MIDLOTHIAN COUNCIL ARCHIVES
THE BRYCE COLLECTION
GB584/BRY
Name of creator The Bryce family of Roslin
Biographical history This collection of photographs and photographic glass plates is named after the Bryce family of Roslin. From about 1880 to the Second World War, two generations of the family lived and worked in a draper’s shop and post office on Roslin High Street. One daughter of the family, Margaret or ‘Maggie’ married a man called Thomas Ritchie, who was a keen amateur photographer. In the early years of the twentieth century, Ritchie took many photographs of Roslin and the surrounding area. Some of these were made into postcards and sold in the Roslin post office.
On 16 July 1858, George Bryce (born c.1829 in Roslin) married Fanny Crawford Law (born c.1836 in Glencorse). The couple had two daughters: Marion Anderson Bryce (born 13 August 1859 in Roslin) and Margaret or ‘Maggie’ Bryce (born 22 April 1862 in Roslin).
The census of 1881 shows the Bryce family living in the Post Office on Roslin High Street. George’s occupation is given as a millwright and Margaret, his daughter, a letter carrier. Hector Law, George’s father-in-law, is also living at the same address. Ten years later, the family are still in the post office. George is described as a gunpowder packer, Marion a milliner and Maggie a telegraphist. By 1901, George has become a postmaster and newsagent.
Margaret Bryce married Thomas or ‘Tom’ Ritchie on 30 April 1897 in Roslin. Thomas Ritchie, who was also known as ‘Frosset’, was born around 1864 in Glasgow. In 1891, he living in Roslin and working as a labourer.
On 21 March 1902, the Midlothian Journal carried an obituary to ‘Mrs [Fanny] Bryce of the Post Office’. It stated that: ‘For many years the deceased lady has bourne a prominent part in the life of the village, and her kindly ministrations in times of trouble were much appreciated by all for whom she rendered willing service and sympathy’.
George Bryce died on 16 November 1912 at Roslin and after his death his daughters took over the house and shop in Roslin.
Physical description 162 glass plate negatives measuring 16.5 x 8cm; 95 glass plate negatives measuring 10.5 x 8cm; 12 lantern slides measuring 10.5 x 8cm; 65 original photographs either b&w or sepia-toned without negatives and of various sizes; 125 modern photographic prints; and 2 CD-ROMs produced by the Roslin Heritage Society containing scans of each image on the negatives.
Scope and content The Bryce Collection contains many unique images of Roslin village before the First World War, including street scenes, buildings, Rosslyn Chapel and Castle, Roslin Glen, Roslin Gala Day and other local events, and images of local people. The collection also contains images of the Midlothian countryside, including the Dryden and Bush estates; Glencorse parish, and the Pentland Hills.
Archival history In the 1940s, Mrs Margaret (Meg) Campbell (née Bryce), the great-niece of George Bryce, moved from Glasgow and took over the family business in Roslin. The collection of photographs and negatives were stored in an attic and largely forgotten. In 1993, Mrs Campbell donated the collection to Midlothian Local Studies and stipulated that it should be known as the ‘Bryce Collection’. Subsequent to the donation, members of the Roslin Heritage Society researched and identified many of images, and some of the images were used in the book Old Roslin (Stenlake, 2003). The Society made electronic scans of the images and these are included in the collection on CD-ROM.
System of arrangement The collection was received in a series of original boxes for glass plates each containing 10-15 plates. Although the boxes were labelled, the plates had become badly jumbled and had no clear order about them. In 2012, the collection was reorganised and catalogued. For safe storage, plates of the same size have been kept together, namely 162 glass plate negatives measuring 16.5 x 12cm; 95 glass plate negatives measuring 10.5 x 8cm; 12 lantern slides measuring 10.5 x 8cm; and 65 original photographs without negatives and of various sizes. The collection has then been organised by general themes listed below. This means that an image of a particular subject may appear in more than one section. For example, there are images of Rosslyn Chapel in both the larger and smaller plate sections, and also in the lantern slides.
