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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵

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Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 2h
✋STOP PRESS! I made the mistake of reading the HES press releases. They already cancelled the Bonnyrigg project 2 years ago and have some un-specified "temporary" solution instead. This ought to be some sort of scandal but I suppose all HES' other scandals got in the way.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 4h
Interested to find out from my own auto-slopped AI profile on Google that I'm a representative of @edinburghbug.bsky.social
Google AI text - "Public Advocacy: He is a prominent voice in local active travel and a representative for the Edinburgh Bus Users Group, "
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 5h
An (inter)nationally important archive and library being moved to an industrial estate in Bonnyrigg so the existing site in central Edinburgh can be turned over to student housing is so very on trend.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 5h
Youtube trying to subtitle an episode of Speaking our Language (a Gaelic language learning show from the 1990s for listeners outwith Scotland) has inevitably spectacularly wrong but also amusing results.
Caption "hello Liana give it her chef ah kobata love connacher fien cleaver" instead of "halo Catriona, ciamar a tha sibh? Tha gu math tapadh leat. Ciamar a tha sibh thein? Gle mhath"caption "market Danielle had this shot Kirsty in unicum" instead of "seo a mac Neil agus seo Kirsty a nighean agam"Caption "I guess showing the yeah console this Chuck Fionna and you nothing" instead of "Agus seo agam Domhnall, agus seo Catriona tha nighean agam"Caption "it's mission more a collage hello all right come on a high shelf" instead of "Is mise Morag Nicleoid, Halo Morag, ciamar a tha sibh?"
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 7h
#Mural arriving on new path, up from #RussellRoad @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social @cllrdanheap.bsky.social @euandavidson.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot @thecockburn.bsky.social @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
Mural reflecting local life being painted beside Roseburn to Canal path, near Russell Road.  Photo by Rosie of Spokes
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 8h
For those asking, the seats were based on the 1969 "Carousel" by American industrial designer Elsie Crawford and used the very a la mode new material of fibreglass. They pop up online for sale occasionally but we're talking multiple thousands of pounds
Orange plastic "carousel" 6 person fibreglass moulded seat
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kenny brown @kennybrown131.bsky.social · 8h
Immortalised in this video The Scars - All About You youtu.be/Q_-AAkei_gY
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Scars - All About You (1981)
YouTube video by ClassicVideos80s
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 8h
In the good/bad old days of British Rail's orange plastic Traveller's Fare branding, Waverley had the Talisman Buffet and the bar was called the Nor' Loch. I imagine they were probably actually more civilised than modern offerings. www.flickr.com/photos/18578...
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Edinburgh Waverley station, 17 Feb 1981
The Talisman buffet with its violent orange decor contrasts with the handsome stonework of the late Victorian two-storey buildings in the main waiting area. The plastic orange seating roundel complete...
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 29/09/2026
If you do one thing today, check out this glorious hall carpet!
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Edinburgh Bus Users Group @edinburghbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great moments in detective fiction. In homage to Picardy Place's connections to Sherlock Holmes, his declaration "the game's afoot" is captured in bronze at the famous roundabout.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 29/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish medical history. Finally James Young Simpson gets a moment of peace, locks himself in the toilet and sits down on the throne to enjoy a cheeky half hour of me time with the latest issue of Nuts magazine.
Statue of James Young Simpson in Edinburgh, he looks a bit like he's sitting down on the toilet leafing contemplatively through a book
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 29/09/2026
May I join the communal outbreak of mourning lost kitchen appliances, as Robert from Argos just delivered a replacement for my 24 year old espresso machine that finally failed for the last time and no more will wake us up in the morning with a tepid, grainy cup of Joe. So Longhi, old friend 🙏🏼☕😢
Boxed DeLonghi espresso machine
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 29/09/2026
Less of a joke and more of a question: How many BT engineers does it take to change a lightbulb because I stopped counting at 30 vans 🤔🧮
Photo. Lots of BT openreach vans parked around a suburban street with a park in the middle
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish military history. The Duke of Wellington, finally tired once and for all of tourists asking him directions to the Castle - despite the fact you it's clearly visible *RIGHT OVER THERE* - instead points the other way and sends them to Leith
Duke of Wellington statue in Edinburgh view from behind so that Nosey appears to be pointing left, i.e. in direction of Leith
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
Great moments in the history of Scottish economics. Adam Smith has a final look down the boards, polishes his lucky ball for the last time and pulls off a miraculous split to tie the series with Sir James Steuart
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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish philosophy history. David Hume uses his iPad to google for the causes of Shiny Toe Syndrome.
