Editing Leith (section)

===1900s and 2000s===
Leith was the scene of the [[Leith Dockers Strike 1913|dockers strike]] in 1913<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Content – Leith Local History Society, web design – David|title=Leith Local History: Timeline|url=http://www.leithlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/timeline/timeline.htm|access-date=2016-12-16|website=Leithlocalhistorysociety.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LEITH DOCKERS. – RESUME WORK. LONDON, August 14. – The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931) – 16 Aug 1913|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5797245|access-date=2016-12-16|newspaper=Advertiser|date=16 August 1913 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Leith Dockers' Demonstration – The Shore, Leith, 1913|url=http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_street_r/0_street_views_-_shore_leith_dockers_demonstration_1913.htm|access-date=2016-12-16|website=Edinphoto.org.uk|archive-date=6 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206145622/http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_street_r/0_street_views_-_shore_leith_dockers_demonstration_1913.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> recounted in the book ''Red Scotland''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kenefick|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HeeqBgAAQBAJ&q=leith+dockers+strike+1913&pg=PA123|title=Red Scotland!: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, c. 1872 to 1932: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, c. 1872 to 1932|date=2007-07-15|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748630820|language=en}}</ref>

Continued growth meant that Leith and Edinburgh formed a contiguous urban area. Leith was merged with Edinburgh on 1 November 1920<ref>[https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/museums-galleries/1920-city-boundary-extension-centenary/1 ReDrawing Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Boundary Extension Centennial 1920 Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303093221/https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/museums-galleries/1920-city-boundary-extension-centenary/1 |date=3 March 2021 }}, [[City of Edinburgh Council]]</ref> despite a [[referendum|plebiscite]] in which the people of Leith voted 26,810 to 4,340 against the merger. The population of Leith at the time of the merger was 80,000, representing 20% of the entire population of Edinburgh in around 5% of the city area, reflecting the town's high density. It was Scotland's sixth largest town at the time of the merger.<ref>Edinburgh and its Environs: Ward Lock Guide</ref>

Until 1923 there was no through tram service between Leith and Edinburgh; at the boundary in Leith Walk it was necessary to change from a [[Leith Corporation Tramways|Leith tram]] (electrically powered) to an Edinburgh tram (cable hauled) until the electrification of the [[Edinburgh Corporation Tramways]] in the early 1920s.[[File:Bridge Street and Coburg Street.jpg|alt=Building and street.|thumb|Leith in the 1920s, from the Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs]] Leith has undergone significant regeneration and is now a busy port with visits from cruise liners and the home of the [[HMY Britannia|Royal Yacht Britannia]], the [[Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh|Ocean Terminal]] [[Shopping mall|shopping centre]], and administrative offices for several departments of the [[Scottish Government]]. The council and government's 'Leith Project' provided a further economic boost. The shore area of Leith, once unattractive, is now a centre for a range of new pubs and restaurants in charming surroundings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Qureshi |first=Arusa |date=12 October 2021 |title=The cultural spaces breathing life into Edinburgh's coolest neighbourhood |url=https://www.timeout.com/news/the-cultural-spaces-breathing-life-into-edinburghs-coolest-neighbourhood-100621 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Time Out Worldwide |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201031/https://www.timeout.com/news/the-cultural-spaces-breathing-life-into-edinburghs-coolest-neighbourhood-100621 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2021 |last=Knox |first=Annierose |title=Leith: One of the World's Coolest Neighbourhoods {{!}} VisitScotland |url=https://www.visitscotland.com/blog/edinburgh-lothians/coolest-neighbourhood-leith/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=The Blog |language=en |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226200930/https://www.visitscotland.com/blog/edinburgh-lothians/coolest-neighbourhood-leith/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 6 November 2003, Leith was the location for the [[MTV Europe Music Awards]], with a temporary venue being built next to Ocean Terminal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/edinburgh-in-2003-12-photos-from-when-beyonce-and-justin-timberlake-visited-leith-for-the-mtv-music-awards-3921359|title=Looking back on the time Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake visited Leith for the MTV Music Awards|last=Bryan|first=Anna|date=21 January 2023|work=Edinburgh News|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>