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CRAMOND BRIDGE
(R8x32)
Valerie Farr London Jubilee (1979)
1- 8
1s
cross
RH
&
cast
1
place,
cross
LH
&
cast
(Lady
up,
Man
down),
to
meet in middle in prom hold facing 2
nd
Man
9-16
1s
dance
½
diagonal
reel
with
1
st
corners
&
½
reel
with
2
nd
corners,
end in middle facing Ladies side
17-24
1s
lead
out,
cross
&
cast
(Lady
up,
Man
down)
to
meet
in
middle,
1s
turn RH
as
2s+3s dance ½ R&L
25-32
1s lead up & cast to 2
nd
place & 2s+1s+3s turn partners RH
2010
February 14
th
In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Cramond Bridge like this:
Cramond
Bridge,
a
hamlet
in
Cramond
parish,
at
the
boundary
between
Edinburgh
and
Linlithgow
shires,
on
the
river
Almond,
and
on
the
Queensferry
highroad,
5
miles
WNW
of
Edinburgh,
and
1¼
mile
SSW
of
Cramond
village.
It
has
a
post
office
under
Cramond,
a
good
inn,
and
an
eight-arched
bridge, erected in 1823.
Now
a
modern
steel
and
concrete
bridge
conveys
the
four-lane
A90
over
the
River
Almond
replacing
the
so-called
Cramond
New
Bridge,
dating
from
1823
and
designed
by
John
Rennie
(1761
-
1821),
which
in
turn
replaced
the
Old Brig, that remains just downstream.
The
Old
Brig
was
built
c.1500,
rebuilt
1617-19
and
subject
to
extensive
repairs
in
1687-91
by
Robert
Mylne,
1761,
1776
and
in
1854.
It
has
three
arches
with
massive
triangular
cut-waters
which
carry
a
narrow
carriageway
between
low
parapets.
The
Brig
had
immortality
bestowed
upon
it
by
Sir
Walter
Scott
with
his
description
of
how
Jock
Howieson
rescued
the
disguised
King
James
V
from
a
fight
and
received
lands
around
Braehead
for
service
to his monarch. Braehead House c1700 is still standing along with the remains of Jock Howieson's cottage.