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image copyright Rachel Windsor
Formerly the Town Hall, this building by R & R Dickson is now Leith Police Station. The town hall was removed to a site just north of Junction Bridge.
The first Leith 'police' were established in 1771, and had responsibility for overseeing public amenities, with the first 'proper' police force being established in 1826.
Leith Police Tongue Twister
The Leith police dismisseth us,
They thought we sought to stay;
The Leith police dismisseth us,
They thought we'd stay all day.
The Leith police dismisseth us,
We both sighed sighs apiece;
And the sighs that we sighed
as we said goodbye
Were the size of the Leith police.
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