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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 25

1906 EDINBURGH GUNMAKER’S DOWNFALL. HOW CUSTOMERS WERE DEFRAUDED. Alexander Hendry, an elderly man, was charged at a pleading diet of Edinburgh…
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BRIGHT SPARKS IN NEW TOWN BASEMENT

It may have slipped under your radar, but a low-key group exhibition in the Dundas Street Gallery basement certainly merits a visit. The Aizle Art…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 24

HOW AN EDINBURGH BOY LOST HIS TOE. Sheriff Guy heard proof, in Edinburgh Sheriff Court to-day, in an action arising out of an accident to a little…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 23

CABLE-CAR ACCIDENT. A sad accident occurred opposite Piershill Cemetery on Tuesday evening. A boy named Andrew Cameron, nine years of age, and…
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STAFFORD CENTRE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

Broughton Street’s Stafford Centre has for over 30 years helped people experiencing mental health difficulties to build self-confidence and integrate…
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SERIOUS ASSAULT ON FORTH STREET

The following press release was received from Police Scotland earlier today. We reprint it unedited and in full below. Officers in Edinburgh are…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 22

EDINBURGH CHAUFFEUR’S SUNDAY MORNING RUN. ALLEGED EXCESS OF THE LEGAL LIMIT. John Wallace, 26 Carlton Terrace Lane, Edinburgh, was charged before…
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FRIED AND TRUSTED

A press release arrived in our inbox yesterday asking us to ‘spread the joyous news’ that today (Friday) is National Fish and Chip Day. This not-for…
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FRESH START FOR FORMER DEBENHAM’S

COUNCILLORS APPROVE RADICAL RETHINK Councillors on the Development Management Subcommittee this morning granted planning permission for Legal &…
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THE PERILS OF PROMOTION

Below is the full version of a piece we reproduced in Spurtle Issue 307. It is from the Scotsman, 18 September 1897. The aesthetics of bill-sticking…
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