January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Twelfth Day of Christmas; the Drum and Drum House

January 1, 2023January 4, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Eight Day of Christmas; who were the Maids of the Maiden Castle?

December 28, 2022December 29, 2022 threadinburgh

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

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Second Day of Christmas; a Leith Dovecot connection

November 9, 2022November 12, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about early churchgoing in Newhaven and when the Free Fishermen challenged the authority of the Kirk for the right to look after their own

October 31, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Royal Mint of Scotland; what connects it to a pioneering school for the city’s poorest children, and how it has continued to serve marginalised people in the city

October 29, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Bawbee; what links a 16th century coin, a farmstead in Fife and a 19th century Borders confectioner?

October 24, 2022November 12, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Bonnington; its early history; where its name comes from; which Bonnington House is which; and a little bit of its early industries

October 14, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Gorgie and Dalry and some of the bits in between; the derivation of their place names; some of their early history and an infamous murderer

October 9, 2022November 12, 2022 threadinburgh

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