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DREAMING OF A WHITE RABBIT? LOOK NO FURTHER – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 12

It’s coming up for a year since White Rabbit first opened its burrow on Broughton Street, and this will be the erotic boutique’s first Christmas in…
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NEW TOWN TRAFFIC BY NUMBERS

Alasdair Sim, the Council's Tram Interface Manager, spoke to the New Town & Broughton Community Council at its last meeting of the year on 2…
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HIGH IN A TREE – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 11

Spurtle photographed a weathered fairy hanging in the rowan tree on Bellevue Place a few days ago, and returned this evening, just as night fell and…
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BACK A BIT, BACK A BIT, BACK A BIT MORE ... OH, B****R IT!

Work began today on the first stages of rebuilding a wall badly damaged last week in Eyre Place. The wall bounds backgreens behind tenements at the…
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YULETIDE – THE DIZZYING ROUND. SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 10

These snowy and kinetic scenes have been brightening Rodney Street since the weekend. The German fair comprises a circular railway line and fields…
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BEWARE! BOGUS WORKERS IN BELLEVUE

Police Scotland have confirmed that they are investigating the theft of a purse from a house in Bellevue Road yesterday. Spurtle understands from a…
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ACTIVE RETURN FOR PASSIVE HOUSE PROPOSAL – PLANNING UPDATE (10.12.13)

In September we reported refusal of permissionn to knock down  a terraced house at 91 Annandale Street (Ref. 13//02489/FUL; Breaking news, 11.9.…
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THE FOG OF CHRISTMAS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 9

We've all done it once, surely? You go to a Christmas party. You have one or two too many shandies on an empty stomach. Then on your way home you…
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PICARDY PLACE PLANS – SOME CONTEXT AND FIRST REACTIONS

Henderson Global Investors (HGI) aired outline proposals for Picardy Place on Friday at a well-attended 5.5-hour drop-in session held at Café Camino…
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FROM BASE TO SUMMIT, GAY AND BRIGHT ... AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 8

Spare a thought for Lara Mitchell of Napier Bathrooms and Interiors in Canonmills. The Glasgow School of Art graduate is the resident interior…
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