Reference Subject Format Size BRY/1/1-26 General views of Roslin Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm and Roslin streets. BRY/2/1-19 Roslin buildings and Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm houses BRY/3/1-16 Roslin churches Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/4/1-18 Roslin Glen and Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm Hawthornden BRY/5/1-16 Roslin people Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/6/1-11 Roslin Gala Days and Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm Events BRY/7/1-4 Polton Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/8/1-7 Dryden Estate, near Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm Roslin BRY/9/1-5 Bush Estate, near Roslin Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/10/1-7 Glencorse area Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/11/1-13 The Pentland and Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm Moorfoot Hills BRY/12/1-20 Unidentified Glass plate negative 16.5 x 12cm BRY/13/1-25 Roslin and surrounding Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm area BRY/14/1-9 Roslin Glen Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm BRY/15/1-20 Roslin Gala Days and Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm Events BRY/16/1-8 Curling Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm BRY/17/1-3 Dryden Estate, near Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm Roslin BRY/18/1-8 Glencorse and the Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm Pentland and Moorfoot Hills BRY/19/1-22 Unidentified Glass plate negative 10.5 x 8cm BRY/20/1-12 Lantern slides Lantern slides 10.5 x 8cm BRY/21/1-66 Photographs without Photographic prints Various negatives
Access There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Conditions governing use None.
Related materials Winnie Stevenson and Veronica Meikle Old Roslin (Stenlake, 2003) Kenneth R Bogle and Susan Falconer The Pentland Hills (Stenlake, 2010)
BRY/1 General views of Roslin and Roslin streets.
26 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 26 electronic scans; 4 original photographs; 19 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Main Street, Roslin showing the Original Hotel and the Royal Hotel, and two horse-drawn buses for Edinburgh.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 ‘Main Street, Roslin’ showing two horse-drawn buses for Edinburgh.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 The Royal Hotel and Roslin Main Street under thick snow.
The date was given on a postcard as 24 April 1908.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Main Street, Roslin with snow.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/5 Main Street, Roslin looking south-east with a rider and horse and a group of women outside Roslin Post Office.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/6 ‘Bryce. Draper’ and ‘Post Office’ in Roslin Main Street.
The post office has a display of postcards for sale in window, probably using images from the Bryce collection.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 ‘Dryden Place, Roslin.’
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 Dryden Place, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Penicuik Road, Roslin with Roslin Free Church.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/10 ‘East End, Roslin’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 ‘The Auld Inn, Roslin’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/12 The Auld Inn, Roslin and Chapel Loan.
Situated at College Hill and dating from about 1660, this was Roslin’s inn until 1866. The inn had several famous visitors, including Samuel Johnston and Robert Burns.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/13 The Auld Inn, Roslin and Chapel Loan.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/14 Midway cottages on the track leading to Rosslyn castle, looking east towards the gate at the castle entrance.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/15 ‘Lynwood’ and ‘Ashvale’ houses taken from the Butts, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/16 View of Margaret Place, Manse Road from Slateburns with Creel Ha’, the Reading Room, Glebe, and Auld Kirk, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/17 View from behind Main Street, Roslin towards Penicuik Road; Roslin United Free Church in centre.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/18 Cottages in Roslin Glen with Rosslyn Chapel on the horizon.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/19 Henry, Widnell and Stewart Ltd, carpet factory, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 2 original sepia photographs.
/20 ‘Rosslyn Castle’ with Rosslyn Chapel in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/21 ‘Rosslyn Castle’ with Roslin in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/22 Haymaking in a field at Roslin with fieldworkers, horse and cart.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/23 View across a field of stooks with Roslin village in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/24 View across a field of stooks with fieldworkers and horse-drawn bailing machine and Roslin village in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/25 Penicuik Road, Roslin taken from Gardener’s Brae with Pentland hills in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/26 Women in bath chair pulled by a donkey outside a house in Penicuik Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
BRY/2 Roslin buildings and houses.
19 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 19 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph; 14 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Roslin Parish Church Manse.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 The Manse, Penicuik Road, Roslin.
Formerly the Free Church manse but subsequently the parish church manse.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 Rosebank house, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Rosebank house, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 Rosebank house, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Rosebank house, near Rosslyn chapel.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 ‘Hillside’ and ‘Rosemount’ cottages, Main Street, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 Speyside Villa, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Speyside Villa, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Williamville, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 ‘Eskhill, Roslin.’
