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LOTHIAN BUSES TO SELL PILRIG BACKLAND

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…
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ISSUE 298 – OUT SOON!

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-…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 39

1895–96 FOX TERRIER DOG (nice, evenly marked), clean and affectionate, belonging to a lady leaving town; sold cheap to a good home. Christie,…
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COOKING WITH GIADA CANDERLE

RAINBOW TROUT AND GIANT COUSCOUS WARM SALAD Looking at the calendar this morning gave me a true shock … How are we at the end of July already?…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 38

1894 EDINBURGH GARDENER SUES FOR DIVORCE. Lord Wellwood in the Court of Session to-day heard evidence in an action for divorce by James…
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SOUND-PROOFED CHURCH WOULD NOT BE DISRUPTIVE

The Grace Church, Leith seeks planning permission for a change of use from Class 11 (Assembly and leisure) to a church (Class 10 Non-residential…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 37

1890–93 WOMAN FOUND DROWNED IN EDINBURGH. At about half-past one this morning the body of a woman was found floating in the mill lade at Canonmills…
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LATEST PROPOSALS FOR BETTER BROUGHTON STREET

COMMUNITY COUNCIL’S CONSIDERED VIEW Local resident and former MP Mark Lazarowicz first publicised proposals to improve Broughton Street for…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 36

OUTER HOUSE. (Before Lord Wellwood.) DIVORCE CASES. […] On the ground of cruelty, Mary Ewart or Ross, 37 India Place, Edinburgh, sought separation…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 35

THE STOCKBRIDGE MURDER CASE 1889 Part VI AN EFFORT TO EXERCISE CALM JUDGEMENT –––––––––––––– The law has been allowed to “take its course” upon…
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