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The staff at the library kindly allowed us to use their Charles Smith Room, located upstairs at the branch and usually filled by\u00a0exhibitions by local artists. In it, we’ve hung\u00a019 prints of Scran images of the local area from the archives of the National Museums of Scotland, The Scotsman and RCAHMS. These date from 1915 to 1979, and depict a bygone age when trams were still drawn by horses, kindly lollipop men helped children across busy junctions and Morningside Station\u00a0was still a regular stop on the Edinburgh Suburban line. We worked with Bruntsfield Primary school<\/a> and the Open Door Centre<\/a> to choose some of the images, as well as the library staff themselves. The exhibition is free, and finishes on October 30th 2015.<\/p>\nAll library card holders in Edinburgh can access Scran for free, 24\/7, as can residents of 24 out of 32 local authorities in Scotland, and\u00a0we hope to repeat this at other branch libraries throughout the country, with local residents and schools helping to choose their favourite local images. If you’re a school, library or community centre and you’re interested in hosting a similar exhibition showcasing your local area, then contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image:<\/strong> \u00a9The Scotsman Publications Ltd. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A little while ago, we said to ourselves “Wouldn’t it be nice to get Scran off the computer screen and into the real world?”, and thanks to our friends at Morningside Library in Edinburgh, we’ve done just that. The staff … Continue reading