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ALL IN IT TOGETHER, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME

According to Libby Brooks in the Guardian (1 January 2017), Fife and Glasgow Councils are currently considering pilot schemes for a universal…
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NOT IN MY BACK YARD

LOCALS OPPOSE UNWELCOME DEVELOPMENT The following account of a public meeting appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News on 4 December 1888. …
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100 YEARS YOUNG

CUBS REFLECT ON CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS Adventure, Challenge, Fun – all words associated with Scouting, writes Broughton Scout Group’s Assistant…
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HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT YOU, KID

Many thanks to Rhys Fullerton, who caught these beautiful images in the Botanics yesterday. ‘I spotted it posing and keeping warm in the…
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THE WIDENING GYRE

Did you enjoy your city-centre shopping experience this weekend?The cheerful and excited throng?The elegance of Edinburgh in all its festive finery?…
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CHRISTMAS A POSTERIORI

Spurtle is grateful for any and all Christmas cards received. But of the one card we have received so far in 2016, this from Napier Bathrooms…
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BINS AND NEEDLES

This won’t be the most exciting post you’ll read this Christmas, but it may be among the more useful. Bin collection arrangements – for landfill…
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NEW MEWS ON DUBLIN STREET LANE?

Can any reader explain this? Not the cat … The wall-mounted rail, pulley, raised doors, blocks and curved ironwork suggest an arrangement for…
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GEORGE STREET WILL NOT GO DIGITAL

Nine applications to populate George Street with double-sided LCD advertising screens have been refused by City of Edinburgh Council.  As…
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CROSSED WIRES OVER SANDY HILL

The regional Openreach Customer Network Solutions Manager contacted Spurtle today to allay local concerns about telephone engineers working…
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