour Arthur Williams, who slept homeless on the streets of Leith for many years, at 83 years old he is now being well looked after in a residential care home. We thank his family for their help with this post.
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.
Today we explore Urban Growing in the heart of Leith with Earth in Common (formerly Leith Community Crops in Pots).
On Day 81, we take a look at a few of Leith’s picture palaces of years past.
Leith Victoria AAC is Scotland’s oldest boxing club. In today’s post we look at the magnificent past and ongoing achievements of the club.
In our next instalment of Voices of Leith, Claire Smith catches up with Local Leith author, Millie Gray, who has written ten family sagas, based 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.
A brief history Leith Community Concert Band with images and music.
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.
