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FINE FELLOWS NOT SO GREAT

EDINBURGH'S YOUNG MENFOLK LEAVE LOT TO BE DESIRED Last week, we considered fashion, fripperies,  and young ladies' changing education in…
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COGS AND DOGS AND COMMUNITY CINEMA

The new Community Cinema in the middle of Broughton continues this coming Friday with two screeenings aimed at children and families in the…
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CYCLIST INJURED ON RODNEY STREET

POLICE SEEK WITNESSES AFTER DRIVER FAILS TO STOP After a road traffic collision on Thursday 18 February between a cyclist and a white Transit…
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SUNRISE, SUNSET, HOLES, HAPPY BOTTOMS, AND THE EVERLASTING BONFIRE

One of this Spurtle correspondent’s favourite places outwith Broughton is the Edinburgh Central Library on George IV Bridge. And one of the…
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GOOD NEWS FOR THE BOTANICS

EFFICIENT INSTITUTION EXCELS Broughton’s back garden has received a ringing endorsement from top-level experts appointed by the Scottish…
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BAD TIME TO BE A BEAR

FASHION, FRIPPERIES, AND YOUNG LADIES' CHANGING EDUCATION In the Statistical Account of Scotland’s section on Edinburgh, there appear many…
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DEAD ROMANTIC

I arrived home yesterday evening to find a box of roses on the doorstep. Not the chocolate kind, the flower kind. Apparently they come in boxes as…
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WORLD ON YOUR DOORSTEP AT DRUMMOND CHS

There are exciting times ahead as we prepare for our first ever Diversity Evening celebrations on 10 March writes Drummond CHS headteacher Sue Cook.…
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FEBRUARY AND THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Today was a day for unexpected optimistic glimpses.Some were a way off, like this one of Fife … kingdom of perpetual sunshine.From Calton Hill, there…
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STILL MISSING, STILL MISSED

The hunt is still on for Alfie – the young cat who went missing from Bellevue Place back in September.Anyone around Broughton with a passing interest…
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