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One from the archive:—Image taken on 19 January 2017. 

No. 48 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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To earn an honest bob …

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Beware! 

The detached base of this bollard is a dangerous trip hazard in the dark. 

A visitor last night sustained a bruised face and wrist broken in two places after falling here. 

At leas two urgent requests have now been made for the Council to fix this. 

Damn, no brushes. 

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There is undoubtedly a cultish aspect to specialty, third wave or ‘artisan’ coffee, writes Charlie Ellis. 

Community views green future 

Abandoned Council-owned bowling greens are common across the city, including in the heart of Spurtleshire at Powderhall.  

Twisting through a dusty land. 

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Our photo has prompted some reaction to 'desiccated foliage' in the background. Readers have criticised Council officials for inadequate irrigation of the Picardy Place planting.

Spurtle is more sanguine. The Editor, at least, doesn't mind the seasonal die-back of plants at this time of year, and accepts that its early onset may have been unavoidable after an exceptionally dry, hot spring and summer.

In any case, editing of the photo has certainly reduced the full range of interesting yellows, browns, fawns and ochres which have appeared here over recent weeks.

As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already to be found across the barony, lingering like swallows on telephone wires waiting for an Uber that’s supposedly round the corner and travelling south but never comes.