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Authoreenbiertje
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As others are saying, the lack of landmarks makes this really hard to trace the location.

That said...

1. The shadows are behind and slightly to the right of the people in the photo (see the shadow of the girl's head). Which similarly to u/FidgetTheMidget makes me assume the sun is over the left shoulder of the photographer. Pure ballpark guess here, since we don't know the time of day or the season, I think we can assume that the people are facing south rather than north. Whether SE or SW, I don't know. This does mean the hills are likely north(ish) of the location.

2. The tenements look like those with very rounded bay windows, as opposed to the common, flatter style of bay window. You can see an example of this style on Battlefield Avenue. There are a rarer style of tenement, and I think in the absence of other landmarks, offer the best clue to where this might be. This tenement design dates from around 1890-1900.

So you're looking for an upwards sloping street, possibly on a roughly north-south axis, with these specific tenements on the west side of the road. Assuming they haven't been demolished.

Will let you know if I find the location!
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CreatedMon 29th Mar 2021 9:44pm
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