June 1, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the “Study of the Diet of the Labouring Classes in Edinburgh”; what the poor of the Canongate’s slums were eating and spending in 1901

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”