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/12 The Hewan cottage, near Roslin
The Hewan cottage was located on the left banks of the river North Esk above Springfield mill.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/13 Hewan cottage.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/14 Esk cottage, Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 View of a whitewashed cottage and the burial memorial to Count James Lockhart Wishart.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/16 Reading Room, Manse Road, Roslin.
This building was gifted to the village by Mrs Trotter of Dryden House in 1902.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/17 Roslin blacksmith’s building and several adjoining houses with two men and a horse standing outside.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/18 Roslin blacksmiths with horse and blacksmiths at anvil.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/19 Cottages in Roslin Glen with a large group of children.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/3 Roslin Churches.
16 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 16 electronic scans; 8 modern b&w photographs.
/1 ‘The Auld Kirk, Roslin’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Old Parish Church, Roslin.
The date ‘1826’ is inscribed above the door.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 View of Old Parish Church, Roslin.
The church was built in 1826 and was situated on Manse Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Old Parish Church, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 Rosslyn Chapel from the south with cows grazing outside of the chapel.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 View of Rosslyn Chapel from the south with a group of boys at the church railings.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 View of Rosslyn Chapel from the south.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 Gravestone and memorial at Rosslyn Chapel to Sybil Mary Mildway, wife of 13th earl of Westmoreland, died 21 July 1910.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 ‘The Free Kirk, Roslin’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/10 ‘The Free Kirk, Roslin.’
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 Interior of Roslin Free Church with floral arrangements.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/12 ‘UF Church, Roslin’ interior showing altar and floral arrangements.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 United Free Church, Roslin interior showing altar and floral arrangements.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/14 Interior of Roslin Parish Church showing the altar and gas lamps.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 Interior of Roslin Parish Church with the altar and pews decorated for harvest festival.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/16 Interior of Roslin Parish Church with the altar and pews decorated for harvest festival.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/4 Roslin Glen and Hawthornden.
18 glass-plate negatives; 18 electronic scans; 8 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Hawthornden Castle.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 ‘Hawthornden’ Castle.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 ‘Hawthornden’ castle.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Stone bridges in Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 ‘Hawthornden’: Roslin Glen showing cliffs and bridge leading to Hawthornden with River North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/6 ‘Hawthornden’ showing bridge in Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 Trees, cliff and river North Esk in Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 The Linn, Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Rock fall and river in Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Footbridge in Roslin Glen.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 Roslin Glen with cliffs, river North Esk and bridge leading to Hawthornden.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/12 Roslin Glen with cliffs, River North Esk and bridge leading to Hawthornden.
Image is dark.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 Rock fall in Roslin Glen with trees and river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/14 Riverside walk in Roslin Glen with trees and river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 ‘Hawthornden’: Roslin Glen with trees and river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/16 Roslin Glen with trees and River North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/17 Roslin Glen with a fallen tree and river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/18 Roslin Glen with trees and river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/5 Roslin People.
16 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 16 electronic scans; 14 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Unidentified group with three men in uniforms and two women at garden event.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Unidentified group of three men and two women in a garden with other people in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph. .
/3 Unidentified woman standing in front of house.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 Unidentified man and woman in front of cottage.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 Studio portrait of two young girls, one Annie T Ritchie, taken in 1867.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/6 Unidentified man holding horse harness and saddle.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 Unidentified man with wooden leg holding a horse and cart.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 Arthur Fuller Hargreaves, chemist at Roslin gunpowder works, at work in his laboratory.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Four workers at Roslin gunpowder mill.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Three workers at Roslin gunpowder mill.
Sign in background reads: ‘This house is licensed for compressing cartridges ...’
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/11 Group of curlers at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/12 Unidentified group of four bowlers with trophy.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/13 Chauffeur and Siddley-Deasy landaulet estate car outside Rosslyn Chapel.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/14 Unidentified group of men, women and children sitting on cart.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/15 Horse and carriage outside the Roslin Hotel.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/16 Horse and carriage outside the Roslin Hotel.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
BRY/6 Roslin Gala Days and Events.
11 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 11 electronic scans; 11 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Roslin Gala Day parade with banner.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Parade on Main Street, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 Parade on Main Street, Roslin.
One banner is the Independent Order of Rechabites, Edinburgh.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 ‘Cycle Parade, Roslin’ on Main Street with watching crowds.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 ‘Cycle Parade, Roslin’ on Main Street, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/6 Formal group of Roslin Gala Day court in school playground.
