The Association’s history of the One o' Clock Gun

The Association’s history of the One o' Clock Gun has been updated and now has a new cover created by graphic designer Melanie Wright.

The book's middle section is now in colour and is available from our treasurer John Lovie.

The Calton Hill Observatory will be open to the public on Saturday 25th September from 11 am till 4 pm. The master clock which sent the signal to the time ball in 1853 and then to the time gun in 1861 stood in the observatory.

The clock was designed and built in 1813 by the Edinburgh clockmaking firm of Reid & Auld. The clock was acquired by the City of Edinburgh in 1895 and is now at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street waiting to be refurbished by the museum's experts and returned to the observatory. Anyone interested in the history of the time gun should not miss this opportunity to take a look inside the historic building which looks like a small Greek temple.

Bombardier Allison Jones is still on duty at the Castle. The Association is now in contact with 14 Field Survey Squadron, Royal Engineers. Colour Sergeant Scott who fed Greyfriars Bobby and may have taught the world famous terrier to go for his dinner at one o’ clock was a surveyor with 14 Company.