ALAN TAYLOR’S BOURGEOIS EDINBURGH
Local history
IN AT THE SHARPE END
Local author Rosslyn MacPhail’s biography of her great great grandfather Captain John Orr (1789–1879) was published in October and will be launched later this month in Edinburgh Castle.
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The final round
We now enter the last days of the Industrial Hall, Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space on Annandale Street.
No amount of roller-skating stunts, Christmas carnivals, circus troupes, galloping Cossacks and smoke-shrouded boxing collisions could disguise the fact that Scotland’s economy in the postwar Depression of the early and mid 1920s could not sustain a commercial venture of this kind.
RAIN AND REMEMBRANCE IN ROSEBANK CEMETERY
In wet conditions yesterday, local resident David Harrison led a tour of Rosebank Cemetery to look at some of the graves there erected and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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The end is nigh
As 1925 drew to a close, rumours about the future of the Annandale Street Industrial Hall, Edinburgh's first purpose-built exhibition space were confirmed when the
PROGRESS ON CANON STREET
Work on 1–3 Canon Street appears to be progressing well, with the new roof taking shape in damp conditions yesterday.
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Too big, too small, too expensive … the problem with white elephants
As we saw last week, owin
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Here are two upcoming events with local connections which may interest Spurtle readers.
Readings from Donald Smith and Stewart Conn's 'Edinburgh: Our Storied Town', Central Library, 3 Oct, 6.30pm: ticketsource.co.uk/edinburgh-central-library.
Guided tour of Commonwealth War Graves in Rosebank Cemetery, 9 October, 10am: https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/war-graves-tours/.
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Future potential, squashed present, thrills on horseback
As noted in last week's article, in the summer of 1925, Edinburgh politicians, officials and commentators had reacted with barely suppressed exci
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On the surface, all appeared to be well at the Industrial Hall, Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space, as a new year dawned.