November 21, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Bread Street and whether its name has anything to do with medieval bread or baking

November 7, 2022November 23, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about interwar school design in Edinburgh; how the bricks and mortar of education were mobilised in the City’s “Crusade Against Consumption”

October 28, 2022November 26, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about everything you never needed to know about the coming of electricity to Edinburgh; why the city had to use sewage to cool its main power station; and how it was the first part of the National Grid

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Youngers and the McEwans, a Scottish brewing dynasty that would combine to totally dominate the Scottish industry. And just what it has to do with “Alice in Wonderland”

October 11, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Rosemount, the long gone Georgian villa in Edinburgh’s West End that lent its name to two radically different model housing schemes

September 25, 2022September 30, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Asa Wass & Son; the rags-to-riches rag-and-bone men of 19th century Edinburgh – were they always as they was?

September 19, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about #NowAndThen photo montages of old railway stations, tramways and bridges around Edinburgh and Leith

September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the early history of the Union Canal when it came into Edinburgh, why the Leamington Lift Bridge wasn’t always at Leamington and what became of its “Ports”