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HOW times have changed. Two white horses pull a tiny tram along St John's Road in Corstorphine while eight passengers enjoy the fine weather on the open-top vehicle.
The photograph was taken around 1901 and the scene was a common sight outside the village's tram depot.
However, over a century later and the scene in Edinburgh looks very different. A model tram on display outside Jenners in Princes Street offers a glimpse into what the new tram network will look like, and the tens of thousands of people who have already visited the life-size replica will Fake Franck Muller know just how different a sight that is.
Tomorrow residents in West Edinburgh, which includes Corstorphine, will help to discover just how many aspects of life in Corstorphine have changed over the years by taking part in a rehearsal for the Scotland-wide census in 2011.
Around 40,000 households in West Edinburgh will receive questionnaires in time for the census rehearsal day tomorrow.
West Edinburgh was chosen as a rehearsal area because of its diversity across social groups and variety of accommodation. The rehearsal will test the arrangements for collecting details about people living in student halls and care homes, as well as people from eastern Europe and other minority communities, for the 2011 census.
The last census was conducted in 2001 and highlighted a range of interesting statistics for West Edinburgh.
Fake Baume & Mercier WatchesThirty per cent of residents in the area were not working or studying at the time of the census in 2001, while those in employment were working - on average - one hour longer in 2001, compared with 1991.
Our old photographs show the types of employment that were available around a century ago, from Turner's Ironmonger - photographed on St John's Road in 1911 - to the Corstorphine Inn on the High Street, pictured two decades earlier in the 1890s.
The staff of Corstorphine Post Office stand at the front of their building on Belgrave Place around 1902, and almost 20 years later, Mr Beach - the local Corstorphine plumber - lends a hand with the harvest of 1921.
The 2001 consensus also found that the population of West Edinburgh dropped from 94,720 in 1951, to 77,245 in 2001.
One of the most dramatic changes revealed in the census was the number of West Edinburgh residents with a limiting long-term illness, which showed a staggering increase from 7842 in 1991, to 12,482 in 2001.
And with regard to modes of transport, there have of course been major Replica Audemars Piguet Watch changes. The bottom-right photograph shows Dr Leabody doing his rounds in Corstorphine by horse in the 1890s.
According to the last census, the majority of households owned one or more car in 2001 - 132 had four or more cars.
ALL ABOARD: A horse tram sits outside the tram depot on St John's Road in 1901 ALL QUIET: This photo of Corstorphine's Manse Road, looking north, was taken in 1921 PROUD: Staff of the post office on Belgrave Place stand in front of the building around 1902 CAMARADERIE: Staff of the Corstorphine Inn on the High Street pose for a photograph outside the building in the 1890s HELPING HAND: The local plumber, TW Beach, lends his vehicle to help with the harvest in 1921 HORSEBACK: Dr Leabody does his medical rounds in 1890 JOLLY BEGGARS: Corstorphine Burns Club visit Poosie Nansie's in 1898 HARDWARE: HW Turner was the ironmonger on St John's Road in 1911