Leith and North: Leith Gala Day - Persevering in the rain, June 2011

Leith & North: Please email any news items to: news@leithandnorth.org.uk Persevering in the rain: Leith Gala Day 2011 (continued) An eight piece drumming band all in black with facepaint in a group pose

An eight piece drumming band all in black with facepaint in a group pose

^^^ Above: The Beltane Fire Society Processional Drummers not doing a rain dance.

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"There's nothing I've been asked to do since being elected to the Lothians region that's made me more proud than being Leith Provost for the day. Margo Macdonald, third time Provost of Leith for a day, sadly absent this year for health reasons.

Two women pouring teas in the Leith Churches tea tent

Two women pouring teas in the Leith Churches tea tent

Four people sitting under rugs and umbrellas

Left <<<: Leith Churches tea was in high demand from the very start of the day.
Right >>>: The Ageing Well Cool Wool Guerillas were impressively well prepared. Iain in black and blue anorak posing with his crocus award

Iain in black and blue anorak posing with his crocus award

A local artist sits and reads beside rows of pictures eight deep

Left <<<: South Leith Parish Church's Iain Gilmour poses with the crocus award created by Duncan Robertson.
Right >>>: Crocus bearer Michaela Smith models the very bag in which the Crocus was borne. Read full account of Iain Gilmour's presentation on STVLocal >>>
Read about Duncan Robertson on the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop web site >>> A young woman in white hoodie and black leather jacket holds Hamish, a white and brown horse as a boy in a black and white striped rugby shirt looks at Hamish

A young woman in white hoodie and black leather jacket holds Hamish, a white and brown horse as a boy in a black and white striped rugby shirt looks at Hamish

Above ^^^: Edinburgh & Lasswade Riding School: meeting Hamish

Four women smiling behind a fund raising table

Two smiling women with displays of the work of the Cròileagans

Left <<<: Edinburgh Womens' Aid.
Right >>>: Gaelic speaking play groups, aiming to come to open in Leith soon arevisited by Leith Walk Cllr Deidre Brock. Smiling woman with coffe cup under the gazebo with a member of Lothian & Borders finest

Smiling woman with coffe cup under the gazebo with a member of Lothian & Borders finest

Woman in giant spaniel costumre kneels down to be hugged by a small child

Left <<<: Leith Neighbourhood Partnership's annual survey may have had a smaller response this year.
Right >>>: Specsavers mascot makes a new friend. Info about Edinburgh Womens' Aid >>>
Edinburgh Gaelic play groups web site >>>

Five students in blue and red, with white waterproof ponchos, pose with a white and gold dragon's head

Five students in blue and red, with white waterproof ponchos, pose with a white and gold dragon's head

Above ^^^: Edinburgh Taiwanese Students not doing a rain dance.

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Leith Churches Together web site >>>
Leith Neighbourhood Partnership web site >>>
Edinburgh & Lasswade Riding School web site >>>

Below: Not one of our customary pictures of revelers on Hamburger Hill: Headstart Nursery ending the Pageant

Parents and small children and a huskie with umbrellas and a yellow banner HEADSTART NURSERY passing underneath trees

Parents and small children and a huskie with umbrellas and a yellow banner HEADSTART NURSERY passing underneath trees

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