March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Morning Roll. How and why Scotland got its beloved breakfast bap, and why it troubled the Sabbatarians

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about St. Patrick, Cabbagehall and Turniphall in the 18th century Southside of Edinburgh

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the execution of John Young, the soldier turned forger who refused to give up on life and met a farcical end on the gallows

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about John Sakeouse; hunter, explorer, artist, interpreter, kayaker, friend of Leith and the first Inuit in Scotland

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

February 1, 2023February 7, 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, 2023January 21, 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 18, 2023January 18, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Lochend Corolite Houses; a one-off experiment in Dutch construction techniques for Edinburgh

January 17, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Lochend Steel Houses; Edinburgh’s first prefabricated houses, why some people didn’t want them and why others didn’t want to build them

January 10, 2023January 23, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the street with the “ridiculous” name that became an inter-war demonstration scheme for innovative, “non-standard” housing