Category Archives: mayfield & easthouses

Echoes

Posted on August 29, 2011 by susantgrant

Lynsey Hanley echoes this last sentiment in her book ‘Estates, An Intimate History’: “Someone, who lives in a proper house in a proper town, sat on the floor of an office one day with a box of fancy Lego bricks … Continue reading →

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Buildings like Barracks

Posted on August 18, 2011 by susantgrant

A member of Mayfield Art Group recently expressed his disappointment in the architecture surrounding him. The group wrote gendai haiku, a simple form of Japanese poetry with a limited number of syllables, which describes the world around us:  buildings like barracks everywhere … Continue reading →

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Isle of Mayfield

Posted on August 10, 2011 by susantgrant

Mayfield now has a population similar to that of a small town but, as locals often comment, it’s still only considered a suburb of Dalkeith and has a very small centre for its size. Largely 50s and 60s social housing, built … Continue reading →

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Mayfield Housing

Posted on August 3, 2011 by susantgrant

  For the first half of the residency I’m based in Mayfield, just south of the town of Dalkeith. Most of Mayfield was built in the 1950s and 60s, largely as overspill accommodation for miners (for the nearby Newtongrange, Blinkbonny, Easthouses and Lingerwood collieries), many … Continue reading →

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Bogwood Court Tile, Mayfield

Posted on July 26, 2011 by susantgrant

Robert Scott, 36, Development Worker, Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust “I think it’s a really good piece of art and it sits nicely in the wall – it brightens up the place. Although it’s been done up over the years, Bogwood Court is … Continue reading →

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Cherry Rd

Posted on July 13, 2011 by susantgrant

Alan, 40+. Attends the Cherry Road Resource Centre, Bonnyrigg; lives Easthouses “Cherry Road’s a resource centre for people with learning disabilities. It looks a bit like a church – it’s got lots of glass so it’s very light. It’s just … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of Mayfield & Easthouses

Posted on July 6, 2011 by susantgrant

John Elliott, 53, Retired, Mayfield “I created this artwork by taking photographs of shop signs around the Mayfield and Easthouses shopping area. I think people were wondering what I was up to! I then individually cropped each letter on the … Continue reading →

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Mayfield Library

Posted on June 8, 2011 by susantgrant

Jacqui Brown, 47, Mother, Easthouses I love libraries – I always feel at home in them. When I was young the library was the only public building we used – and it was well used! I love Mayfield library because … Continue reading →

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Wooden Playhouse

Posted on June 1, 2011 by susantgrant

Dougal Brown, 8, Easthouses I like the wooden playhouse in the right hand corner of our back garden. It’s on stilts and has a wee ladder, a tiny door and swingy windows. It’s old – the Dutch man who lived … Continue reading →

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Mary’s House

Posted on April 28, 2011 by susantgrant

Mary Miller, Retired, 61, lives Mayfield I have two favourite buildings. The first is my home, a modest three-bedroomed end terraced house. It’s nothing to look at from the outside  – one of many amongst rows of bland, plain houses. But … Continue reading →

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