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MSC STUDENTS SEEK LOCAL INPUT

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Hello Spurtle Readers,

We are a group of university students pursuing an MSc in Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh.

Since last semester we have been taking a course on Urban Conservation, and as a part of our Urban Conservation coursework we are analysing the area of Bellevue Crescent, for which we require your help.

EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 7

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Edinburgh Labourer’s Divorce Case.

Lord Pearson heard evidence to-day in an action of divorce by Robert Ewing, labourer, 10 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, against his wife, Elizabeth Culbard or Ewing, 32 Greenside Row, Edinburgh. The pursuer (34), stated that the defender’s father was his cousin, and he was married on 2d May 1900 by declaration.

UPSETTING NEWS FROM WARRISTON

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Another of Warriston Cemetery’s gentle giants has fallen.

The latest example, when seen from Warriston Road, appears to have been rooted in the bank by the Water of Leith.

Closer inspection, though, shows that it’s the one next to the informal entry into the cemetery from the cyclepath at Warriston Junction.

EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS 4

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FIRE IN AN EDINBURGH WORKSHOP.

A fire broke out in a joiner’s workshop situated in Swinton Row, Broughton Street, Edinburgh, yesterday afternoon.[1]

The workshop, which occupies a two-storeyed brick building, is in close proximity to Messrs Moir & Co.’s large funeral undertaking establishment, where, in the stables and yard, there were a large number of horses, hearses, cabs, and other vehicles.