Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Are you new to Craigmillar and Niddrie?, watch this film to get your bearings.
This is a flight in a helicopter over Craigmillar and Niddrie, an area of east Edinburgh in Scotland. We'll be travelling from west to east over all the various areas that make up the Greater Craigmillar diaspora.
The areas, highlighted in sequence are:
Prestonfield, Peffermill, Craigmillar Castle, The Peffers, Greendykes, Niddrie Farm, Niddrie House, Niddrie Mains, Niddrie Marischal, Bingham, The Hays, Niddrie Mill, Cleikum, The Jewel, Magdalene and Newcraighall
Music is "We're In Motion", from the 1970s Craigmillar Musical "The Time Machine".
Sung by the incomparable Johnni Stanton and pupils from Castlebrae High School.
As featured on the "Craigmillar Gold" album.
Uploaded by Billy McKirdy
Craigmillar Archives Trust
2012.
Are you new to Craigmillar and Niddrie?, watch this film to get your bearings.
This is a flight in a helicopter over Craigmillar and Niddrie, an area of east Edinburgh in Scotland. We'll be travelling from west to east over all the various areas that make up the Greater Craigmillar diaspora.
The areas, highlighted in sequence are:
Prestonfield, Peffermill, Craigmillar Castle, The Peffers, Greendykes, Niddrie Farm, Niddrie House, Niddrie Mains, Niddrie Marischal, Bingham, The Hays, Niddrie Mill, Cleikum, The Jewel, Magdalene and Newcraighall
Music is "We're In Motion", from the 1970s Craigmillar Musical "The Time Machine".
Sung by the incomparable Johnni Stanton and pupils from Castlebrae High School.
As featured on the "Craigmillar Gold" album.
Uploaded by Billy McKirdy
Craigmillar Archives Trust
2012.





![1980 - CRAIGMILLAR TODAY
1980 - CRAIGMILLAR TODAY
A very short clip from a local documentary about Craigmillar in 1980 and the work of the Craigmillar Festival Society.
Pictures of young people in Niddrie Mains.
Documentary - CRAIGMILLAR TODAY.
Pan of the area around The Gaff.
Fitness - circuit training in the community centre (Sandys?)
Still of young people playing pool.
Bingham Community Centre
This film was restored by the Scottish Screen Archive in collaboration with the Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Original footage by Craigmillar Festival Society
With thanks to:
Kay Foubister from the National Libraries of Scotland
Dr Ryan Shand from University of Glasgow
Johnni Stanton and Hilary Morrison from Craigmillar Archives Trust.
Scottish Screen Archive - Craigmillar Archive Trust Collection
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