Glowing

Sorry, not a very exciting photo for you Blippers but I just love the streets of Edinburgh.  This is a street near where I live in the 'New Town', central Edinburgh, which is still pretty old (built between 1767 and 1850).  The Old Town and New Town combined were given UNESCO World Heritage status in 1995.  The area still has the beautiful Neo-classical and Georgian architecture which, as I stroll along, always has me day-dreaming, imagining I've been exported back to olden days and I find myself wondering how much has changed since these houses were first occupied all that time ago.  At this time of year, these streets have a lovely glow from the old-style street lamps.  The modern cars seem quite out of place.  In the early days, the main street of the New Town was to be called George Street, after the King at the time (George III) and the street that runs parallel is called Queen Street, after his wife.  St Giles Street to the south was named after the city's patron saint.  The naming of St Andrews Square and St Georges Square were called so, to represent the union of Scotland and England.  In the same theme, this is why Rose (the national emblem of England) Street and Thistle (the national emblem of Scotland)Street were given their names.  King George then decided he did not like the name St Giles Street, as St Giles was the patron saint of lepers and was also the name of a slum on the outskirts of London and so thereafter, St Giles Street was known as Princes Street, after the King's sons.  George Square was also changed to Charlotte Square (Charlotte being his wife's name) so not to confuse the park with a similarly titled area in the Old Town.  Anyway, I could go on but you've probably all fallen asleep...so on that note I conclude todays history lesson.  Until next time...   :o)