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The Vaults

Description: Niddry Street, Edinburgh.

Newest Review: ... too almost as good as Geordie) and so he would try to knock through a wall, well what was he to find but the vaults that had been blocked up for over 150 years. Wow what a surprise he got. He got officials in to find out what was happening and why they were there and this is how it goes.. Years ago Edinburgh was overpopulated and so tenement buildings were built on top of the existing ... more

... buildings and they were made out of wood. The poor people of the town had nowhere to live and so they were sort of banished to the vaults that were under the buildings and had been used as storage rooms for the businesses above. People used to just throw t...more

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The Vaults: Edinburgh Vaults. With a ring of fire around her neck. (1869 words)
by - written on 21/04/08 (Very useful, 215 readings)
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Our trip to Edinburgh's dark side! My partner and I decided to go on a trip (yeah again. We are never in!) We decided on Edinburgh for the day. It is only 100 miles from where we live (best not walk then.) Edinburgh is easy to drive to but we decided to let the train take the strain.. (Good saying or what?) We booked our tickets online and they were the reader offer ones where you save tickets up in our local newspaper and therefore it is greatly reduced in price, some of the tickets for that day were as much as 200quid however ours came to a staggering £20.. And that wasn't each either so in this instance it was a lot cheaper to go this way than to ... Read the complete review