Edinburgh Retro: 29 fascinating photos of the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Lauriston Place and jog your memory
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An appeal has gone out from the Edinburgh International Book Festival for people to contribute memories of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and its old home at Lauriston Place. They are planning a writing project, Words from the Wards, at this summer’s Book Festival because it is going to be based for the first time at the Royal Infirmary’s old site, which is now home to Edinburgh University’s Edinburgh Futures Institute. Here are 29 fascinating photographs selected from the Evening News archives...

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