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COCKBURN ASSOCIATION ANNUAL LECTURE, 2016
Cliff Hague (Chair of the Cockburn Association) delivered a version of the wise, trenchant and provocative article below at a public meeting in Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church on 27 October 2016.
Spurtle thanks Hague and the Cockburn Association for permission to reproduce it in full.
The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December.
Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley Care and The Soko Fund.
Full details at foot of page.
Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.
The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December.
Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley Care and The Soko Fund.
Full details at foot of page.
Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is to create a 1,000-seat auditorium, and rehearsal/recital, recording and administrative spaces in a new purpose-built centre behind Dundas House on St Andrew Square.
The Edinburgh International Festival will also get to use the performance venue.
The development, on land which is surplus to Royal Bank of Scotland’s requirements, is estimated to cost up to £45m. Dundas House itself will remain an RBS branch.
EARLY DAYS IN FRAMING A RESPONSE
With details of RBS’s PPP only very recently available, the New Town & Broughton Community Council had not come to any settled position when it met last night.
Greater clarity is expected at its next meeting on 12 December, ahead of the deadline for public comments on 16 December.
Royal Bank of Scotland has finally submitted its proposals for planning permission in principle at 34 Fettes Row, and 7, 11, 13 Eyre Terrace.
As predicted (Issue 250), many aspects of this will be familiar to those who have followed earlier stages of public consultation, but we revisit them here partly as a first stab at finding a route through the 59 documents submitted in support of the application.
The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December.
Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley Care and The Soko Fund.
Full details at foot of page.
Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.
An independent survey has revealed the damage being done to trees in St Andrew Square by the Events held there.
Essential Edinburgh, which commissioned the survey by the Potter Tree Consultancy (PTC) and manages the events, is now applying for permission to act on all the report’s recommendations (Ref. 16/05408/TCO).
These concern 79 trees examined in the Garden in mid-October.
Drummond Community High School will hold its Open Evening later this week on Thursday 10 November.
It’s a great opportunity for prospective learners, parents, carers (and the odd interested local) to wander in, get a feel for the place, and find out about the opportunities they have to offer.
New head teacher Jodie Hannan told the Spurtle:
Since I took up post in June 2016 I have been impressed every day with the students’ positive attitude and commitment to learning.
DEVELOPERS SEEK TO PROGRESS WITH SCALED-DOWN PROPOSALS
Revised plans by Duddingston House Properties (DHP) and the Urbanist Group (UG) for a new luxury Rosewood hotel in and around the old Royal High School have been scaled down in the latest set of proposals.
The design is a direct response to rejection of the previous plans.