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All About Edinburgh
Castle Street Edinburgh
Kenneth Grahame
32 Castle Street Edinburgh
Kenneth Grahame author of children's stories of which Wind in the Willows was one was born here in March 1859
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Scottish American Mortgage Company
The building was originally built as No 4-8 which was a tenement block. The Scottish American Mortgage Company took up occupancy of the upper floors 6-8 Castle Street where they started trading circa 1890.
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The Scottish Coat of Arms
Stars and Strips
United States Coat of Arms
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