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There's a strange phenomenon happening on the streets of Broughton. Pedestrians walk up to the traffic lights and they just stand there, motionless, in a mindless daze. They seem incapable of making that big step of pressing the button which would allow them to cross.
In Issue 226 we reported that the owner of a 'garage' on East Scotland Street Lane had lost his appeal to Scottish Ministers against the Council's refusal to grant change of use consent.
Bruce Munro’s ‘Field of Light’ installation will be turned on at 5.00pm in St Andrew Square this evening.
Some 9,000 or 9,500 swaying glass balls on illuminated stalks – all of which change colour and promise visitors a free ‘immersive experience’ – will remain in place until 27 or 28 April. (Official sources differ.)
Changes to Council property letting arrangements mean one of Broughton’s busiest and most vibrant youth groups is at risk of folding.
Broughton's 11th Scouts have met on East London Street for over 80 years. The 26 children and their leaders now try to gather from 7.00–9.00pm on Friday evenings in St Mary's RC Primary School.
Readers may remember the psychedelic paper collages of Bellevue resident Ewan Taylor, reviewed here during their exhibition at McNaughtan’s over two years ago (Breaking news, 11.6.11)
Scottish Water is about to start work on East Claremont Street.
Today saw the latest chapter in the story of Kingsford Developments' application to convert 154 McDonald Road – the former Broughton High School, more recently used as Council offices – into residential use.
Catch it while you can!
Christopher Fernandez's darkly humorous sequence of 20 photographs at Whitespace comprises a chase thriller, playfully ill at ease amid the conventions of American film noir.
The next print edition of the Spurtle has been written up, locked down and is now printing off ready for distribution at the start of next month.
Albany Street-based developer Kingsford Estates Ltd has applied for Planning consent to change the use of 76 Dublin Street from a newsagent to a letting agent's office (Ref. 13/05128/LBC).