Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.

Edinburgh
Joined January 2019
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We’ve been running a website about old cinemas since 2001 - in internet terms thats been online longer than 99% of all sites available today. We may not be fastest at updating things, but we do have staying power! Check out the newly updated site at scottishcinemas.org !
Have a wee look at the site here if you haven't for a while: scottishcinemas.org/
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✈️ On an airfield near Bristol, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios' rising Brabazon scheme has lessons for the new towns programme The huge development's early phases show the impact of layout, brickwork details and space – and why infrastructure is key. ow.ly/aBSW50ZPaLz
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The 1st of September is now here, and it's the start of our membership year. Check us out to see what the club has to offer. Join online or renew your membership online too. #joinourclub #edinburghhistoryclub #walksandtalks #historyevents #historybooks #edinburghhistoryresources.
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Alexander Thomson's Queens Park Terrace, photographed by Streapadair in 1973. At 1104 feet, it was one of the longest terraces by a single builder on the south side. Remarkably, it would be flattened just 7 years after this photograph was taken. 📷 Streapadair #Glasgow
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Want to know the history of your home? We've just published an extensive guide to help you with your research, with hints, tips and sources of info, including access to Edinburgh's planning and building records pre-1824, hosted on the OEC's website. buff.ly/bmz0Odb
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Knitted pigeons in the restored doocot at Newhailes - including (speckled?) Jim.
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El Hombre de Mimbre (1973) es una de las películas más perturbadoras de todos los tiempos. Es tan intensa que convierte a Midsommar en una broma. La película fue brutalmente mutilada por el estudio para su estreno inicial. El jefe del estudio, Michael Deeley, la detestaba tanto que supuestamente se arrojaron negativos y tomas descartadas como relleno de vertedero bajo la autopista M3. Más tarde fue rescatada en parte gracias a una copia encontrada por Roger Corman. Las restauraciones (incluido el “Corte Final” de 2013) reconstruyeron una versión más larga.
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Just published in the Georgian Group Journal (2026) - Mylne's Land - Scotland's first modern tenement ? The story of a stone tenement in Leith designed by Robert Mylne (1633-1710), Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, in 1678. It survived until 1955.
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As Glaswegians mourn the city's disappearing architectural treasures they're being warned "use it or lose it". Union Corner is the latest in a long line of listed buildings to burn or collapse - and it looks like Hillhead Baptist Church could soon follow. @GordonBarr from the Architectural Heritage Fund says it's vital new purposes are found for historic structures. The Fund's opened a new free exhibition at the Briggait celebrating 50 years of operation. You'll find more details here: ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/
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Remembering Oliver Barratt MBE (1941–2026), a quiet force behind Edinburgh’s conservation movement. His legacy lives on in the city’s historic fabric and civic voice. Read more: tinyurl.com/3zymhy39
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Scaffolding is going up around Gwrych Castle marking the start of the next phase of restoration. Roofs and floors are being reinstated in areas closed since 1985 as part of a £4.5 million programme. Our sincere thanks to all funders and supporters who have made this possible!
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"It’s my manor!" "Not any more Harold, they're taking it away from you." One of the great movie endings. Without a word Hoskins conveys shock, anger, denial, negotiation, depression then acceptance. Have a better one than Harold.
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Lex Garage (NCP) : Located at the corner of Lexington Street and Brewer Street, Soho, this Grade II listed multi-storey car park opened in 1929. It is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built car parks in England and features a distinct "Classical-Moderne" facade.
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Any Trotters of Mortonhall out there ? Your family burial ground could use a little tlc. Mortonhall, Edinburgh.
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Please do sign up: lots of surprises and a peek into the forthcoming book I’ve written with Brent Elliott: The British Cemetery 1700-2020
BOOK for our online TALK 🚦 Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler 📅 Tues 7th May 6.30pm 📷 Sir George Frampton RA, Monument to Captain James McLaren (d. 1910), Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh pssauk.org/event/spring-spot…
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Happy birthday, Philip Hepworth. March 12, 1888 in Hampstead, London, UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip… 1/
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Yeah - just google English medieval castle - what could possibly go wrong?
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The Worm Moon rising behind the freshly painted North Bridge and the King's Own Scottish Borderers statue #Edinburgh #WormMoon
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