December 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about an old gravestone in Leith, the King’s Botanist, a bungled attempt to capture Edinburgh Castle for the Jacobites and a death by “surfeit of figs”

November 24, 2022November 25, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Leith Fort; why and where it was built, what it was armed with and why it soon had to be abandoned as a defensive position

October 5, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the surprise capture of Edinburgh Castle in 1639, when Lord General Alexander Leslie was not hoist by his own petard

September 29, 2022November 14, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Luftwaffe’s glow-in-the-dark bombing maps of Edinburgh and Leith and the air defences that were there to stop them

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Trinity Chain Pier, Finnish armoured ships and why there was a Finnish shipyard (and there still is a Finnish street) named after a man from Leith

September 23, 2022September 27, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Zeppelin Air Raid that terrorised Edinburgh and Leith in 1916 and left 14 dead and 24 wounded

September 19, 2022October 6, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about pikes, battle rattles and Leith axes; Scottish weaponry of the 16th century and its role in policing the town

September 17, 2022September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Leith Martello Tower; why it took so long to build; why it was hardly used; and what you can see of it today

September 16, 2022December 7, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Jock’s Lodge, how it got its name and who “Jock” was (or was not)

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about John Paul Jones; the Scottish-born American naval hero who almost captured Edinburgh and Leith but lived to tell the tale