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BROUGHTON STREET THE HIPPEST IN EDINBURGH? UPDATED STORY
Thursday 5 May 2011 - 18:02
Broughton Street is arguably the hippest in Edinburgh, and rumours have been circulating locally that it has been nominated as such in a competition.…
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COME AND SING FOR WAVERLEY CARE
Thursday 5 May 2011 - 10:14
Broughton-based charity Waverley Care are raising funds by selling chances to perform in a 400-strong choir. Acclaimed Clasical composer John Rutter…
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LOCAL ENTHUSES AT DICTIONARY DISCOVERY
Wednesday 4 May 2011 - 23:22
Scotland on Sunday (1 May) carried a fascinating article about the recent discovery in Oxford of James Boswell's lost work-in-progress: a dictionary…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 2.4.11
Wednesday 4 May 2011 - 08:51
The Co-operative Group have been granted permission for a change of use at 8 McDonald Rd from public house to convenience store (Ref. 11/00435/FUL).…
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WELL MET BY MOONLIGHT
Tuesday 3 May 2011 - 22:30
A quite astonishing image of the St Mark's Park Gormley by Spurtle Twitter correspondent @dOSsDaz appears today in Issue 194, very small and black-…
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What's in, what's out, what's up, down, flying around, looping the loop and defying the ground in Broughton and beyond
Tuesday 3 May 2011 - 09:00
The more astute of you may have noticed that it is May already. We’re not sure how it happened either. Still, let us make the best of things by…
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ATTENTION TURNS TO SHADY LANE
Monday 2 May 2011 - 23:33
An obscure Broughton byway has entered the limelight.Scotland Street Lane (East), connecting Bellevue Crescent and Scotland Street, has featured…
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ISSUE 194 – PUBLISHED 3 MAY
Monday 2 May 2011 - 21:36
Spurtle's printed May edition will hit the sun-drenched streets and sundry shady interiors of Broughton tomorrow.We have gulls, puffins, pelicans and…
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THE GOOD TIMES' TOLL
Monday 2 May 2011 - 20:48
Enlivened by sunny days and public bank holidays? Moved even a little by royal-wedding joy?Uplifted by hints of economic upturn and an unaccountable…
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DAFFY ABOUT POLITICAL ADVERTS
Saturday 30 April 2011 - 08:49
Political advertising seemed to flower overnight, prompting one anonymous reader to email us these Spring election thoughts first thing this morning.…
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