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71 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh. An 1830 villa owned by University of Edinburgh. In 2022 and today....

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What happened to Edinburgh’s old Parliament Hall ? Find out how much survives - and where the decorative stonework went. In the most recent Book of the Old Edinburgh club.

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Latest Book of Old Edinburgh Club just out. Great set of articles.

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Fate of North Berwick hotel to go to Scottish Ministers The fate of a hotel in North Berwick will be put before Scottish Ministers after East Lothian councillors went against recommendations to approve its demolition. The Golf Hotel, in the seaside town, closed commercially in 2006 and had been…

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Beyond repair ?

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Seamless

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St Marks, Warriston Rd, Edin (1936) Inter-war council housing by EJ MacRae and his team. A good infill scheme - with kinked crescent overlooking a pocket park and more surviving sash windows than you usually find #sashwindowsmatter

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Strava rocking the route descriptions.

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Ludworth Tower, Co Durham - from a recent cycle trip. An early C15th tower hanging on - just west of the pit village of Ludworth.

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Happy Burns Night

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Private Eye, ages ago.

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It's raining outside but I'm smiling because I've just received this - first advance copy of my book ☺️ Is it wrong that I keep wanting to stroke it? @c20society.bsky.social

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So disappointing that when this series of the innovative and exciting #TheTraitors ends, it gets replaced next Thursday by the tedious drudgery of The Apprentice, back for its 38th series, with Alan Sugar and his boring scripted witticisms and repetitive tasks performed by utterly hateful people.

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Fire in the disco, fire in the ….

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Factory design that isn't just a box. It's a box of chocolates! Designed by Lewis E Wade for Joseph Terry & Sons of #York 1928. This is where the Chocolate Orange was invented folks 🍫🍊

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1/ Council Housing in Hampstead: Wells House, 1950 - "64 'tactfully Georgianizing' municipal flats" (in the words of @vchlondon.bsky.social) designed by CH James for Hampstead Metropolitan Borough Council. Burgh House, built 1704, shown in the last image.

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Much as I spend my time researching and enjoying post-war Modern architecture, I do like a good bit of classical rustication. This is Melville Street in Edinburgh, where the basement level feels almost hewn from the rock.

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"Rory Olcayto published a searing essay on the state of the city. His central thesis was that Glasgow’s much-vaunted reinvention from 80s post-industrial decline to 90s and noughties cultural and commercial contender had ground to a near-halt." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Reflections. Union Canal.

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Gnomes are so passé (Edinburgh)

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Three merged Newington (Edin.) churches and their history...

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Swanston Village, Edinburgh 26/12/2024 I hope you all had a good Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule or any other holiday. #photography #edinburgh #alba

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FFS, The Guardian. You’ve strayed from the standard measuring system that newspapers use: London buses, Olympic swimming pools, football pitches (proper football), Wales

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Painted OSB board. Very Regal.

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Kerb appall

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NEW BAR, NO BULL.—Old name had longstanding local association: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/new-bar... #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #liocalbusiness #history

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I hope Labour's new plans for housebuilding will enthusiastically support and assist the upgrading and conversion of existing buildings - rather than just developers' newbuild ?

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Listing Barlinnie ? www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/new...

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During Covid lockdown, if you had family round on Christmas Day the police could force their way into your home and make them return to their own homes. Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?

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A fabulous poem from the late C19th by 'Traquair' about my gt gt grandfather George Clark - a building contractor and carpenter in Morningside, Edinburgh. #morningside

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