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ISSUE 332 – OUT TOMORROW

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 31/08/2023 - 17:56

As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are not spreading across the barony like confused tourists in unsuccessful search of a short-term let.

Instead, they remain twinkles in the eye of a printer, whose celebration of the recent English bank holiday has delayed the appearance of Issue 332 until the actual day of its official publication.

Expect to start seeing paper copies, moist with the sweat of anxious delivery pixies, from lunchtime tomorrow. In the meantime, there follows the customary unhelpful preview.

YORK LANE

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 25/08/2023 - 07:41

Ups and downs. No. 25 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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PERSEIDS

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 18/08/2023 - 17:15

Brandon Terrace.

No. 24 in an occasional series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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COUNCIL ACCEPTS EAST LONDON STREET PETITION

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 18/08/2023 - 11:24

A petition signed by over 160 East London Street and other residents was presented to the Transport & Environment Committee yesterday. The TEC accepted the petition and resolved to consider a report on the topic by Council officers at its scheduled meeting in October.

CHANCE ENCOUNTER

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 17/08/2023 - 11:22

Having arrived on the street unfortunately wearing the same outfit, they decided to ignore each other.

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BRIGHT AND AIRLIE

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/08/2023 - 08:41

No. 22 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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‘SCOTTISH BEACON’ LIT TODAY

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/08/2023 - 14:00

The Broughton Spurtle and 19 other independent local and hyperlocal news publications serving urban and rural communities across Scotland have joined forces to create The Scottish Beacon, a new national news platform which launched today.

The innovative website is the first collaborative journalism outlet of its kind in the country. The aim is to strengthen the independent community-based media sector and bring stories from Scotland’s communities to a wider audience.

DONALD, WHERE‘S YOUR FIVERS?

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 08:20

A TAILOR’S ADVENTURE IN EDINBURGH

A cautionary tale for visitors, from the Edinburgh Evening News, 3 Oct 1898.

The Edinburgh detective staff are at present investigating a case in which a young tailor, belonging to the Isle of Skye, got swindled out of close upon £10 by means of the confidence trick, in Picardy Place, on last Friday night.

ISSUE 331 PUBLISHED TODAY

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/08/2023 - 00:01

Warning! Contains superheroes.

Find your printed copy in shops, services and libraries throughout Broughton and beyond.

Or download your colour pdf here.

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HARD MILES FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/08/2023 - 00:01

LOCAL RESIDENT ON TREK FOR CRISIS

My name is Jamie Forbes and I live on East London Street.

I work for Lloyds Banking Group and I am raising funds for our charity partner – Crisis. Crisis are the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. They help people directly out of homelessness and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.

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