Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Edinburgh's transport convenor just 6 months ago: "I’ve done more to encourage cycling in Edinburgh in 4 months than he’s done in 40 years!" 🤔
Dave McCrawRejoice! Edinburgh’s got a new contender for the world’s worst cycle lane! Imagine a dark stormy night 😱 - needs a “cyclist dismount”, “road narrows on left”, “cycle lane closed” or whatever sign. Or maybe make the “keep right”permanent?
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Madame PinknessAny time I see a noteworthy house listing, oh has @oldenoughtosay.com seen it yet? "Extensive entertainment facilities" indeed. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...
The Scotrail ticket machines do this too, on the off chance you want a walk-up single from Waverley to Edenbridge, rather than Edinburgh Park
StefWell it's been an hour and still no link to reset my password. Testing out what I can do without being logged in, good to see that searching by station code has Edinburgh as 5th in the list
👍 #GreyfriarsBobby footway widening 🤔 We trust #cycling safety will be included, or will be very nasty pinchpoint on busy 🚲route .. we have asked @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social
I'm not sure why people are piling on the guy who runs Dulse about the trams not running to Leith, that restaurant only opened at the end of 2024. Am I missing something? www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/top-sco...
Top Scottish chefs say Leith trade being 'destroyed' due to ongoing tram disruptionChef Dean Banks said his Leith restaurant could face a £100,000 loss in August if trams to Leith are not reinstatedwww.edinburghnews.scotsman.comEvery single person I've seen reacting to the changes to BNPA:
Work Frustration: Man Destroys ComputerALT: Work Frustration: Man Destroys Computerstatic.klipy.comAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵There's been a user interface update on the British Newspaper Archive. Let it just be said, I'm not happy 😡 They've gone into the trap of moving well-established menus around and adding extra clicks in simple steps in the name of a slicker appearance, totally breaking muscle memory of regular users
Address to the Haggis, with Gerard Butler playing the Great Chieftain
Jesse HawkenStudio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now