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BLIND FAITH IN THE GLASITE

 BRIGHT FUTURE IN VIEW? A new tenant could soon move into the Glasite Meeting House.  The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust – owners…
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SUTTON TRUST SUCCESS FOR DRUMMOND STUDENTS

Katherine Dempsie and Peter Wright, both in S5 at Drummond CHS, have been successful in their application to The Sutton Trust’s prestigious summer US…
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MUSIC SCHOOL BACKERS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT

Those wanting a music future for the old Royal High School launched a new initiative this morning in the battle for hearts and minds and ears.St Mary…
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ISSUE 262 – OUT SOON!

No sooner does one May leave Scotland than in comes another – this time bringing with it a new Spurtle.Issue 262 carries word of welcome support for…
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SHIPWRECKED ON McDONALD ROAD

 LOCAL LANDMARK DISAPPEARING FAST  It never was Broughton’s most beautiful building, but it was certainly one of the more unusual. Now,…
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COMMUNITY COUNCILS CALL FOR REFORM

 SWEEPING CHANGES NEEDED TO IMPROVE PLANNING SYSTEM As was evident at last week’s Heritage Hustings (19.4.17), there are currently…
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HAS ANYBODY SEEN THIS BOY?

Can any reader explain this?We think the bouncing bather with biceps began appearing on Broughton lampposts about a month ago (this example is in…
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HERITAGE HUSTINGS REPORT

EDINBURGH THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Last night, Edinburgh World Heritage and Built Environment Forum Scotland staged their inaugural ‘Heritage…
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WHEN POLITICIANS TALK RUBBISH

Overflowing city-centre bins, missed collections, unreliable recycling experiments and a noticeable increase in fly-tipping are common and vexatious…
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HERITAGE HUSTINGS TOMORROW

Edinburgh World Heritage and the Built Environment Forum Scotland will hold a ‘Heritage Hustings’ tomorrow evening (see poster below). The event…
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