Talk Porty ~ Portobello

No, I'm wrong - I've just Google Earthed it!

It's on Edinphoto . Elsewhere in Edinphoto and in connection with the same photograph it is stated that photographers seldom moved outside their own area, but that doesn't mean Mr H didn't, so maybe there is a chance that this isn't Potobello at all??

Oh no! Not so well done then....

Good spy Gordon...

Plate 47 in chapter 7 of "Old Duddingston and Portobello - A Local History" by Dennis B White: "Jock's Lodge toll house. The triple marks on the wall of the toll house indicate the position of one of the toll-gate posts. The road to the left is the road to Edinburgh and that to the right goes, via what became known as "Smokey Brae", to Restalrig and Leith.".

I think the only building still recognisable from that print is the one at the far top left - the one with the windows on the gable end very near the roof line. That's the building which now contains the Prince Qasim takeaway and the Limelite bar (which was the Crown & Cushion before?). The building to the right of that, which is obscured in this print, could perhaps be the current "Jock's Lodge" bar, bet then again maybe the building with the arched windows is? The roof line and chimneys look similar.