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SAXE-COBURG STREET

The scenic route. No. 19 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

You can travel the world on a Hebridean beach. Each outgoing tide leaves behind stories: flotsam, jetsam, bookshelves and messages in bottles. Or…
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GREAT KING STREET

Signs of wear and tear. No. 18 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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PROBLEMS WITH SMELL FOR TACO BELL?

Those managing the former Bank of Scotland premises at 6 Picardy Place find themselves with a problem Tex-Mex-style food chain Taco Bell wants to…
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GABRIEL'S ROAD

After the mushrooms. No. 17 in an occasional series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal…
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MUSEUM OF FIRE HERITAGE OPENS DOORS TO LOCALS

On Saturday 17 June, the Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage in Dryden Place had a preview opening for local residents. The museum tells the story of…
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ISSUE 330 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the printed Spurtle are already spreading across Broughton like traffic cones on a Canonmills footway. July’s…
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CANONMILLS — WHAT A MESS!

Canonmills and neighbouring streets are an unsightly and trip-hazardous jummle. So says Napier Bathrooms’ Johnny Bacigalupo. This morning, he…
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SO FAR AND YET SO NEAR …

Narrow miss in Broughton this evening fuels demand for segregated Moon lanes.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#out and about…
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TREE CHEERS FOR COMPROMISE

GEORGE STREET MAY GET GREENER Built-heritage hard nuts and bark-hugging philarborists have compromised over proposals to improve and beautify…
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