Whilst all in favour of urban improvement, clean and cheerful living spaces, we nevertheless enjoy many of Edinburgh's obscure and colourfully tatty corners – such as this pend at the north-east end of Broughton Street Lane.
Has any reader researched what sort of businesses used to operate behind the bricked up doors just visible below the flyposters?
We also like the spectral and nicely rounded couple, stencilled by unknown hands, at the bottom-left hand corner and detailed below.
For further interesting backwaters, photographed from unhelpful angles, visit the Broughton Spurtle Facebook page where this week's prizeless location-identification puzzle began at lunchtime today.
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