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Ruins may have links to St Baldred

Monday, August 29th, 2005

AN INNOCENT accident between a farmer’s plough and fragments beneath the soil has led to a remarkable discovery that is shedding new information on the beginnings of Christianity in eastern Scotland.

The owner of Auldhame Farm, near North Berwick, has uncovered skeletal remains while tilling the land that looks on to the Firth of Forth. Archaeologists have been astonished at their early findings. for more click here

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Words on the streets

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

EDINBURGH’S literary treasures have been surrounding us for the past 500 years. We walk past them every day, but for some reason there has until now been a dearth of guide books informing the would-be literary pilgrim of how to find them in a clear and simple way. Apart from Sir Walter’s Gothic space rocket on Princes Street, the odd plaque and mildewed gravestone, there has been no way the visitor or the native could tap into our rich literary heritage easily. Only the skills of the world’s greatest consulting detective and six months of sitting in the National Library could have lifted the veil. for more click here

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Port of Leith Stand at the British Trade Fair in Copenhagen 1955

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

His Majesty the King of Denmark inspecting the Port of Leith Stand at the British Trade Fair in Copenhagen 1955

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City court’s Victorian chairs turn up in shop

Friday, August 19th, 2005

AN investigation has been launched into how three Victorian chairs believed to be from the city’s District Court turned up in a Leith antiques showroom.

The ornate chairs were found on sale for £8500 at the Georgian Antiques shop in Pattison Street. for more click here

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Leith Adverts 1956

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

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Conan Doyle’s obsession with the afterlife

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

HE CREATED the master detective Sherlock Holmes and blessed him with powers of logic and deduction that none of his fictional contemporaries could match. And in many ways Sir Arthur Conan Doyle resembled his greatest character. He was a tall gentlemanly figure and pillar of Victorian society. His medical background allowed him to diagnose patients in the same meticulous manner with which Holmes solved murder cases, and he had a highly intelligent and creative mind. for more click here

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The Outer Harbour

Monday, August 15th, 2005

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The Albert and Victoria Docks

Monday, August 15th, 2005

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The Edinburgh Dock 1967

Monday, August 15th, 2005

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The Imperial Dock 1967

Monday, August 15th, 2005

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