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ISSUE 287 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, copies of the August Spurtle are already bouncing out of the presses like waves over a flood prevention scheme.Page 1 babbles…
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GHAZALA PEENA FAROOQ (1940–2019)

Friday 26 July, 2019 was a day of great sadness for the Edinburgh-South Asian Community, writes Nahid Aslam. Mrs Ghazala Peena Farooq, a…
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ROUND AND ROUND IN CIRCLES ON BAXTER'S PLACE

Neighbours and other locals continue to monitor events at 7–8 Baxter’s Place very carefully.  In its latest applications on 18 June 2019 (Refs…
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LINE OF ARGUMENT

 EDINBURGH’S FLAWED TRAMWAY … AND HOW TO FIX IT Dave Holladay is a highly experienced transport and engineering professional with first-…
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TIME TO REMEMBER, TIME TO LOOK FORWARD

As locals prepare to sample a refurbished (and hopefully improved) Clark’s Bar, one experienced reader fondly remembers how the Dundas Street…
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ASPECTS OF EDINBURGH

 John Ross Maclean reviews a ‘veritable symphony of pleasures’ On 25 June, Blackwell’s Bookshop on South Bridge hosted the launch of…
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WATER OF LEITH FLOOD PREVENTION – HOW RELIABLE, HOW WATERPROOF?

Parts of Edinburgh struggled to cope with a sudden downpour on 24 June.  Over half the month’s anticipated rain fell in three hours on the west…
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OUT OF THE ASHES

Edinburgh-based Star Pubs & Bars Ltd seeks planning consent for new signage at 46–48A Broughton Street (Ref. 19/03014/ADV). The former…
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BLINK AND YOU’RE SPLATTED

This was originally going to be a short article about Broughton’s grain basket on East Claremont Street. There was to be a bad joke about…
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LOCAL ROADWORKS – REVISED TIMETABLE

Edinburgh Council has issued a revised carriageway resurfacing programme prior to tramworks starting in the autumn. We have extracted those…
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