Check out this handsome Georgian structure. See if you can determine where it is located. Then send your guess to elliott@brack.net and include where you live.
The first to identify the most recent Mystery Photo was George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who wrote: “It is the The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. The hotel opened October 15, 1902 as The North British Station Hotel and was pronounced one of the great railway hotels. The hotel’s iconic clock was set three minutes fast, so that people wouldn’t miss their trains. This is still the case today. The only day that the clock runs on time is on 31st December (Hogmanay) for the city’s New Year celebrations.
In 1922, the North British Railway Company became part of the London and North Eastern Railway Company and the hotel started blending and bottling its own whisky, wine and port. In the 1970’s the Queen Mother was a regular visitor to the hotel, where she liked to dine on plain roast lamb for lunch. In February 1991 the hotel reopened its doors to the public as The Balmoral Hotel, (Balmoral meaning “majestic dwelling” in Gaelic).” The photograph came from Dan Mackaben of Crystal Lake, Ill.
Also identifying the mystery were Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex.; and Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill.
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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