Edinburgh retro: looking back at Edinburgh Zoo over the years

Part of our Edinburgh retro series, this video looks at Edinburgh Zoo over the years.

Transcript

00:00 Hello, I'm Neil from The Evening News and this video is part of our retro series where

00:06 we look back at historic pictures of Edinburgh. In this video we'll be looking at old pictures

00:11 from Edinburgh Zoo.

00:14 Here we see Dumbo the baby elephant come out for a stroll in August 1958. This picture

00:21 shows Edinburgh Zoo director Gilbert Fisher with Scrap the Cheetah outside Edinburgh Zoo

00:26 in 1964.

00:29 Lord Provost Duncan Weatherstone meets one of the residents at the opening of the new

00:33 Camel House in 1965.

00:38 Edinburgh Zoo keeper Grace Forrest takes Tot the Zebra for a walk around Christorphan

00:42 Streets in November 1964.

00:47 Scottish child actor John Whiteley is seen here with an orangutan at the zoo in 1954.

00:55 Here we see children enjoying the famous Penguin Parade in July 1962. This picture shows Helen

01:02 Tate, an animal attendant at the zoo, with a kangaroo in November 1964.

01:09 The Guinness Company presented a pair of toucans to Edinburgh Zoo in 1963. A picture from the

01:16 same year shows a time when children were allowed to handle the animals. This picture

01:22 shows James McLennan from Iowa who presented Yogi the Bear to Edinburgh Zoo in July 1964.

01:30 Our last picture shows a young boy feeding one of the giraffes at the zoo in 1963. The

01:36 amazing creatures haven't been at the zoo in more than a decade but are set to return

01:40 in the coming months.

01:42 If you would like to check out more retro content you can visit our website at www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com

01:51 and click on the Retro tab.

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