Danube Street in Edinburgh was once home to Scotland's most famous brothel.
By Angie BrownDanube Street is on the list of Scotland's most expensive streets, with house prices averaging almost £1.5m, but for many years it was a place most wanted to avoid.
It is home to young families, successful restauranteurs and even a very well known Scottish crime writer.Local resident Carol Allison, 75, told BBC Scotland how the street had changed into one of Scotland's most sought-after streets. "The girls would change quite a bit, I think they were moved about from other cities. I thought the brothel brought down the price of the homes in Danube Street."
Although not her first offence, she did not receive her first conviction for living off immoral earnings until 1934. Valerie Forsyth, editor of Scotland's History, told BBC Scotland that although Mrs Noyce ran what was considered a house of ill repute she tried to remain respectable.
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