Includes Gala Day Queen; Andrew Mochrie, a veteran of the Crimean war; members of the Queen’s court holding floral emblems; and members of the Roslin PS [Primary School?] holding rifles.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 Formal group of Roslin Gala Day court in school playground.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 Posed group of children at Roslin Gala Day.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Royal Proclamation for Roslin Gala Day signed on 9 July 1910 by ‘Annie, Queen’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Royal Proclamation for Roslin Gala Day signed on 9 July 1910 by ‘Annie, Queen’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 ‘German Gipsies at Roslin’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
BRY/7 Polton.
4 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 4 electronic scans; 2 original sepia photographs; 2 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Polton Mill, Polton.
Polton mill was one of several paper-mills situated along the river North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/2 Polton paper mill and Springfield paper mill with chimneys.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/3 Polton railway station with mill chimney in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Polton bowling green with a railway signal box.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
BRY/8 Dryden Estate, near Roslin.
7 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 7 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph; 2 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Dryden House, near Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 ‘Dryden House, Roslin.’
Dryden house was demolished in the 1940s.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 Dryden lodge, Dryden estate.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/4 Avenue of trees leading to Dryden house.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 Road, gate and trees in woods at Dryden.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Tree-lined avenue in Dryden estate.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 Dryden tower, near Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/9 Bush Estate, near Roslin.
5 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 5 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph.
/1 ‘The Bush, Miltonbridge’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Bush House, near Penicuik, with trees and Pentland Hills in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Bush House, near Penicuik.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 ‘Bush House Lodge, Roslin’: Bush Lodge and entrance gates to Bush estate.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/5 West Lodge, Bush estate.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/10 Glencorse area.
7 glass-plate negatives, 16 x 12cm; 7 electronic scans; 4 modern b&w photographs.
/1 ‘Woodhouselee, Roslin.’
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Woodhouselee house.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Martyrs’ Cross House, nr Penicuik with Pentland Hills in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 Martyrs’ Cross House, nr Penicuik with Pentland Hills in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 North loft, old Glencorse Kirk showing two armorial plaques on wall.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/6 The Minster’s Bridge at Glencorse church over the Glencorse burn.
This bridge is referred to by RL Stevenson.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 Cottages on the road near Easter Howgate with Castlelaw hill in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
BRY/11 The Pentland and Moorfoot Hills.
13 glass-plate negatives, 16.5 x 12cm; 13 electronic scans; 7 original sepia photographs; 4 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Memorial to the battle of Rullion Green (1666) in the Pentland hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Northern end of Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills showing very low water levels.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/3 Northern end of Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 2 original sepia photographs.
/4 Looking east down the Loganlea valley in the Pentland hills towards Castlelaw hill.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/5 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills looking north west with Kirkton farm and the hills in the distance.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/6 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills showing very low water level.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/7 Logan Valley in the Pentland hills with Loganlea reservoir.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph; 1 original b&w photograph.
/8 Logan Valley in the Pentland hills with Loganlea reservoir.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/9 Group of four people, including Marion Bryce, standing at stone bridge in front of Logan burn waterfall in the Pentland hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Group of four people, including Marion Bryce, sitting on a bridge in the Pentland hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 Unidentified plantation of trees, probably in the Pentland hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/12 Field with ponies and Pentland hills in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 Gladhouse reservoir, near Temple village.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/12 Unidentified subjects.
20 glass-plate negatives, 16 x 12cm; 16 electronic scans; 3 original sepia photographs; 7 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Unidentified brick-built cottage with two women standing outside.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Unidentified group of people outside cottages with a bagpiper.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Unidentified group outside cottages with a bagpiper.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 Unidentified large house in parkland.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/5 Unidentified cottage and woman.
1 glass-plate negative, 16.5 x 12 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/6 Unidentified large house with unusually shaped chimney.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/7 Large house and ornate summer house with hill behind.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/8 ‘Claremont Cottage’.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Unidentified cottage with four people standing outside.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Unidentified cottage.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/11 Unidentified thatched cottage with man in doorway and [Pentland?] hills in the background.
[Subsequently identified from a postcard as ‘Cottage, W. Howgate, Roslin’.]
