Welcome to The Dalry Fly

Family history, stories, and art. Buzzing about the historic Dalry district of Edinburgh.

Is there a family history mystery you’d like to solve? Or an ancestor you’d like to know more about? Maybe your family left Edinburgh for America or Australia and you’re keen to discover your Scottish roots. We’d love to help you write your family story: it’s a personal passion, so our fees are very reasonable.

Click the History Fly to make an enquiry.

We’re also building a fantastic gallery of prints for sale, including street scenes, local landmarks, and favourite Edinburgh pubs. The kinds of places your grandparents and great-grandparents knew and loved. Maybe they even met at the Palais de Danse along the road in Fountainbridge?

We’ll be adding lots more over the coming months, so be sure to check back regularly – and follow us on social media. 

  • Homes, shops, and streets
  • Churches and workplaces
  • Cemeteries and memorials
  • Edinburgh pubs
  • Further afield

If there’s a topic we haven’t covered, or an image – past or present– you’d like to see, we can also accept a limited number of commissions.

Prices start from just £ 300, so click on the Art Fly to find out more. 

c 1950, St Colm’s Church, now demolished.
c 1962, Haymarket United Presbyterian Church, demolished 1962.
c. 1950, Dalry Primary School, built in 1876.