General view of entrance to Paisley Close, Edinburgh, showing part of oriel and inscription with Nos 97 and 99 on right
SC 426681
Description General view of entrance to Paisley Close, Edinburgh, showing part of oriel and inscription with Nos 97 and 99 on right
Date 1900 to 1930
Catalogue Number SC 426681
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 7665
Scope and Content Entrance to Paisley's Close, High Street, Edinburgh Paisley's Close, named after Henry Paislie who bought part of the tenement in 1711, was the site of a major disaster in 1861 when one of the original seven-storey tenement blocks partially collapsed killing 35 people. Over the entrance to Paisley's Close is a carved head of a young boy by John Rhind and an inscription 'Heave awa' chaps, I'm no dead yet' under the central oriel window. This refers to one lucky youth who narrowly escaped in the 1861 disaster. The Old Town tenements were overcrowded and lacked proper sanitation. The disaster in 1861 when the tenement at Paisley Close partially collapsed highlighted these conditions and led to the appointment of the city's first Medical Officer of Health. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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