Restricted parking for 7 weeks! (from Mon 8th Feb) Residents recently received a formal notification from the City of Edinburgh Council [CEC] about pavement upgrading on Dundas Street extending from Great King Street up the main crossroad at Abercromby Place and Heriot Row. Copy of letter here (opens as PDF) One of our members, Gerald […]
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The local community council is having a meeting this evening where they will discuss local issues and proposals. They have a very informative website and is a great place to find out about local activities groups. The agenda for the meeting can be found here – Link. More recently the community council have considered recent
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http://nnsa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot-2020-12-02-223002.mp4 Decorate our Streets for a … Christmas Bring joy to all who use our streets by decorating your railings, windows and doors. Use your creativity to bring a smile to people walking our streets. Please use what you have, there is absolutely no need to buy expensive decorations. There will be a prize for
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Attached is a copy of the notes that Andrew Kerr produced about the history of Oil Lighting in Edinburgh. This has some interesting points and the word document has links to pictures and further information on the web. Oil Lighting in Edinburgh [opens as word document] Edinburgh World Heritage – Lighting Project 6 Feb 2012
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In this post we continue with our series of histories involving the Northumberland Street area, Jim/Morag Smith and Joan Dow have kindly lent the Newsletter a manuscript from which the following extract has been taken. “The Reminiscences are those of Mrs Leven, born in 1800, daughter of Rev. James Wemyss of Burntisland. They were told
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CLICK image for PDF File Introduction Much has happened in our City during 2018 and that pace of activity continues this year. The relentless drive to provide housing, particularly affordable house, for our expanding population has filled in most of the brown field sites within the city boundaries and sights are now set on the
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Introduction There has been a great deal of activity in the city since our last Newsletter in January but many of the items which concerned us then are still on our agenda and are commented on below to bring you up to date. Our city is changing at a great rate and keeping up with
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