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BROUGHTON RALLIES FOR WORLD AIDS DAY
Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 11:08
Mansfield Place-based Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading charity for people living with HIV and Hepatitis C. This year it's using World AIDS Day (…
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DRUMMOND FOOTBALLERS SEEK SPONSOR
Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 10:30
Are you a Broughton business seeking a fabulous new marketing opportunity? Do you wish to associate your company name, product or service with…
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ISSUE 201 – OUT SOON!
Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 09:59
Spurtle Issue 201 will be printed today, ready for distribution through wind, rain and blizzard during the first week of December.Within it you'll…
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WHISKY KISS GO EAST – FAREWELL TO MADCAP SHANGHAI
Tuesday 29 November 2011 - 11:21
Whisky Kiss are a Broughton-based, souped-up ceilidh band (with DJs and dancers to give the cutting-edge show a 21st-century edge), writes bassist…
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LIQUOR LICENCE DIVIDES LOCAL OPINION
Tuesday 29 November 2011 - 09:06
My local store – Bellevue Newsagents on the corner of Bellevue Road and Annandale Street – was granted a drinks licence yesterday, writes Broughton…
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WHISKY KISS GO EAST – SHANGHAI LEAVES BASSIST BREATHLESS
Monday 28 November 2011 - 11:51
Whisky Kiss are quite possibly the spawniest ceilidh band that has ever whistled, piped and fiddled through a Gay Gordons or Strip the Willow [at…
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NOIR CHRISTMAS FOR BROUGHTON
Monday 28 November 2011 - 11:11
Locals have known for some time that a social enterprise-focused street market is due to appear outside St Mary's Cathedral on Broughton Street this…
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PROTESTORS STRIKE ANOTHER TELLING BLOW FOR CANONMILLS TREES
Friday 25 November 2011 - 16:01
Protestors opposed to the cutting down of trees at Canonmills appear to be running rings around a confused City of Edinburgh Council.Below we…
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NEW REPORT RUBBISHES BLACK BIN BAGS
Thursday 24 November 2011 - 13:36
As we predicted in Issue 200 ('New Town wheelie bins – an open and shut case?), City of Edinburgh Council looks set to phase out black bin bags…
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WHISKY KISS GO EAST – IAIN MACPHAIL BLOGS FROM A LAND BEYOND MUSSELBURGH
Thursday 24 November 2011 - 12:17
'HULLO THERE, CHINA!' is a well-known Glaswegian greeting, featuring in publications like Parliamo Glasgow, and made famous by the peerless Stanley…
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