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph
/12 Unidentified house.
[Subsequently identified from a postcard as ‘The Thickett, Roslin’.]
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 Unidentified row of cottages, one with a pantile roof, and a woman and two children standing in the doorway.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/14 Neighbouring cottage to above with family in the doorway.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 Unidentified row of cottages.
[Subsequently identified from a postcard as ‘E. Howgate, Roslin’]
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/16 Gravestone at unidentified location: ‘Erected by William Stuart in loving memory of his son John, fireman, who was killed on the Glencorse Branch railway 2nd July 1912 aged 21 year.’
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/17 Unidentified garden with footbridge.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/18 Unidentified man, woman and dog underneath a tree in unidentified woodlands.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/19 Unidentified view of cows under trees.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 electronic scan.
/20 View of an unidentified town with a tall chimney.
1 glass-plate negative, 16 x 12cm; 1 modern b&w photograph; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/13 Roslin and surrounding area.
25 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 25 electronic scans; 6 original sepia photographs; 3 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Roslin Main Street with the Royal Hotel in the left foreground.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Penicuik Road, Roslin with the Royal Hotel and Roslin Free Church.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 Two women, including Margaret Bryce, outside the Post Office on Roslin Main Street with flags in distance.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 The Post Office on Roslin Main Street with flags outside.
The slide is not high quality.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/5 Grocer’s shop on Roslin Main Street with Union Jack hanging outside and two people in doorway.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Four-in-hand carriage with passengers arriving into Roslin from Edinburgh with children looking on.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/7 Rear view of the four-in-hand arriving into Roslin from Edinburgh with two women cyclists in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/8 A view of Manse Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/9 Manse Road, Roslin with the Roslin Reading Room.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/10 Roslin Free Church and buildings on Penicuik Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/11 Houses being constructed at 44 and 46 Penicuik Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/12 Houses being constructed at 44 and 46 Penicuik Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 The ‘Auld Kirk’ in Manse Road, Roslin.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/14 The Parsonage on Chapel Loan, Roslin with two women walking a dog.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 Rosslyn Chapel taken from the south.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/16 Rosslyn Chapel taken from the south with a cow grazing outside of the chapel.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8 cm; 1 electronic scan.
/17 View of a whitewashed cottage and the burial memorial to Count James Lockhart Wishart.
The memorial was demolished in the 1970s.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/18 Roslin smiddy and church in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/19 Roslin castle railway station looking under bridge towards siding with Pentland hills in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/20 Entrance gates at Roslin Old Cemetery.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/21 View of Roslin Old Cemetery.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/22 View of Roslin Old Cemetery.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/23 Rosslyn castle taken from river.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/24 Entrance to Rosslyn castle showing ruins.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/25 A view of a seventeenth century building in the courtyard of Rosslyn Castle with a woman and child standing in the doorway and hens in the foreground.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/14 Roslin Glen.
9 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 9 electronic scans.
/1 A row of cottages in Roslin Glen with other buildings in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Cottages in Roslin Glen with Rosslyn Chapel in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Cottages in Roslin Glen with Rosslyn Chapel in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 A view taken in Roslin Glen with the River North Esk and overhanging trees.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/5 A view taken in Roslin Glen with the River North Esk and the remains of a bridge.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 A view taken in Roslin Glen with trees in the foreground and the River North Esk.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 A view taken in Roslin Glen with the River North Esk and overhanging trees.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/8 A view taken in Roslin Glen with the River North Esk and overhanging trees.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/9 A study in Roslin Glen of a tree with the River North Esk in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/15 Roslin Gala Days and Events.
20 glass-plate negatives, 11 x 8.5cm; 20 electronic scans; 3 original sepia photographs; 13 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Parade on Roslin Main Street headed by two riders and two bagpipers.
Same parade as BRY/2/11
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/2 Rear view of a children’s parade on Roslin Main Street.
This procession is thought to have taken place in 1902 to celebrate the end of the Boer war and the coronation on Edward VII.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/3 Parade on Penicuik Road, Roslin.
Poor quality slide.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/4 Unidentified parade on Roslin Main Street.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/5 Unidentified parade on Roslin Main Street.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Peace parade on Roslin Main Street.
The procession took place in 28 June 1902 to celebrate the end of the Boer War.
