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In the Scotsman on Boxing Day 1867, the following article detailed an outsider’s account of strange goings-on the previous day in the fleshpots of London.
The Scottish journalist, like many others since at this time of year, found little to report.
Ah the good old days!
When Edinburgh was graced by beautiful horses, a comprehensive tramway system, decent roads, happy visitors, and a popular Council firmly in control of private-sector subcontractors, operating across all departments with efficiency and purpose.
Two letters which appeared in the Scotsman on 18 and 22 December 1869 cast an interesting light on distinctive features of nineteenth-century Edinburgh street life; some of which are thankfully lost, others of which sound rather familiar.
There’s been a very appreciative response to articles in the last two months’ printed Spurtles about the history of houses on Albany Street. So much so, in fact, that we thought readers might be interested to learn more about their author.
Barclay Price has lived in Albany Street for 20 years, having previously lived in London where he worked as a senior Arts administrator.
Around 35 cyclists (and Ward 12 councillor Susan Rae) gathered for an hour this lunchtime on Leith Walk at the junction with Pilrig Street.
Dressed in blue safety tabards, they lined the north and southbound cycle lanes as ‘human bollards’ to protest against the removal of ‘armadillos’ from the road.
Armadillos, also known as ‘orcas’, are moulded lumps (about the size of a shoebox) bolted to the road surface. They offer some (largely psychological) barrier to motorised traffic, and are attractive to local authorities because they're comparatively cheap.
Broughton bade farewell to the last element of Paolozzi's 'Manuscript of Monte Cassino' today.
On a rainy, cold and rather dispiriting Wednesday lunchtime, a small crowd gathered to witness the removal.
Present were members of the Press, passers-by, and Sir Tom Farmer (right).
It was his generosity that had brought the artwork to this corner of Edinburgh back in 1991.
DIGITAL DISPLAY PLAN ADJACENT TO PAOLOZZI PALM
Some observers regard the proposed reshuffling of Paolozzi’s ‘Manuscript of Monte Cassino’ as an ill-conceived guddle: a half-baked compromise in the Picardy Place re-design.
Trevor Davies, formerly Edinburgh Council's Planning Convener (2003–2007) and now Honorary Professor of Urban Studies at Glasgow University, has been rather quiet of late about Picardy Place. Today, he breaks his silence.
Let’s take a step back
It is Edinburgh’s topography, its built heritage and its status as capital city that have attracted the skills and learning and investment which together make our city prosperous and of worldwide renown.
CEC TO OPEN INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH PARENTS
City of Edinburgh Council will begin informal discussions with parent councils next month about whether to move Gaelic Medium Education (GME) from James Gillespie’s High School to Drummond Community High School.
Pushing the proposal is the fact that Gillespie’s is projected to have 1,537 pupils in 2021, but a capacity for only 1,300. In the same year, Drummond is projected to have 418 pupils with a capacity for 600.