Oh that's good. That section was awful for root speedbumps when I was using it daily 10 years ago!

There's been a chapel and pilgrims village in Restalrig since at least 12th century, and legends claim Saint Triduana settled here in 9th century making this little street deep in eastern Edinburgh suburb a truly ancient place.

"The Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway regret to announce that the 1823 service from Buccleuch Halt to St Leonards will be delayed. This is due to the wrong sort of grass on the tracks"

Pleased to learn that the Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway used to have a byelaw forbidding drivers to graze their horses while they were pulling trains.

I offer this suggestion for efficiency gratis to Deutsche Bahn.

In the North, comedy is called Kimprov

Golden Wonder crisps were started in this building, the fat fryers were exhausted out that ventilator cowl. True story.

Many will also get you the Scotsman archive and/or full British Newspaper Archive (that's usually restricted to bein in a library)

I thought the name sounded familiar, listened to it with The Boy over Christmas as an audiobook when building Lego as he has enjoyed the Wolves so much

Is this the follow up to the Wolves of Wilbury Chase?

Is that the official motto off one of those civic handbooks in your collection? 🤭

There is 💯% no way to anticipate what lies within

The Maiden: Edinburgh's First Lady of Executions - The Old Edinburgh Club The story of the Maiden, a guillotine-like device introduced to Edinburgh in the 16th century as a form of public punishment.

On this day in history. The Maiden: The first recorded execution by a guillotine-like device occurred on April 3, 1565, and it remained in use until 1710. #scottishhistory #localhistory #themaiden #scottishexecutions #16thcentury #edinburghhistory

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I'm sure they'd go well with cheese too

Very good. A combination of a mild cheese flavour through the dough and also melty chunks within. A bit lighter and buttery-er than a traditional Hot-X bun, but thoroughly nice with jam. Only criticism was quite thin so hard to slice, but maybe mine got squished in my pannier

They were not prepared to have ACD's motivations or expectations of subsequent gratitude questioned I suppose. Fanboys gonna fanboy

A pack of Lidl Cheesy hot cross buns

I'm going in. I'm betting these will be delicious with jam 🧀 Haters need not apply

As an aside I remember you telling and showing me stuff about the Slater case. I related it later to someone on The Old Place™️ and implied that Conan Doyle didn't come out of it looking that rosy at the end and got blocked for my troubles 😂

@neildm.bsky.social or is it @stevenrobb.bsky.social tells me the Beatles were repurposed into a scene of Scott's uncovering of the Honours of Scotland and are still in a basement somewhere in Edinburgh Castle. I'd love to see a photo of Sir Walter with a bowl cut

That sounds vaguely familiar, maybe I went too

Almost as terrifying as the waxwork of Alec Douglas-Home. Can't believe it wasn't a commercial success.

I have a souvenir guidebook from it somewhere

#OTD 50 years ago, The Edinburgh Wax Museum opened in New Assemblies Hall in New Assembly Close, off Edinburgh’s High Street. It closed in 1989.

New opinion piece by our Chair, Jocelyn Cunliffe, calling on @edinburghwh.bsky.social to rethink support for a capsule hostel in Edinburgh’s New Town.

🔗 buff.ly/bcVoVdh

Some Thoughts on Scott So, I've embarked on a comprehensive re-read of Water Scott. Waverley and Guy Mannering are under my belt, and I'm halfway through The...

“No Romanticist or Victorianist can excuse an ignorance of Scott. Back then, everybody read him. He was the first global superstar of the novel… Everybody read Scott, no exceptions”

—Prof Adam Roberts on Walter Scott
#BookologyThursday #C19
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I'm sure someone will be along with some home-made incendiaries or a circular saw presently to have those camera poles down... 🤔

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There's a meme for that which will also age me and have the young'uns giving blank looks

Or a wine tasting? 🥂💩

Watched! 👀 (I think there's a facsimile of this in the inside cover of DLG Hunter's history of Edinburgh Trams)

I wonder what became of my lineone dot net address...

Memorial service to be held for David Black David Black who died recently will be remembered at a memorial service to be held on 9 April at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. It is fitting that the service will be held there as David was involved in saving it many years ago, and it was a place "dear to his heart". There will be a few performances of music and poetry, along with some speeches and everyone who knew the late journalist is invited to attend.

Memorial service to be held for David Black

David Black who died recently will be remembered at a memorial service to be held on 9 April at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. It is fitting that the service will be held there as David was involved in saving it many years ago, and it was a place "dear to…