February 17, 2023March 5, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Tod’s Mill, the biggest and most modern in Scotland, which survived Leith’s largest ever fire (and explosions) to bring vast wealth to its charitable owners

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh aviation craze of 1910, when local aviators tried – with varying degrees of success – to reach for the skies

February 1, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Gibsons of Leith; the enterprising fish smokers who survived shipwreck at the ends of the earth to become pioneers of aviation in Scotland

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the København; the enigmatic Leith-built sailing ship that mysteriously disappeared in the South Atlantic, never to be seen again

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Lochend Corolite Houses; a one-off experiment in Dutch construction techniques for Edinburgh

January 17, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Lochend Steel Houses; Edinburgh’s first prefabricated houses, why some people didn’t want them and why others didn’t want to build them

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

January 6, 2023January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh Hostels for Women Students and their brief wartime role as an Internment Camp for German “Enemy Aliens”

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 threadinburgh

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

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Ratho Rail Crash of 1917; “an unfortunate illustration of the danger of taking things for granted”