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CULTURAL PEERS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
Tuesday 7 December 2010 - 15:25
Since October last year, Drummond Community High School has been running a Cultural Peer Project which both participants and independent observers…
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TRUE GRIT – WHERE IS IT?
Monday 6 December 2010 - 16:37
City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) undertake to clear main routes of snow and ice, whilst – not unreasonably – expecting citizens themselves to make…
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BROUGHTON SNOW DISRUPTION – LATEST (2:00pm)
Monday 6 December 2010 - 14:08
A decision on whether to open schools tomorrow will be made this evening around tea time. Most evening classes on school property appear to be…
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GRIT – CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ON THIN ICE
Monday 6 December 2010 - 10:49
Charles Dundas has effectively kaiboshed conspiracy theorists who claim there are no grit bins in Edinburgh.The City Centre councillor this morning…
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LEADING FROM THE BACK
Monday 6 December 2010 - 10:25
In Issue 189 we reported the aborted theft of lead from the roof of St Mary's Parish Church on Bellevue Crescent.Local resident Peter Verity has…
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Parallel Broughtons
Monday 6 December 2010 - 09:46
Unreliable Geographies by Aeneas McHaarNo. 14: Part 2 — Pilrig, Johannesburg, South Africa26º 12’ S, 28º 2’ EPatient readers will remember how last…
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BROUGHTON'S CARIBOU: THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE
Thursday 2 December 2010 - 15:49
In Issue 189 we looked into the murky past of Broughton's mounted caribou, but Spurtle's researches uncovered far more interesting and peculiar…
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SPURTLE DISAPPEARANCE? WE'LL BE BACK
Thursday 2 December 2010 - 14:31
Certain administrative and technical adjustments are about to be made to this website which may result in a short interruption to our normal service…
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NOT BETTER DEAD THAN RED
Thursday 2 December 2010 - 10:03
It may seem a long way off, but now's the time to start preparing for National Wear Red Day on 25 February.As part of National Heart Month, the day…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 29.11.10
Wednesday 1 December 2010 - 09:13
All quiet on the Broughton Front, although three local applications have just been granted. The first three links below are to Spurtle's most recent…
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