The David Hume Statue on the High Street in Edinburgh. It has shiny toes because so many people have been rubbing them.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
A slightly complicated answer involving in mid-60s the northern end of Dundas St was Pitt St and was re-named and numbered to avoid duplicating the street in Leith of that name, and the order in which houses were built. 162-168 Dundas were 116-122 Pitt and predated 1-5 Ainslie Place by ~50 years
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
For sale. Highland moonbase. Moonrover not included. Buyer to provide own space suit. search.savills.com/property-det...
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Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio, Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ | Property for sale | Savills
Property details for Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio. One of many properties for sale in Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ from Savills, world leading estate agents.
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DaveHenniker @davehenniker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Napier eats a KitKat while thinking about logarithms.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish physics history: James Clerk Maxwell has the lads around to show off his new Ooni tabletop pizza oven and gets ready to slice and serve which is great cos Peter Guthrie Tait is starving
James Clerk Maxwell statue in Edinburgh. In how hand is his colour wheel, which looks rather like a pizza cutter
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.
Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.
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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Police seek help to trace teenager who has been missing for five days Police in Edinburgh are appealing for the public’s help to trace 15-year-old James Boyle, who has been reported missing from the Trinity area since 11am on Wednesday 23rd of September 2026 ....
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Police seek help to trace teenager who has been missing for five days
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for the public’s help to trace 15-year-old James Boyle, who has been reported missing from the Trinity area since 11am on Wednesday 23rd of September 2026 . He is a white male 15 years of age and of slim build. When last seen he was wearing a black North Face beanie hat, black trailburge jacket, black shorts and black trainers. Anyone with information regarding James’ whereabouts is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting reference 1851 25th September 2026
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
🧑‍⚖️ Billy, you have been charged with not singing Christian hymns in school contrary to section 47 of the Dark Satanic Mills (England & Wales) Act 2026 that on the 12th day of May at St Nigel's Academy you did sing "We are driving Jesus' Lada" and not "We are climbing Jesus' Ladder". How do you plead?
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s happening! The works at 4a Haddington Place to transform it into Spyglass Books have started today. (You can literally see the dust on the lens in one of the photos 😁) Lucky to be working with the brilliant guys from SPLINTR. Super excited. Updates to follow. #Edinburgh
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
For sale. Highland moonbase. Moonrover not included. Buyer to provide own space suit. search.savills.com/property-det...
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Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio, Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ | Property for sale | Savills
Property details for Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio. One of many properties for sale in Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ from Savills, world leading estate agents.
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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This compact, mid 19th century Gothic architectural gem, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh, was designed by Scottish brothers John, William H. and James M. Hay, often referred to simply as the Hays of Liverpool, where their thriving architectural practice was based. 🧵1/2
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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Commissioned by Anglican clergyman the Rev Richard Hibbs, as a home for a Church of England congregation in Edinburgh, it opened its doors as “Christ’s English Episcopal Chapel” in 1857, with space for 450 worshippers More on the SCT profile 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-vi... 🧵2/2
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docomomoscot.bsky.social @docomomoscot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This Saturday, 3 October, 20th-century cycle ride in Edinburgh's Liberton, guided by the architectural historian Clive B. Fenton and the conservation architect Carsten Hermann Tickets from £3 tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland #edinburgh #modernism #liberton #cycleride #architectue #c20
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 27/09/2026
25 years after we started online, have a look at our new look modern website! Now with maps, images, better search & mobile friendly. Still lots of ulpdate & fixes to do, but it’s now a lot easier to for us to update things than before, let us know what’s wrong/missing! scottishcinemas.org
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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dalgety Bay yesterday on the Fife Coastal Path - THE Bridge … @threadinburgh.scot
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David Booth @caleydave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Niche #GIS question, is anyone aware of public or open dataset for the 1975-1996 #Scottish Regional and/or District Council boundaries? (.shp file or similar) Introduced by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 & Repealed by Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. 9 Regional + 3 Island
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 27/09/2026
Feels like a whole lot of news going on this morning
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Ben Cooper @btcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had a lovely explore of Warriston Cemetery as part of e Edinburgh's #OpenDoorsDay. A lovely mix of history and wildlife on a beautiful day!
