Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Lambie

I skated back and forth all summer and found the surface to be a delight. Couple of sections that are a little rough and the cobbley bits take a second's concentration but otherwise it's pretty smooth. It lacks colour and visual interest but there's a decent view to make up for it.

Lambie

That'll get the blood up. I suspect that's the point though. Bath Street to Joppa is an almost uninterrupted line of beautiful Victorian buildings. I suspect this chap hasn't been to porty recently.

Lambie

Paint it up again?

Lambie

The paint roller and location were the Evening News's idea. I think the graffiti piece is excellent and I've nothing against paint rollers either but the photo makes if look like I'm going to roller over someone else's work. That was a big, ugly, empty wall and now it has a meaning and it looks great.

Lambie

I think you and the rest of the Icebreaker crew have good reason to be watching out for big ships Seanie. When my wife does it it's just nerdy.

Lambie

There's a similar thing for shipping. You can identify the big boats out on the Forth. Bit nerdy?

Lambie

I thought about writing it obliquely like they do on rugby and football pitches. I think it's quite nice to put the message out there and accept that some people will see it but most won't. Makes those that do feel all the more special. I know I'd be looking out for it every time I flew over. Maybe ...

Lambie

That just made me smile. Thanks Max.

I'd like to put a 9'9" tall dropped 99 on the band stand as a permanent sculpture. Life like but oversized. A testament to Portobellos seaside history. Just like the drawing on the Facebook page with a Flake stuck in it. Kids could sit on the flake.

Lambie

So that's where the Espy's Flying Dutchman burger got it's name. NIce.

Lambie

That graffiti is all over the place.

Lambie

This I an excellent bit of research. At this kind of height the text wouldn't be legible but any lower and we'd be ace. We wouldnt catch every tourist but if one or two saw it it mights work. I say down with test letters and empircal thinking, let's just do it.

Lambie

Ten little huts. iPhone autocorrect's fault not mine.

Lambie

I've been looking in to beach huts recently. I've had a ballpark quote from the company that builds the German village on the mound at Christmas time. It's pretty reasonable and could actually make a fairly decent income once the initial outlay is covered. The ground has enough slope that with a lit...

Lambie

I forgot to say earlier that those approach altitudes came from an aviation enthusiast rather than a bona fide pilot or air traffic controller. If anyone can confirm or deny that would be very helpful.

Lambie

I have to admit I feel the same way about billboards and aggressive advertising. I think this proposal differs quite a lot from the ugly, illuminated shrine to consumerism I'm sat in front of just now; A soldier with a gun selling the latest Call of Duty game. In the case of Straiton Park I'm sugges...

Lambie

I've been told 750-1000m which is what I based my mock ups on. It's just visible at 1000m and very clear at 750m. Welcome to Edinburgh was chosen as much for it's social and potential economic benefits as for the strong and easily legible letter shapes. If you offer endless choices it will require e...

Lambie

I'm good for it Bob

Lambie

Or maybe they've decided to shelve the story in favour of something with a less gimpy photo subject.

Lambie

I like a little mystery but I still think there's a lot of value in Edinburgh's Seaside. I think the strength lies in forming a link in tourists minds between the beach and the city of Edinburgh. When they get here we can blow them away with all the Portobello we like. I think not shouting "Portobel...

Lambie

You can print out a blank on the Facebook page and post your own.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Lambie

Explain that you have an important socio-geographic study to perform. Maybe make a "Portobello Science Club" card out of magazine clippings. Here's hoping.

Lambie

Great news Makaveli,

Keep your eyes peeled for our proposed site. It might be that there's a better point on the prom so eyes peeled, open mind and fingers crossed for a favourable wind.

I really enjoyed typing that last line.

Lambie

Wow. That's my drawing with Sheila Gilmore's name on it.

FREE THE PORTY 99!

Lambie

Thanks Porty, if you send me contact details I'll get in touch. It would be good to get an idea of how much it might cost.

Lambie

Also, the photos were taken along by the MASSIVE graffiti piece next to the bowling centre. That wasn't me but I do think the writer did a great job. What does it say though?

Lambie

The Evening News phoned me up to ask about this and then sent round a photographer who's just left with a memory card full of photos of me looking like a gimp with a paint roller. It seemed like a good opportunity to get more people talking about the idea (The Welcome to Edinburgh idea not the idea ...

Lambie

You guys are quite amazing.

Lambie

Don't they fly over Porty and out to the Forth before doing a big curve and coming back? I'm sure that's how it looked to me last time but I've not come in that way for a while. So that if the passengers on the left looked out their windows it'd be the right way up for them. Also, this way round kin...

Lambie

I think the idea was born out a frustration at Edinburgh Council's apparent ambivalence towards Portobello as a tourist destination. The lack of any sign, in the city, pointing to the beach. Tourist Information send people down the coast to Gullane and Yellowcraigs completely bypassing Portobello be...

Lambie

I agree. I work away from home far too often. I'd love a shop in Porty. I think it'd be a great way to earn a living and opportunity to be part of and contribute to an excellent community. The rates and rental cost on the shops I've looked at make the idea quite difficult to take any further.

Lambie

I didn't do a good job with that last post. Not sure about the URL tags at the end. Wanted to add that I only just spotted a piano shop along in Joppa where the tile (I think) shop used to be. This seems like an excellent business for Porty High Street. Even along in Joppa it's still going to feed c...

Lambie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-15187358 Community bakery first for Dunbar The new bakery is being seen as an important step in regenerating Dunbar town centre A new community-owned bakery in East Lothian is being hailed as a prototype for other Scottish towns looking to revi...

Lambie

I’ve been away most of the summer so I didn’t know about any of this. It’s taken an evening to read through all the posts from start to finish. It’s quite heated towards the end there and I’m reluctant to get involved but as the owner of the only other flat directly above the Espy I think I should p...

Lambie

The Busk is back next weekend, Saturday the 27th of August. It's another mile of Buskers. An open mic, al fresco, free for all and everyone's invited. Musicians, mimes breakers or ballet dancers can get in on the act just by turning up and putting on a show. Every kind of street performance is welco...

Lambie

This looks like quite a lot of fun.

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