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FIRE IN BROUGHTON STREET

 NO CAUSE FOR ALARM On this day in 1861, the Edinburgh Evening Courant carried the following report: Shortly before three o’clock…
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SHORT SHRIFT FOR RBS HOLE IN WALL

A quite astonishingly poor planning application by Royal Bank of Scotland has been rejected (Ref. 17/02203/LBC). Having recently closed its…
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FRESH START FOR FLAGGING SCOUTS

Scout Leader Scott Richards hails new standard, and reveals secret history of dissent.When reorganisation came to Edinburgh Scouting in the 1990s,…
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PRIZES GALORE FOR GOOD CAUSES

Have you entered the Broughton Street raffle yet? Promising great prizes (see the list below), tickets are available from 38 local traders at £1…
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RUNNING OUT OF ROOM ON LEITH WALK

Traffic congestion along Leith Walk appears to be getting worse, even before Leith Street is closed for its underground upgrade.A reader contacted…
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BROUGHTHON ROAD WAY BACK WHEN

In Issue 264 (out from 1 July) we published John ‘Jackie’ Hogg’s photo, from 1935, of the Christy  brothers in good voice during a children’s…
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ISSUE 264 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, copies of July’s Spurtle will be hurtling from the presses like bathers from a stray turd in the shallows at Glenogle.Page 1 of…
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SCANLON BOWS OUT AS TWINS TOP AT DRUMMOND

David Sterratt, chair of Drummond Community High School Parent Council, writes:Twins took the top awards at Drummond Community High School’s annual…
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MID-SUMMER POPPY APPEAL

This 11-year-old local has been missing from the Gayfield Square/Leith Walk area for over a week now, and her unusual absence is causing alarm. …
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COMMITTEES AND CONVENERS CONFIRMED

Councillors today agreed a restructured system for committees. The number of committees has been reduced by two, 'ensuring a more balanced share…
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