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 26/09/2026
I took a photo of first crossing sign on Friday because I knew the school it was for was demolished in 2011, then walked past the second today which last saw pupils in... 1988!
School crossing sign and beacon on a lamp post on a street. Behind an old folks homeSchool crossing sign on a lamp post on a street. Behind a box unit retail park for trades suppliers
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Duille @duille.com · 26/09/2026
ITC Willow Typeface. Tony Forster. 1990. Possibly one of the most influential uses of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's letterforms; it adapted and standardised numerous hand-lettered sources for the digital age. NB: Mackintosh never actually designed a 'font'.
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Graeme Beale @midfyffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I rarely go on Facebook. Baffling AI slop like this is why. Yes there is a castle in the middle of Loch Leven... but... um??? Wot?
AI slop of loch Leven Castle
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Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Edinburgh football collector fair tomorrow (Sunday 27 September). Admission is free, come along!
Advert for Edinburgh football collector fair, Sunday 27 September 2026
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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Have been to an absolutely fascinating lecture on the film from 1951, the Singing Street, given by @threadinburgh.scot Andy Arthur, at Norton Park for #DoorsOpenDays. Here’s an article by him on the former school, where the film he discussed was made. threadinburgh.scot/2026/09/14/s...
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Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
St Vincent’s Chapel, Edinburgh.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 26/09/2026
Doors open day at the former Tamson's Bar 🚪👀🍺 Not sure how I feel about the loss of the 1970s faux Swiss ski chalet vibe that used to adorn the interior
Looking through the open door of a green painted traditional pub. Renovation work taking place within.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jacob's Ladder in Edinburgh, climbing 140 steps from Calton Road near Waverley Station to Regent Road opposite the old Royal High School. First mentioned in 18c. #saturdaysteps #staircasesaturday
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Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Women of the Saltire Society, an event at the National Library of Scotland, Tuesday, 20 October, 2pm - 3:30pm, with speakers Magnus Linklater and Dr Sarah Leith. events.humanitix.com/women-of-the...
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Women of the Saltire Society
A special event celebrating the women whose contributions have helped shape the Saltire Society and Scotland’s cultural life.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow for your Doors Open Day to-do lists! 🚪📝
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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our top choices of places to see on Doors Open Days This weekend is Doors Open Days in Edinburgh coordinated by The Cockburn Association, the conservation charity....
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Our top choices of places to see on Doors Open Days
This weekend is Doors Open Days in Edinburgh coordinated by The Cockburn Association, the conservation charity. This is your opportunity to see behind doors which are in many instances usually closed to members of the public. There is a full list of all buildings which are open this weekend here. We have some highlights for you to consider when planning your days out this weekend. The University of Edinburgh owns many of the historical buildings in the capital, and some deserve a visit. From their inventory our choice is: The Confucius Institute, Abden House…
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 25/09/2026
I'm not sure what's more surprising, that this row of shops and flats in West Granton has been left abandoned for over 16 years, or that it's not yet mysteriously burned down in all that time 🤔
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 25/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)
Bob Holness infront of the Blockbusters board
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Places which are not like Butlin’s: St Andrews, and they’d run anybody out of town who’d suggest otherwise.
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Is St Andrews REALLY turning into Butlins?
After a Fife councillor said St Andrews was in danger of turning into "a kind of Butlins", we asked locals for their views.
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Edinburgh Images 📷 @colognuh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Leith from Calton Hill, Edinburgh. The massive yellow structures are parts for a wind farm based at sea off the coast near Montrose.
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