Our house history spotlight falls on no. First though, we need to set the scene and go back to the mid 19th century when the Grassmarket was a melting pot of activity and commerce. East end of Grassmarket showing foot of West Bow, c Using the old Edinburgh Post Office records we find in , the occupations of Grassmarket residents included surgeon, draper, brewer and spirit dealers, baker, flesher butcher , an Innkeeper at no , victual dealer, grain merchant, ropemaker, saddler, ironmonger, china merchant, stables worker and corn merchant.
By new occupations have appeared including horse dealer, tanner, tobacco manufacturer, wright, iron merchant, brass founder, cork cutter, sack manufacturer, clockmaker and saw maker.
In , rag merchant, teacher, hairdresser, egg merchant are added to the variety or working lives in the Grassmarket area. The Grassmarket Mission was founded by James Fairbairn in for the relief of those in need. It supported the local community by providing food and clothing, and fellowship through meetings and refuge. With financial support, Fairbairn bought the site at 94 Grassmarket and in commissioned architect James Lessels to build the Mission Hall.
Fairbairn was one of eight Trustees and also Superintendent of the Mission. At this time many properties in the area were very dilapidated and could have been classified as slum dwellings.
One study in the s for the Canongate, Tron, St. Giles and Grassmarket recorded that of the single room homes surveyed as many as had between 6 and 15 people living in them. This overcrowding was made worse by the practice of taking in lodgers, necessary to enhance meagre incomes. Some people turned to drink to try to escape the harsh realities of their existence and environment.
It was principally the children of these families and homeless people who the Mission sought to help. Credit: Jimmy O'Dea in character as Mrs. In copyright. Selected images from this work. View 3 images. About this work. Description The actor, in drag, wears a pencil skirt with dark jacket; holding a phone prop whilst in front of a white background. Physical description 1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 8.
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