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St NINIAN’S ROW

The long drop. No. 46 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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BETTER OUT THAN IN

This online piece adds detail to the printed article 'Coining it in' which appears in Issue 352, p.3. Below we quote the Coinstar kiosk guidance…
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ISSUE 352 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the July Spurtle have already alighted on local shelves like fleas bagging sunbeds on a hedgehog on holiday.…
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GRANTON BREAKWATER

July 2025. Clouds on the horizon. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #world 
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FIRTH OF FORTH

Today it was blowy.Some unreliable background history here: https://www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/half-sunk-without-trace#Edinburgh#hyperloal#news…
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YORK PLACE, UNDER THE MOORISH WALL

We wish all our readers a very happy Bloomsday. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal#news#Bloomsday#James Joyce  
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BROUGHTON STREET

Two souls with but a single thought. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #lunch #hungry…
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DRY-SHOD IN KING GEORGE V PARK

We're pleased to report that – despite some minor ponding by one of the gates – the new swails proved equal to the task after the first thunderplump…
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EDINBURGH SUMMER …

and the light fandango. No. 45 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#proculharum…
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NEW TOWN PLUMBING

Does anyone understand it? Can any reader explain this? #Edinburgh #hyperlocal#news #pipes#whatgoesupmustcomedownandviceversa…
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