2 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 Peace parade on Roslin Main Street.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/8 Group of uniformed boys drilling in a field with a shed, goalposts and sheep in the background.
The boys are probably from the same organisation shown in 4 [Roslin Primary School?]
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/9 Group of uniformed boys drilling with rifles in a field.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/10 Group of uniformed boys forming a rifle circle with their instructor [Andrew Mochrie?] looking on. Shed, goalposts and sheep in the background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/11 Parade of uniformed boys and their instructor [Andrew Mochrie?] marching along a tree-lined road. [Two copies]
2 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/12 Parade of uniformed boys and their instructor [Andrew Mochrie?] marching along a tree-lined road.
Similar view to BRY/2/4 but taken from rear of parade.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/13 Parade of uniformed boys and their instructor [Andrew Mochrie?] marching along a country road.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/14 Group of girls drilling with Indian clubs and crowd of onlookers.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/15 Girls in park forming a ring.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/16 A group of girls dancing around a maypole with crowd looking on.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/17 Boys in a three-legged race.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/18 Several riders with Lancers in the background and a young boy standing on a stone wall.
This photograph is thought to have been taken on the Dalkeith to Gilmerton road during the visit of King Edward VII to Midlothian in May 1903.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/19 Procession of mounted Lancers and two men standing on a stone wall.
This photograph is thought to have been taken on the Dalkeith to Gilmerton road during the visit of King Edward VII to Midlothian in May 1903.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/20 Military parade outside Dalkeith Palace.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph
BRY/16 Curling.
8 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 8 electronic scans; 3 original sepia photographs; 5 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 original sepia photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 original sepia photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 original sepia photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/5 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
/8 Curling match taking place at Roslin curling pond.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/17 Dryden Estate, near Roslin.
3 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 3 electronic scans; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/1 Road and trees with a five-bar gate across the road taken in Dryden woods near Roslin.
Same situation as print 39.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Two unidentified men and a boy in a kilt at a wooden bridge.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/3 Two men and a boy in a kilt at the gate in Dryden Avenue woods.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/18 Glencorse and the Pentland and Moorfoot Hills
8 glass-plate negatives, 10.5 x 8cm; 8 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph; 5 modern b&w photographs.
/1 The roadman’s house at Seafield, near Howgate.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph, 11 x 8.5cm.
/2 Woodhouselee house, near Penicuik.
Similar to BRY/1/8.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 House o’ Muir farm and buildings, near Flotterstone.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/4 Rear view of Martyr’s Cross house, near Penicuik.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/5 Unidentified tree plantation, probably in the Pentland Hills.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Horse and cart on road with Pentland hills in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/7 Belwood Avenue, Penicuik. Hedged road with discarded bicycle.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/8 Rowing boats on Gladhouse reservoir showing low water level.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/19 Unidentified.
19 glass-plate negatives; 3 film negatives; 22 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph; 5 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Unidentified man sitting in front of an organ.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/2 Unidentified man sitting at a table.
Plate is poor quality.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Unidentified woman, Marion Bryce and Margaret Bryce standing and two unidentified men sitting outside a building with a glass extension in the background.
This photograph was taken in the same setting as BRY/1/1 and prints 4 + 5.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan
/4 Group of men and a cart in a hayfield with haystacks.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph, 11 x 8.5cm.
/5 Ploughing in a field with [Pentland?] hills in background.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph 11 x 8.5cm.
/6 Unidentified farm buildings and road.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 Unidentified house.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 original sepia photograph.
/8 Man standing in doorway of an unidentified cottage.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/9 Unidentified mining workings.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan; 1 modern b&w photograph.
/10 Unidentified beach and town.
1 glass-plate negative, 10 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/11 Paddle steamer at unidentified location with well in foreground.
1 glass-plate negative, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/12 Unidentified couple sitting on a fence.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/13 Unidentified couple standing at fence. Same couple as above.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/14 Unidentified couple sitting on a fence.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/15 Two unidentified woman sitting together.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/16 Unidentified woman and baby.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/17 Unidentified woman washing baby.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/18 Unidentified woman and baby.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/19 Silhouette of a baby.
1 glass-plate negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/20 Small girl in garden.
Negative marked ‘Marion Bryce 26/5/1917’.
