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June 3, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Forth Dam; a forgotten and failed 1920s megaproject to cross the Firth by blocking it up

Robert the Bruce, aground
April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the “High and Dry Club”; 30 years of the car ferries of the Firth of Forth running aground again and again (and again)

Smokey Brae
April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Smokey Brae; how it got its name and how it made a showpiece public housing scheme “unfit for human occupation”

The cap, medals and ephemera of Capt. W. T. Dawson of Leith
April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about a charity shop book that lead to the story of Captain William Thomson Dawson and the loss of the Leith tanker “Peder Bogen”

February 7, 2023May 22, 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, 2023May 29, 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, 2023May 29, 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 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”

December 29, 2022December 30, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Fifth Day of Christmas; A theme of Five and Golden but not rings

December 28, 2022December 9, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Elliot Junction Disaster; a tragic railway crash in the midst of a blizzard that shares its anniversary with the Tay Bridge Disaster

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