As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already spreading across the neighbourhood like cheery delivery drivers rattling along pavements.
Issue 343 kicks off with news of no reason to start again, no access for VIPs, the questionable effects of dead beavers, and cheery delivery drivers on pavements.
It continues with tiles, aspirations, wind and cemeteries, followed by landscapes, litter, stray signage and student housing. AI could make a film of it.
Page 3 features a Spurtle stalwart, recently deceased, a dogged campaign by disgruntled locals, and what to do with other people’s emissions. Plus self-weeding for the overgrown.
We conclude on Page 4 with chimichanga, charity news, communal bins and things that chup and go kack from a great height.
In short, it’s your monthly guide to much of what matters in Broughton and all the other interesting bits between Canonmills and Greenside, western Stockbridge and eastern Pilrig.
The printed issue is available from shops, services, eateries, drinkeries, public libraries, railing dispensers and telephone boxes across the barony and beyond. For those based in Tuvalu (where we currently seem to have two readers), a colourful pdf will be available from our website HERE after midnight tonight.
Remember! Spurtle depends on the input of local people. If you have a leak, news item, opinion, inclination or idea, let us know at spurtle@hotmail.co.uk. We gladly, and frequently do, handle readers’ suggestions in the strictest confidence.
