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January 10, 2023January 23, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the street with the “ridiculous” name that became an inter-war demonstration scheme for innovative, “non-standard” housing

December 31, 2022January 1, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Seventh Day of Christmas; Sven Swans a Swanstoning

December 29, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Fourth Day of Christmas; the Birds, Bards or Bords of Burdiehouse

December 28, 2022December 29, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Third Day of Christmas; an Edinburgh French Connection

December 23, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Sighthill Neuk; what makes this quiet and leafy, post-war, suburban street so very special and totally unique?

December 21, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about AIROHs, ARCONs, Tarrans and Uni-SECOs; temporary, post-war, prefabricated housing in Edinburgh and where it was built

December 20, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Blackburns, BISFs, Orlits and Whitson-Fairhursts. A guide to pre-fabricated, permanent, post-war housing in Edinburgh, how to recognise it and where to see it

November 30, 2022December 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Cammo; how it got its name, who owned it and the curious and curiouser tale of its eccentric and reclusive final residents

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Auchingane; a pleasant corner of 1980s suburbia with an unusual 16th century name and what it can tell us about language use

October 9, 2022November 12, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Egypt and how Scotland’s earliest Gypsies gave Morningside its “bible belt”

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