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Broughton's free, independent stirrer for hyperlocal news, views, history & culture in north/central Edinburgh since 1994. Monthly print issue. Online at www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk. No party-political/faith affiliations. Not-for-profit. Run by volunteers.
Leith Street, looking south. Pole-mounted advert obscures view of pavement at one end of the pedestrian crossing.
SPOT THE PEDESTRIAN.βLeith Street go-see advert poses non-see-through danger. Reader's letter: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/letters/go-s...
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
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TBF, even in non-Festival times these wrap-around ads are a case study of street clutter.
Chiefly advertising @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social initiatives.
Oh thereβs tons of this going on. Thereβs a crossing at Forrest Road where you can normally see cars coming from like 30m away but during Fringe itβs cut to 10m by adverts
04.08.2025 08:38 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0They're a pest, these things. During the festival, the city and its pavements are even busier than usual so I don't understand how they get an exemption when a-boards are banned. Both pose a hazard to pedestrians.
04.08.2025 08:48 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0It's hard to see past a lot of the ever-larger and more numerous advertising hoardings, which in places like Middle Meadow Walk is just waiting for an accident.
04.08.2025 08:52 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The big temporary hoarding just opposite outside St Maryβs could also be better located.
04.08.2025 07:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Leith Street, looking south. Pole-mounted advert obscures view of pavement at one end of the pedestrian crossing.
SPOT THE PEDESTRIAN.βLeith Street go-see advert poses non-see-through danger. Reader's letter: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/letters/go-s...
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edi.bike @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @ntbcc.bsky.social
Front page of Issue 353 (August 2025).
ISSUE 353.βEdinburgh visitor numbers reach 20,000β30,000 per month over the summer. Available in print across Broughton and beyond. Available online at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Front page of Issue 353 (August 2025).
ISSUE 353.βEdinburgh visitor numbers reach 20,000β30,000 per month over the summer. Available in print across Broughton and beyond. Available online at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Front page of the August 2025 printed Spurtle.
ISSUE 353 β PUBLISHED TODAY! Everything you need to know about 1 square mile of north/central Edinburgh. Now printed on lightweight, breathable, summer-friendly paper with shower-resistant coating suitable for hailstorms.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Chance for @spurtle.bsky.social to test their St Andrew Square windiness scale?
01.08.2025 12:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0The @workersobservatory.org has made it to the Spurtle:
01.08.2025 11:10 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0And totally weightless and paperless at www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/sites/defaul... !
01.08.2025 08:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Front page of the August 2025 printed Spurtle.
ISSUE 353 β PUBLISHED TODAY! Everything you need to know about 1 square mile of north/central Edinburgh. Now printed on lightweight, breathable, summer-friendly paper with shower-resistant coating suitable for hailstorms.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Black cat reading a copy of the Spurtle.
ISSUE 353 PUBLISHED TOMORROW.βUnhelpful preview available here: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/issue-3...
31.07.2025 08:35 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Black cat reading a copy of the Spurtle.
ISSUE 353 PUBLISHED TOMORROW.βUnhelpful preview available here: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/issue-3...
31.07.2025 08:35 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Chance positioning of decayed leaf and fallen nut on memorial plaque for Patrick Geddes, urban planner.
Sandeman House Garden this morning. By leaves we live.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news @thecockburn.bsky.social
Chance positioning of decayed leaf and fallen nut on memorial plaque for Patrick Geddes, urban planner.
Sandeman House Garden this morning. By leaves we live.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news @thecockburn.bsky.social
It says something about the way my brain works that when I looked at the photo the second thing I noticed (after the shop name) was that the phone number doesnβt have the 0131 prefix so itβs been around since before the widespread use of mobile phones.
30.07.2025 08:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A woman dressed in red emerges from the red frontage of The Wyrd Shop, keys in hand.
An eldritch opening.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Free lifeguard training offered to young people inΒ Edinburgh
Edinburgh Leisure, in partnership with The King's Trust, is offering an opportunity for young people aged 16-30 years old to start off their career in lifeguarding through a comprehensive free training programme starting this August. Toβ¦
Anyone alarmed by closed and empty Olive Branch on Broughton St today can relax. It reopens tomorrow once newly revarnished floor has dried.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
A woman dressed in red emerges from the red frontage of The Wyrd Shop, keys in hand.
An eldritch opening.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Elevated door with steep steps rising from a steep street.
Precipitous Spurtleshire.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #upsanddowns
Elevated door with steep steps rising from a steep street.
Precipitous Spurtleshire.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #upsanddowns
A pensive young woman sits alone, staring into the distance. The City Observatory in the background.
THOUGHTFUL.βA quiet moment on Calton Hill.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
A pensive young woman sits alone, staring into the distance. The City Observatory in the background.
THOUGHTFUL.βA quiet moment on Calton Hill.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Floral displays in hanging baskets outside the Theatre Royal, Greenside Place, Edinburgh.
High summer β¦ blooming high drama.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
Floral displays in hanging baskets outside the Theatre Royal, Greenside Place, Edinburgh.
High summer β¦ blooming high drama.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
One male and one female pigeon on a ledge, looking shifty.
HANOVER STREET:βThat Coldplay kiss-cam incident has spoiled things for everyone. No. 46 in an occasional photo-series celebrating #Spurtleshire #streetnamesigns.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