1 negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/21 Small girl in garden, as above Marion Bryce.
1 negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
/22 Group of four outside a building.
1 negative 8.5 x 6cm; 1 electronic scan.
BRY/20 Lantern Slides
12 glass plate lantern slides, 10.5 x 8cm; 12 electronic scans; 1 original sepia photograph; 3 modern b&w photographs.
/1 Marion Bryce, an unidentified man [George Bryce?], Tom Ritchie and Margaret Bryce or Ritchie in a garden with a glazed building in background.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/2 Roslin blacksmith’s building and several adjoining houses with two men and a horse standing outside.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/3 Midway cottages on the track leading to Rosslyn castle, looking east towards the gate at the castle entrance. One cottage is thatched, another has a pantile roof and a third is ruined.
These cottages were inhabited until the early twentieth century, but subsequently have been demolished.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 16.5 cm x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/4 Rosslyn Chapel from the south with a cow grazing outside of the chapel.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm, 1 electronic scan.
/5 Formal group of Roslin Gala Day court in school playground.
Includes Robina Smith, first Roslin Gala Day Queen; ‘Cocky’ Sutherland, a local school teacher; Andrew Mochrie, a veteran of the Crimean war; members of the Queen’s court holding floral emblems; and members of the Roslin PS [Primary School?] holding rifles.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 16.5 cm x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/6 Formal group of Roslin Gala Day court in school playground.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 modern b&w photograph 16.5 cm x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/7 Woodhouselee house, near Penicuik. [Two copies]
The house was demolished in 1965.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/8 Woodhouselee house, near Penicuik. [Two copies]
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/9 Woodhouselee house, near Penicuik. .
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/10 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills looking north west with Kirkton farm and the hills in the distance.
The water level in the reservoir is low, suggesting a period of drought.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm; 1 original sepia photograph 11 x 8cm; 1 electronic scan.
/11 Unidentified three arched bridge over a river.
Subsequently identified as the Roman Bridge in Penicuik Estate.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm, 1 electronic scan.
/12 Unidentified three arched bridge over a river.
Subsequently identified as the Roman Bridge in Penicuik Estate.
1 lantern slide, 10.5 x 8cm, 1 electronic scan.
BRY/21 Photographs without original negatives /1 Tom Ritchie smoking a pipe and leaning on a wooden fence.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8.5 x 10cm.
/2 Marion Bryce dressed as a fishwife.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 7.5 x 10.5cm.
/3 Group photograph showing Marion Bryce, two unidentified men and an unidentified woman in a garden with a glazed building in background.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 10.5cm.
/4 Marion Bryce, an unidentified man [George Bryce?], Tom Ritchie and Margaret Bryce or Ritchie in a garden with a glazed building in background.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10 x 8cm.
/5 Marion Bryce in a long dress with bunch of flowers.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 12 x 16.5cm.
/6 Margaret Ritchie (née Bryce).
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 10.5cm.
/7 Thomas Bryce, Bryce Miller (3) and Jean Watt at Dryden tower.
Dated on reverse ‘Roslin 1944’.
1 b&w photograph, 6.5 x 8.5cm.
/8 ‘George Bryce & daughter Marion (probably with a tradesman) at the back door.’
1 sepia photograph, 11 x 8cm.
/9 ‘Mr Ritchie, Daddy and me, Edinburgh 24th July 1939.’
1 b&w photograph, 8.5 x 8.5cm.
/10 Unidentified woman with baby on knee.
1 b&w photograph, 7.5 x 10.5cm.
/11 Lean-to shelter in unidentified garden with three women.
1 sepia photograph, 10.5 x 8.5cm.
/12 A line-up of decorated bicycles and riders, probably at a Roslin Gala Day.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/13 A line-up of decorated bicycles and riders, probably at a Roslin Gala Day.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/14 Jimmy Parnham dressed in a top hat and tails riding a penny farthing bicycle at a Roslin Gala Day.
1 b&w photograph, 8.5 x 6cm. /15 Main Street, Roslin looking south-west showing the Original hotel and a horse-drawn brake.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm.
/16 Main Street, Roslin looking south-west showing the Royal hotel.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm.
