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FISHY GOINGS-ON ON FRIDAY NIGHT
The following account of multiple break-ins around Broughton on Friday night are enough to give anyone who loves their dried ling fish nightmares.…
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The following account of multiple break-ins around Broughton on Friday night are enough to give anyone who loves their dried ling fish nightmares.…
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MOVING ON UP
As reported in Issue 244, the Union Gallery will close its doors on Monday for the last time. After six-and-a-half years, the search is now on…
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As reported in Issue 244, the Union Gallery will close its doors on Monday for the last time. After six-and-a-half years, the search is now on…
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'FAIRY-TALE' SCHEME ENTIRELY WRONG
Spurtle asked the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland what they thought of the latest plans for the old Royal High School. They describe it…
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Spurtle asked the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland what they thought of the latest plans for the old Royal High School. They describe it…
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LEITHERS ARE TIDYING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Zsuzsa and Jerry Farrell were at the Croall Place police box this morning, drumming up support for a new initiative by local people. Leithers…
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Zsuzsa and Jerry Farrell were at the Croall Place police box this morning, drumming up support for a new initiative by local people. Leithers…
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WILKINSON'S 'DEEP REGRET' AT ROYAL HIGH PLANS
Initial reactions to new plans for the old Royal High School have been mixed (Breaking news, 2.9.15).Adam Wilkinson, Director of the Edinburgh World…
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Initial reactions to new plans for the old Royal High School have been mixed (Breaking news, 2.9.15).Adam Wilkinson, Director of the Edinburgh World…
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NEW NEW PLANS FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH
New luxury-hotel plans have been unveiled for the old Royal High School building on Regent Road, and a planning application has been submitted. …
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New luxury-hotel plans have been unveiled for the old Royal High School building on Regent Road, and a planning application has been submitted. …
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PEDESTRIANS BORED SILLY AT CROSSINGS
Spurtle reader 'Paul at Fountainbridge' is concerned by the low priority given to pedestrians at road crossings around the city centre.He says they…
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Spurtle reader 'Paul at Fountainbridge' is concerned by the low priority given to pedestrians at road crossings around the city centre.He says they…
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PIONEER VET RECALLED ON PILRIG STREET
A descendant is seeking planning permission to erect a blue plaque at 1 Pilrig Street in memory of the medical pioneer Professor John Barlow (1815–56…
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A descendant is seeking planning permission to erect a blue plaque at 1 Pilrig Street in memory of the medical pioneer Professor John Barlow (1815–56…
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HOW THEY FARED AT THE HUSTINGS
It was an informative, entertaining and often lively evening at the Leith Walk by-election hustings in St Mary’s Parish Church on Thursday, writes…
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It was an informative, entertaining and often lively evening at the Leith Walk by-election hustings in St Mary’s Parish Church on Thursday, writes…
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BOATS, BIRDS AND BIRD-WOMEN
This beautifully solid and disintegrating vessel (right) is by Paul Kennedy, an Edinburgh College of Art graduate now exhibiting at Bon Papillon…
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This beautifully solid and disintegrating vessel (right) is by Paul Kennedy, an Edinburgh College of Art graduate now exhibiting at Bon Papillon…
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