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YORK LANE

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The slippery slope to autumn.

No. 38 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (6)

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Cowboys, fists and a monster smoking concert

We saw last week how, in the continued absence of large-scale commercial exhibitions, Edinburgh's first purpose-built exhibition hall on Annandale Street was struggling to justify its existence. 

 

Sporting fixtures, dances and pageants on roller skates were all very well. ‘Sacred concerts’ and charity benefits created good publicity and raised the tone. But where was the money to come from? 

 

ISSUE 343 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

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As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already spreading across the neighbourhood like cheery delivery drivers rattling along pavements.

 

Issue 343 kicks off with news of no reason to start again, no access for VIPs, the questionable effects of dead beavers, and cheery delivery drivers on pavements.

 

It continues with tiles, aspirations, wind and cemeteries, followed by landscapes, litter, stray signage and student housing. AI could make a film of it.

 

MORE BROUGHTON THRILLS AND SPILLS

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It’s been a slippy-sloppy sort of summer in the splash-it-all-over world of Spurtleshire decorating.

 

Readers may recall the Great Spillage of 15 July which we followed from outside 28 East Claremont Street to Heriot Row via London Street, Nelson Street and Abercromby Place. There, overlooked by the great and the good of the Edinburgh legal establishment, the trail ran cold and we had to abandon our pursuit for lack of evidence.

 

THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (5)

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Roller-sports and pageants on wheels

In a successful bid to broaden its appeal to the wider public and sporting participants alike, the administrators of Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space began devising a series of competitive events with the added thrill of being played on roller-skates.

 

A roller-hockey match was staged on 31 March 1924 and a report followed next day in the Edinburgh Evening News.

 

SHOES NEWS FROM BROUGHTON STREET

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Welcome to Crep Exclusive, the latest addition to Broughton Street and a vibrant new presence at No. 50A after the departure of Concrete Wardrobe in 2020.

 

To be clear: For anyone wanting a pancake, this is not for you.

 

To put it mildly: For anyone just wanting to replace their old rubber tennis shoes, this will come as a bit of an eye-opener.

 

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