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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 34

  THE STOCKBRIDGE MURDER CASE 1889 Part V THE CROWD ON CALTON HILL –––––––––––––– It is well nigh a generation and a half ago since…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 33

THE STOCKBRIDGE MURDER CASE 1889 Part IV THE EXECUTION. –––––––––––––– Within the prison walls the bright morning made things look quite…
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SPONSORED ROUNDABOUT A BAD IDEA

COUNCIL CUTTING OFF NOSE TO BEAUTIFY FACE Community Partners Ltd of Halifax, on behalf of Edinburgh University, seeks to erect four non-…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 32

THE STOCKBRIDGE MURDER CASE  1889 Part III THE TRIAL. –––––––––––––– After Pearson and Kean had been taken into custody they were formally…
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TWO LOCAL ROBBERIES – POLICE SEEK WITNESSES

Police Scotland issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full. ------- Police in Edinburgh are…
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DRYDEN GAIT ROBBERY – POLICE SEEK INFORMATION

Police Scotland issued a press release this lunchtime. We reproduce it below unedited and in full. ---------- Detectives in Edinburgh are…
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MORE CONSULTATION YET TO COME

COUNCIL HASN’T BLOWN £840K ON ONE QUESTIONNAIRE On Wednesday, Spurtle reported the launch earlier in the week of a Council-backed questionnaire on…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 31

THE STOCKBRIDGE MURDER CASE, 1889 Part II –––––––––––––– KEAN’S CAREER. Her Early Life. There seems good ground for supposing that King or Kean…
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PROBLEMS WITH COUNCIL’S GREENSPACE CONSULTATION

SURVEYS BEG MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY ASK City of Edinburgh Council has launched a new three-part consultation on how to enhance, protect,…
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ISSUE 297 — OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, printed copies of the July Spurtle are already appearing across the barony like half-eaten fish suppers on a pre-Lockdown Saturday…
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