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CALL FOR COMMENTS ON HALMYRE ST PLACE BRIEF

COMMUNITY COUNCIL SEEKS 'DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE' Last week we reported the extended deadline for consultation about the Halmyre Street Place Brief.…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 17

1868–69   PETER JARDINE, Job and Post Master, Dublin Street Lane, Edinburgh. Very Superior Private Broughams, Landau Sociables, &c., to…
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HALMYRE STREET PLACE BRIEF

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PUBLIC’S VIEWS ON SECOND DRAFT In March, Edinburgh Council published a draft Place Brief for the partially vacant ‘backlands’…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 16

1866 THE SEWING MACHINE. (MACPHERSON’S PATENT.)[1] The sewing machine has now fully stood the test of time, and has fairly established not only…
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FRUIT AND VEG FEVER HITS ELM ROW

When we posted news this morning that Tattie Shaw’s is planning a phased reopening for collections, we had no idea of the tsunami of interest that…
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SOLIDARITY AND DISSENT ON STEAD’S PLACE

Not sure there’s much more to be said … Ever since Drum Property closed down the majority of shops and local businesses on Stead’s Place, the mute…
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CONTACTLESS AND CONVENIENT

LOCAL MARKETS NOW (VIRTUALLY) BACK TO NORMAL For obvious reasons, Stockbridge and Leith Markets can’t operate in the confines of Kerr Street and…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 15

1864–66 THEFT OF A WATCH AND CHAIN. Isabella Raphael or M’Pherson and John Robertson were charged with the theft of a silver watch, a gold chain,…
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ALL GOING TOGETHER

It may only be May, but the summertime is coming. To judge by this correspondent’s hayfever, the trees are blooming. And in the back green, the wild…
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MAN'S BODY RECOVERED

Police Scotland have announced the recovery of a man’s body from the Canty Bay area of North Berwick. The family of Richard Forbes has been informed…
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