Scotsman Archive: New Year Holiday 2 January, 1934

RAIN and wind marked the early hours of 1934 in Edinburgh. Sharp showers christened the New Year, and caught many prompt first-footers, and when the daylight returned the wind blew something like a half-gale.

The chief evidence of the city's mood was undoubtedly the search for entertainment. Long queues stood at most of the picture-houses, and over 20,000 people at Easter Road saw the Hibernians defeated by the Heart of Midlothian players.

There was little sign of untidiness about the city yesterday morning, owing, no doubt, to the previous day having been a Sunday. Broken bottles were more conspicuous by their absence than their presence. A hat, which lay inside the barred doorway of a Princes Street shop, and was attributed to a late-night reveller, belied its situation. It had been carried off the head of its wearer by the wind, and recovered from the muddy roadway, then flung away with a magnificent New Year gesture, and resolve to purchase a new one.

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