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ISSUE 305 — OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advanced copies of the April Spurtle are already dispersing across the barony like personal items storm-torn from a clothes line…
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COUNCIL BOOST FOR OUTDOOR HOSPITALITY THIS SUMMER

If hospitality firms reopen as planned on 26 April, Edinburgh Council will help them by waiving fees for outdoor area occupation permits and making…
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A DOCTOR DENOUNCES VACCINATION

Below we reprint in full an article which first appeared in the Scotsman on 30 March 1901 and was later abridged in the Spurtle (Issue 305…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 14

HOUSING OF EDINBURGH POOR. ADDRESS BY JUDGE BROWN. Under the auspices of the Edinburgh Citizens’ and Ratepayers’ Union, in the Freemasons’ Hall,…
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NEW TOWN RIFT OVER COFFEE KIOSK

On 17 March, councillors on the Development Management Subcommittee granted permission for the police box on Heriot Row to operate as a coffee and…
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POLICE INVESTIGATE BROUGHTON STREET COLLISION

Police Scotland is appealing for information after a cyclist collided with a car in Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon. We reprint (unedited) their press…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 13

EDINBURGH STUDENTS FINED.— In Edinburgh Police Court yesterday, before Bailie Gibson, Henry Eustace Cross (25), 21 Hillside Street; Andrew Whitehead…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 12

1903 FREAK BY AN EDINBURGH JOINER.—Before Bailie Waterston in Edinburgh Police Court on Saturday, Robert Rae (20), residing in East Register Street…
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KNEE-CHIRK REACTION

Chirk, Conway, Denbigh, Kenilworth, Ludlow, Raglan, Rhuddlan, Stirling, and Warwick. What’s the connection? If you answered ‘Towns with a medieval…
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UNITED FRONT AGAINST INVASION FROM MMMARS

A determination is expected by 15 April on MMMARS Dundas Limited’s plans to demolish and redevelop two properties at 108–14 and 116 Dundas St to form…
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