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Tag: Abbeyhill

October 24, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about what links a Victorian gas meter collector from Abbeyhill, a German sheet music publisher and an Irish cultural anthem

September 15, 2022December 7, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the origins of London Road, why all is not quite what it seems with its alignment and whose fault that is

September 14, 2022October 17, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about how there was more than one brewery opened in Edinburgh in the last 150 years, and what you can see of some of them now

September 8, 2022March 15, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Quarryholes and its dark and bloody history; battles, treachery, murder, witchcraft and execution

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