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CRIMINAL CRIMBO – HATE, RAPE AND THE GRAPE

Campaigns running this Christmas and New Year reflect an Edinburgh reality many of us would prefer not to think about.For the second year running,…
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THE TRUE EXTENT OF BROUGHTON'S GRIT BINS – PATCHY IN THE EXTREME

The Spurtle now has a definitive list of the City of Edinburgh Council's grit-bins. You can download it by clicking on the link at the foot of this…
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HANG 'EM HIGH: A FOOTWEAR PHENOMENON

You may have heard of clootie trees. The practice is an ancient pagan survival found mostly in rural backwaters of Fife, the Black Isle and Ireland,…
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NEW COUNCIL SURVEY ON RUBBISH OPINIONS

City of Edinburgh Council's 'Modernising Waste Team' seek your opinions on how to handle rubbish collection and recycling in the city.Inevitably, at…
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CAPITAL RIOTS: DOUCE EDINA DISORDERED – PART 2

Sanguinary New Year disorder occurred on the night of 31 December 1811 and the early morning of 1 January 1812.According to W.M. Gilbert (1901: 55),…
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DOUCE EDINA DISORDERED – PART 1

The Daily Mail may view recent student disorder as a first sign of civilisation's imminent collapse south of the border, but the Spurtle is more…
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LEITH CENTRAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

LCCC meets tonight at 7:30pm in McDonald Rd Library. Subjects for discussion will include the Pilmeny Youth Group, Leith Decides, and election…
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SPURTLE THANKS COUNCIL THROUGH GRITTED TEETH

When Councillor Charles Dundas forwarded us a list of grit-bin locations in the City Centre ward on 6 December (Breaking news 6.12.10), we assumed…
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COUNCIL UPDATE ON REFUSE COLLECTION

Edinburgh City Council has published an update on refuse collection during the wintry weather on its website:... To help households manage their…
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ANIMAL MAGIC

The Union Gallery's new exhibition – 'The Animals are Coming' – is an ecclectic assembly of works, unified chiefly by quality and the taste of…
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