OK, this is not the return of normality. But it’s a start.
Leith Central Community Council will hold its first properly constituted meeting since 17 February and Lockdown in March.
The event will involve real people interacting simultaneously in the same physical space, not via an e-conferencing platform.
YOUNG COCK GOLDFINCH AND FEW CANARIES, full song; must be sold.—King, 5 Gayfield Lane.
Edinburgh Evening News, 7 April 1897
[Image: Francis C. Franklin, Wikipedia, Creative Commons.]
Lothian Buses have put the 0.44-acre Tramways Bowling Club site on the market.
Advertised with agent Graham & Sibbald, the land and 40-cover licensed clubhouse/bar are described as potentially offering ‘alternative leisure uses’, and are available at offers over £120k.
As you read this, printed copies of the August Spurtle are already finding their way across the barony like sunbeams newly escaped from a top-security darkened cloud-chamber.
Issue 298 begins as usual on Page 1, this time with news of a development on the brink and a rumour scotched. There’s coverage, too, of a roundly criticised proposal, ineffective enforcement, cancellations of cramming, and a whack in the yack for Spurtle’s view of the monumentally offensive.
FOX TERRIER DOG (nice, evenly marked), clean and affectionate, belonging to a lady leaving town; sold cheap to a good home. Christie, 12 William Street Lane.
Scotsman, 10 April 1895
Photo: Duspivova, Wikipedia, creative commons.
Looking at the calendar this morning gave me a true shock … How are we at the end of July already? Days and weeks are slipping away from me lately. I realised it had been a couple of weeks since I tested and refined my July recipe for Spurtle readers, so I decided today was the time to strap myself to a chair and finally type it all up – it is a good one!
Dear Spurtle,
Lots of talk about Broughton Street redevelopment. Lots of talk about safety etc., but just along the road another major hazard for pedestrians has gone unchecked for years.
The car rental company on East London Street, by day keeps a clear shop and entries into and out of their garage. At night and especially Sunday nights, cars seem to be abandoned – creating a real hazard for pedestrians. Walkers are forced onto the road, and for those with mobility or visual difficulties this is dangerous.
The scene below is a regular one at weekends.
Fraser Parkinson
