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DRYDEN GARDENS
Sunday 7 April 2024 - 18:52
Finally beginning to feel a bit like spring. No. 32 in an occasional photographic series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #…
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CALTON HILL
Saturday 6 April 2024 - 17:21
Bright skies and bleesterin wind this afternoon. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #weather…
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WET, WET, WET … AND SLIPPERY
Friday 5 April 2024 - 12:15
Canonmills Haugh or Loch may have been drained in 1847, but old habits die hard. The hollow in which King George V Park and The Yard now nestle was…
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DUBLIN STREET CLOSED
Wednesday 3 April 2024 - 16:34
Since yesterday, Dublin Street has been closed to road traffic between Dublin Street Lane North and Albany Street. Dublin Meuse is also closed at the…
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RULE CHANGE MAY BROADEN MEMBERSHIP OF MORAY’S ‘FAVOURED FEW’
Monday 1 April 2024 - 00:01
March 2024. A pleasant spring afternoon in Moray Place. A hint of peat smoke in the air. The vaguest scent of sewage drifting from the Water of Leith…
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ISSUE 338 – OUT SOON!
Friday 29 March 2024 - 11:01
As you read this, advance copies of the April Spurtle are already appearing across Broughton like sparrow droppings on the first washing line of…
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THE LEVY AS LEVERAGE – MIXED RESPONSE
Thursday 14 March 2024 - 00:01
The Edinburgh Reporter interviewed Edinburgh Council Leader Cllr Cammy Day last month as elected representatives tackled setting the city’s next…
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ISSUE 337 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!
Thursday 29 February 2024 - 08:39
As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle are already spreading across Broughton like fresh mildew on the shower curtain of civilisation…
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POWDERHALL’S PATH OF POTENTIAL
Tuesday 6 February 2024 - 02:55
Searching for a bridge I was vaguely aware of, I found myself standing on it without knowing, writes Charlie Ellis. The structure is the slightly…
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GAYFIELD PLACE LANE
Monday 5 February 2024 - 17:13
The ghost of Christmas. No. 31 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #dhyperlocal #news…
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