St Margarets Shed
The top part of Restalrig Road South ran immediately east of St Margarets shed. It is always known locally as Smokey Brae, said to be because of the reek (in Edinburgh terms) from the North British shed. There's no reason to doubt this, though in a famously reekie city things must have been especially bad here for the name to have come about. Although Smokey Brae is not its official name the council recognises through this sign that it is the de facto one. Incidentally the usual spelling is smoky, and my dictionaries don't recognise smokey even as a variant spelling, but I see from the web that it is used in other proper names. See image 26920
Location: St Margarets Shed (former)
Original line: North British Railway
Photographer: David Panton
Contact photographer: David Panton
Date: 30/10/2010
Image number: 31386
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