'Never knew a place like it': Locals recall Waverley Steps, once Edinburgh's windiest spot

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Wednesday, 24th February 2021, 7:08 am
For decades it was an Edinburgh quirk as familiar to locals as the blast of the One o'clock Gun and the reek of the Fountainbridge breweries.
The top of the steps leading to Waverley Station, officially known as the Waverley Steps, were once notorious as the windiest spot in the city.
Seen as a rites of passage for people living in Edinburgh, the steps seemed to regularly conjure up gale force gusts that could almost take the face off you.
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So strong were the winds that railings were put up preventing rail users and shoppers from being blown down to the station or on to bustling Princes Street.

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