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Bellevue's dangerous disgrace

 

Dear Spurtle,

Having lived in Bellevue Road for over 20 years, I can't remember a time when the crossing opposite Drummond Community High School was functional. 

I do remember the light in the middle never worked. And the day that the raised island sections were removed, which I hoped would mean it all was being removed. 

But no, a lamppost was left unlit and unmarked in the middle of the road. I complained to the Council who added a round Keep Left sign to the lamppost. Over the intervening years, more temporary signage has been added, and flattened, and added again. 

You don't need a degree in Transport Management (although I do have one) to realise the current arrangement is unsafe and unsightly.

How much longer must we endure 'Bellevue's Disgrace'?

Richard Hamer

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PUZZLING PLACES AND PEOPLE

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Whole greater than parts

 
This is a puzzle. 
 
Each clue links to both a place and, with one exception, a named individual. 
 
There are 12 places and 11 individuals and something else to name.
 
Confusingly, as well as the 12 places mentioned above, all the clues are linked to a single, different place.

BOOK LAUNCH

An event to mark the publication of Barclay Price's A History of Dundas Street, Edinburgh. Book online HERE or in the shop. Tickets are £6.00, or buy the book and get in free.

Date and time
Venue
Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ.

LOOKING AT CALTON HILL HISTORY IN MORE DEPTH

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The Calton Hill Conservation Trust has arranged a series of events for locals looking at the archaeological potential of the area.

 

The project will be run by the Edinburgh branch of Headland Archaeology (HA). It will look into the human history of the Hill, about which little is known before building of the old observatory house in 1776.

 

A photogrammetric survey from the air took place using a drone on 15 January. 

 

AMERICAN HERO

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David Howie Scott, director of the popular Howie’s restaurants, wants to put a bronze plaque commemorating the 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass outside premises at 29A Waterloo Place (26/00212/LBC). 

 

Proposed wording for the 330mm x 500ml memorial is:

HENDERSON ROW CLOSED FOLLOWING CRASH

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Police Scotland issued a press release this lunchtime which we reproduce below unedited and in full.

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Henderson Row in Edinburgh is closed northbound following a crash involving a van and a cyclist that happened around 11.45am on Monday, 12 January.

Emergency services attended and the cyclist has been taken to hospital.

Road users are advised to avoid the area.

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