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IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER

 HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF AS FARCE ON EAST SCOTLAND STREET LANE The latest planning application for the lockup / flat / AirBnB / Class 2…
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SCUNNERED?

Many thanks to local reader John Hein, who today sent us this photograph of a sign attached to a London Road bus stop. As Mr Hein observes, ‘…
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LEITH WALK HUSTINGS – WHO SAID WHAT

Around 120 people filled the Thomas Morton Hall at Leith Theatre last night for an event billed as the Save Leith Walk (SLW) hustings. For a by-…
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TRAMS TO NEWHAVEN – LOCALS LAY DOWN TERMS

Community Councils Together on Trams (CCTT) is a coalition of the four community councils most impacted by the proposed tramway extension route…
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NEW SCHEME FOR SLOPING SITE

Architects LBA have put forward new plans for a development of six 1-bedroom apartments on a narrow sloping site between 13 Claremont Crescent and…
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LEITH WALK BY-ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED

Eleven candidates will contest the forthcoming Leith Walk (Ward 12) by-election on 11 April.They are, in alphabetical order:Steven Alexander, UK…
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TENEMENT HACKS: STAIR LIGHTING TIMESWITCHES

If you live in a tenement, you may well have been frustrated by power cuts affecting the time the stair lights come on and go off. The reason…
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ANNANDALE STREET CLOSED FOR SUSPICIOUS ITEM

Police in Scotland issued a statement this evening regarding the incident in Annandale Street this afternoon.We reproduce it in full.A spokesperson…
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IT WAS FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA

This is a full version of the article which was reproduced (in shortened form) in Issue 282. It comes from the Scotsman, 14 March 1919. AMERICAN…
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ISSUE 282 – OUT TOMORROW!

It’s nearly March, and copies of the latest Spurtle have already begun bouncing about the barony like spring hares on a garden trampoline. Issue…
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