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Doors Open Day – the Cockburn Association's annual, free event beloved of architectural historians, nosey Parkers, and methodical burglars everywhere – returns for TWO days next weekend, 24–5 September.
Brochures listing venues across the city are available in McDonald Road Library, but below is a list of the ones within easy striking distance of Broughton Central.
Lothian Buses Central Depot, 55 Annandale Street
Sat. 12 noon–4pm
In Breaking news (6.9.11) we reported the New Town and Broughton Community Council’s serious misgivings about line-switching for the trams on York Place. They predicted congestion and displaced traffic.
A series of free workshops for residents will focus on energy efficiency measures and their DIY installation, writes Edinburgh World Heritage's Chiara Ronchini.
The idea is to have practical workshops where residents learn how to install very simple energy efficiency measures in order to prepare their homes for winter and save money. The three October sessions aim at targeting the whole house from floors and doors, to windows and lofts.
The workshops will run at Greenworks, 20 Graham Street from 2pm–5pm as follows:
The obscure Adam Richardson of 39 George Street has proposed alterations to the shop front, installation of external plant/machinery, roof alterations and display of signage at Category A-listed 28 Howe Street (Ref. 11/02841/LBC). This is the property currently occupied by the In-House design store.
September – and by the looks of it, autumn – is well and truly upon us, and with this time of year come some spectacular root vegetables. Brownies are an essential part of any baking arsenal: they’re quick, easy and almost impossible to resist, and although beetroot may not be the first thing you think of putting in traditional brownies, it certainly adds to the delicious cakey texture you’d expect from a rich, chocolate brownie.
Kimberley Reed won silver in the Hammer at the Commonwealth Youth Games on Sunday.
Her first and best throw of 54.22 metres was beaten by rival Louisa James's 58.10m in the second round.
'I think she's quite pleased ... but still a little disappointed,' commented her father Scott Reed afterwards. 'It was a bit of a tall order to expect her to beat the reigning World Champion, who was in top form and set a new personal best which ranks her third in the world this year.'
Doggie Fun Sunday passed off successfully yesterday, with pooch enthusiasts gathering from across Broughton and the wider world to raise funds for the charity Canine Partners.
Twitter sceptics – concerned, it seems, at the combination of dogging and forecast unsettled weather – had doubted on Friday if the event would take place.
One of the competitions in yesterday's Doggie Fun Sunday involved guessing the purpose of this wooden (usually wall-mounted) domestic contraption.
Measuring about two-and-a-half feet in length, it comprises 8, notched arms, all of which can be removed from the storage positions in which they are shown in this photograph.
Organisers of the inaugural Scotland's History Festival in November seek immigrants to Scotland to feature in an exhibition of photographs.
'Jock Tamson's Bairns' will study the lives of 'newcomers' from Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, the Caribbean, England, France, Italy, India, Ireland and Lithuania. In fact the country of origin seems flexible, and the date of arrival irrelevant so long as there's an interesting tale to be told.