We’ve recently added a plethera of new stories to Our Town Stories.

• Get a taste of what educational life was like for the poorest children with a history of Edinburgh’s Orphan Hospitals and Schools
• The story of Walter Geikie, artist and printmaker uses his lively sketches to describe the people, places and daily activities of Edinburgh in the early 1800s
• The paintings of James Skene, antiquarian and close friend of Sir Walter Scott give another view of Edinburgh at the beginning of the 19th century
• Edinburgh & the Slave Trade traces Edinburgh’s links with the transatlantic Slave Trade and the people and places associated with this hidden history
• And a companion story, The Anti-slavery movement in Edinburgh looks at the movement against slavery in Edinburgh.

Keep an eye on Our Town Stories for more stories appearing all the time!