/17 Main Street, Roslin looking south-west.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/18 Main Street, Roslin looking south-west.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/19 Main Street, Roslin looking south-west.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/20 United Free church, Penicuik Road, Roslin.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/21 Hockey [?] match at Roslin with Pentland hills in background.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/22 Bowling game at Roslin.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/23 Children’s Gala Day parade with riders and banner.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/24 Parade of Volunteers (?) on Main Street, Roslin.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/25 Large group of people at side of river [in Roslin Glen?]
1 sepia-tined photograph, 9.5 x 7cm.
/26 Rosslyn castle from the Glen. 1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/27 Roslin cemetery with gravedigger’s lodge and Roslin United Free church in background.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/28 View of Roslin cemetery with gravedigger’s lodge.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm. /29 View of Roslin cemetery with gravedigger’s lodge.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm. /30 Roslin cemetery with buildings and trees in the background.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 15.5 x 11cm.
/31 Entrance to Rosslyn Castle.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 15cm.
/32 ‘Rosslyn Castle.’
1 sepia-toned photograph, 20 x 16cm.
/33 Row of cottages and buildings in Roslin Glen.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm.
/34 Trees and the river North Esk in Roslin Glen.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 15.5 x 11cm.
/35 ‘In Rosslyn Glen’: trees and the river North Esk in Roslin Glen.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 20 x 15cm.
/36 ‘Hawthornden, near Roslin.’
1 sepia-toned photograph, 20 x 15cm.
/37 Hawthornden Castle.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16.5 x 11.5cm
/38 Entrance to Roslin Glen showing the river North Esk.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/39 Ruins of Dryden house, near Roslin.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/40 Road, gate and trees in woods at Dryden.
1 b&w photograph, 12 x 16cm.
/41 ‘Polton Mill, Polton’.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm.
/42 ‘Polton Mill, Polton’.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 16 x 12cm.
/43 The road to Flotterstone looking south-west with a field of corn stooks and the Pentland hills in the background.
1 b&w photograph, 16 x 11cm.
/44 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills with Kirkton farm beyond.
The water level in the reservoir is low, suggesting a period of drought.
1 b&w photograph, 16 x 11cm.
/45 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills.
1 sepia photograph, 16 x 11cm.
/46 The valley of Logan burn in the Pentland hills showing the Howe [in ruins], Loganlea reservoir and the surrounding Pentland hills.
1 b&w photograph, 16 x 11cm.
/47 A horse and carriage driving along the road beside Loganlea reservoir in the Pentland hills.
1 sepia tone photograph, 16.5 x 12cm.
/48 The road to Flotterstone looking south-west with the Pentland hills in the background.
1 sepia tone photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/49 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland hills.
The water level in the reservoir is low, suggesting a period of drought.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/50 The head of Glencorse reservoir and Castlelaw hill in the Pentland hills.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/51 The head of Glencorse reservoir and the Logan burn with Castlelaw hill in the Pentland hills.
1 b&w photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/52 View of farm buildings and cattle with Castlelaw hill in the background in the Pentland hills.
[Note: photograph has a small hole in it.]
1 b&w photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/53 View over ploughed fields towards the Pentland hills.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/54 Marchwell farm, near Rullion Green in the Pentland hills.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/55 Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland Hills.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10.5 x 8cm.
/56 Unidentified thatched cottage and [Pentland?] Hills in the background.
1 b&w photograph, 16 x 12cm. /57 Large tree in unidentified location.
1 b&w photograph, 6.5 x 8cm.
/58 Unidentified interior with machinery.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 10 x 8cm.
/59 Unidentified house with uniformed soldiers standing outside.
1 b&w photograph, 8.5 x 14cm.
/60 Unidentified river and trees.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 11cm.
/61 Unidentified girders and ironwork of a bridge [Bilston viaduct].
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 10cm.
/62 Trees in an unidentified park.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 10cm.
/63 Unidentified river and trees.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 8 x 11cm.
/64 Decorated horse in field.
1 sepia-toned photograph, 11 x 8cm.
/65 ‘Souvenir of Roslin’: envelope containing 12 fold-out photographs of Roslin and district.
1 envelope, 9 x 6cm.
/66 ‘Reminiscences of Roslin’: booklet containing six photographs of Roslin and district.
1 booklet, 8 x 10cm.