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By Matthew Field
Photos by: Georgia Landers
Fountainbridge in Edinburgh welcomed back its most famous son, Sir Sean
Connery, at a special event celebrating his legacy to the area, on Thursday
(June 17). Cinema Retro was present as Sir Sean returned to the street on which
he was born 80 years ago to unveil a plaque in his honour, and to meet local
community organisations and businesses involved in the regeneration of the
area.His ‘homecoming’ was sparked by
the need to reinstate the plaque originally erected by the Scottish Film
Council to celebrate the Centenary of Cinema in 1996. It was taken down four
years ago as work began on the Springside development currently transforming
the former Scottish & Newcastle bottling site in Fountainbridge. Now, as work on the first development phase is completed, the plaque has
been restored, with Sir Sean’s blessing. It’s now been erected at the entrance
of Springside on Fountainbridge - just yards away from the site of the original
tenement building in which Sir Sean started his life.