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ISSUE 232 – OUT SOON!
August’s Spurtle (Issue 232) is printed, folded, bundled into tens, and now being loaded onto a caravan of GPS-guided delivery-llamas ready for…
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August’s Spurtle (Issue 232) is printed, folded, bundled into tens, and now being loaded onto a caravan of GPS-guided delivery-llamas ready for…
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MESSAGES FROM AN UNKNOWN CONFIDANTE
Returning home yesterday evening, Spurtle reader Miranda Gilhooley spotted this curious message attached to the policebox in Drummond Place.Measuring…
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Returning home yesterday evening, Spurtle reader Miranda Gilhooley spotted this curious message attached to the policebox in Drummond Place.Measuring…
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DUNDAS STREET TESCO – ONE STEP CLOSER, NOT MUCH CLEARER
Tesco Stores Ltd has now applied for listed building consent to complete a new shopfront and automatic doors, a level ramped entrance, a protective…
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Tesco Stores Ltd has now applied for listed building consent to complete a new shopfront and automatic doors, a level ramped entrance, a protective…
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WONDERS OF THE WOVEN WORD
There’s something intensely intimate about books. Especially old ones. That agreeable memory of ink and leather, polish, damp and slight decay.…
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There’s something intensely intimate about books. Especially old ones. That agreeable memory of ink and leather, polish, damp and slight decay.…
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DELICIOUS SUCCESS (AND THE PAIN WHICH FOLLOWS)
The sporting types at Villeneuve Wines on Broughton Street have been celebrating yesterday’s win of the 101st Tour de France by Vincenzo Nibali.The…
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The sporting types at Villeneuve Wines on Broughton Street have been celebrating yesterday’s win of the 101st Tour de France by Vincenzo Nibali.The…
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REED THROWS LONG IN CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL
Well done, Kimberley Reed! The high-flying Broughton hammer thrower last week won through to the Final of the World Juniors Championships in Eugene,…
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Well done, Kimberley Reed! The high-flying Broughton hammer thrower last week won through to the Final of the World Juniors Championships in Eugene,…
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MP STILL CONCERNED BY POST OFFICE MOVE TO PRINCES MALL
Earlier this year, Spurtle reported the Post Office’s consultation on a likely move out of the St James Centre and into Unit 5/6 Princes Mall (…
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Earlier this year, Spurtle reported the Post Office’s consultation on a likely move out of the St James Centre and into Unit 5/6 Princes Mall (…
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BONES THAT SPEAK – LONG DEAD LEITHERS RISE AGAIN
Archaeologists say skeletons discovered during tramwork preparations have told them a lot about how people lived and died in Leith hundreds of years…
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Archaeologists say skeletons discovered during tramwork preparations have told them a lot about how people lived and died in Leith hundreds of years…
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McDONALD PLACE CRASH & CARRY – HOIST WITH ITS OWN PETARD
In January of this year, City of Edinburgh Council refused permission for Batleys Limited (the wholesale cash and carry on McDonald Place) to…
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In January of this year, City of Edinburgh Council refused permission for Batleys Limited (the wholesale cash and carry on McDonald Place) to…
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TESCO AND SUPER-DELI SET SIGHTS ON DUNDAS STREET
Tesco PLC plans to open a new ‘local’ store at 30–30a Dundas Street.The news emerged when the wheezing supermarket giant applied for planning…
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Tesco PLC plans to open a new ‘local’ store at 30–30a Dundas Street.The news emerged when the wheezing supermarket giant applied for planning…
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