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The local Community Association was formed in 1950, and for the next 20 years it led a peripatetic existence in school halls and the like before it obtained its own premises.
The articles are mostly a series of clippings from the Edinburgh Evening News charting the campaign. Some photographs of events are included.
(There are two articles - click the links or scroll down.)
The campaign to get a community centre built, from 1950 to the early 60s. Part 2 follows.
The Corporation identifies a site for the community centre on Northfiled Road - then takes six years to get it built.