In our latest retro look at Edinburgh’s communities, we’ve found 31 great photos of life in Cramond over the years.
The historic former village at the mouth of the River Almond has been a settlement for thousands of years, with archaeological excavations there uncovering evidence of habitation dating to around 8500 BC, making it, for a time, the earliest known site of human settlement in Scotland.
Cramond developed slowly over the centuries, with Cramond Kirk founded in 1656. After a brief period spent as an industrial village in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by the late 19th century it became a desirable suburb of Edinburgh, and was officially made part of the city in November 1920.
Check out our photo gallery below for great memories of goings on at Cramond Beach, the River Almond, the aforementioned local church, Cramond Island, the promenade between the area and Granton, and general life in the village itself.
9. Defences
Walkers and cyclists pictured in July 1999 walking between Cramond Island and the mainland on the old anti-submarine defence structure. | TSPL
10. Tree down
John Todd of the Cramond Heritage Group, on the felled sycamore tree in the redundant campus of Moray House College of Education in Cramond, in June, 2003. | TSPL
12. Front page news
David Gardiner from Royston Mains had to be rescued from the River Forth after a picnic on Cramond Island went wrong. But Mr Gardiner insisted he had actually fallen into the water and was not drunk at the time. | TSPL