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

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Eleventh Day of Christmas; the Pipes of Pipe Street

October 28, 2022October 29, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Portobello’s Marine Gardens in WW2; when an old seaside ballroom was converted into a bus garage before being turned into a factory for building landing craft

October 28, 2022November 26, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about everything you never needed to know about the coming of electricity to Edinburgh; why the city had to use sewage to cool its main power station; and how it was the first part of the National Grid

September 30, 2022January 4, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about some of the early history of Portobello, the town that bricks built; what it was called previously and why it has a “King’s Road”