Milgarth police station area.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 6:25 pm

Following photos from leodis. They show the corner of Union Street and Milgarth Street. The baths I think were further up union street towards Harewood street. There is a poster on Leodis that says "the site of the old station is now the car park for the new. The new opened in 1975/6."

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 6:26 pm

This one looking along Milgarth Street to Union Street. The new police station would be on the right

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 7:18 pm

If you look at this photo that I got from Leodis, you can see the old milgarth with a red arrow pointing to it. I cant see where the union street baths were but they cant have been on the corner of Milgarth and Union Streets, they must have been further up Union Street

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 7:18 pm

If you look at this photo that I got from Leodis, you can see the old milgarth with a red arrow pointing to it. I cant see where the union street baths were but they cant have been on the corner of Milgarth and Union Streets, they must have been further up Union Street

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 8:27 pm

LS1 wrote: If you look at this photo that I got from Leodis, you can see the old milgarth with a red arrow pointing to it. I cant see where the union street baths were but they cant have been on the corner of Milgarth and Union Streets, they must have been further up Union Street Hi LSI If you look at the first photo you posted there is a large chimney on the building at the back could this have been the baths.The old baths had to have big boilers to heat the water needed for the swiming baths plus the slipper baths In the old days you could go to the baths to have a bath as most of the houses did not have hot water Just a thought.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 8:38 pm

back of the pawn shop,a bit lower down...leodis has a couple of pictures.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 9:38 pm

wiggy wrote: back of the pawn shop,a bit lower down...leodis has a couple of pictures. Eh up Wiggy,at least this is one station i know you couldnt have been banged up in,it was gone by the time you started your crime wave.

Si · Post by Si » Thu 04 Sep, 2008 9:10 am

sundowner wrote: LS1 wrote: If you look at this photo that I got from Leodis, you can see the old milgarth with a red arrow pointing to it. I cant see where the union street baths were but they cant have been on the corner of Milgarth and Union Streets, they must have been further up Union Street Hi LSI If you look at the first photo you posted there is a large chimney on the building at the back could this have been the baths.The old baths had to have big boilers to heat the water needed for the swiming baths plus the slipper baths In the old days you could go to the baths to have a bath as most of the houses did not have hot water Just a thought. Sundowner's right. The baths were directly behind the police station. They were in the square area bounded by Union Street to the north, Millgarth Place to the east (between the baths and the nick,) Back George Street to the south, and Cross Union Street to the west. The police station was roughly half the size of the baths. I'll try and post the 1908 map later today.

Si · Post by Si » Thu 04 Sep, 2008 10:43 am

Here's the 1908 map of the area. Note how the dog-leg wall of the baths matches LS1's red line on the Google Earth image posted earlier. Just noticed another pub in the centre of the bottom of the map.Which remaining wall has the white tiles on it?

Si · Post by Si » Thu 04 Sep, 2008 10:45 am

And here's a map from 60 years earlier. Note The Fleece Inn on the site of the old police station.