Talk Porty ~ Portobello

I'd asked Maureen Child about this last week as I've been caught by tank trap sized trenches a few times recently - the news is sadly not very promising, she said "I need to chase this up, but no major capital work is happening this financial year." Shame.

All internet aliases used by Gillian Dunn?

Makaveli wrote:Royston Vasey?

This is a local park, for local people.

For me there is a real problem, but it's not on the beach, it's on our streets and I doubt it's only in Porty. I push a buggy or walk with two toddlers and our pavements are a faecal minefield. The ratio of turds to dogs suggests it is a small minority of owners that are responsible, but that doesn'...

She wrote on behalf of Portobello Community Council? That seems a bit odd, doesn't it? Just saw Andy Wightman's tweet and this and 'odd' was not the first word I thought of; the CC is supposedly neutral (ha!) on the school/park issue, this is either misrepresentation of or by the CC . The odd bit i...

With regards to building a new school on Baileyfield, contamination of the site is more an issue of time than of heath. I'm sure the site could be cleaned up to remove any health risk, but nobody knows what's there and until they do they can't say how long it will take to clean up nor how much it wi...

little miss moffat wrote:This was posted on the Build it on Baileyfield facebook page:

and it lasted about an hour before the thought police got hold of it and deleted it, along with a couple of other posts I'd been optimistic enough to make. And I seem to have been banned. Plus ca change, indeed.

The demolition crews started on the Legion building this week.

Porty Dads?
(failing that, Joppa Twins Club)

admin : Earlier this evening I was hand delivered a request to remove a post earlier in this thread since it was "a blatant lie". If only the same rigorous devotion to seeking out and exorcising blatant lies and untruths on the internet could be applied on the PPAG website. I'd suggest that, rather...

Scotmid, as part of the C0-OP, have 7% market share of the UK Food market versus 16% for Sainsbury's. As I understand it Scotmid are not part of 'The Cooperative', but a wholly separate entity. They buy from the wholesale arm of the Cooperative group, so may gain them some advantages in terms of ha...

Here we go again, PAVED to the fore. You're right in that we shouldn't automatically assume that Sainburys' arrival is bad thing, but in a similar vein we shouldn't just assume that it's either a positive thing or indeed a fait accompli. I'm keen to hear the views of others, maybe see the issue fro...

I will be gutted if this leads to the demise of Fine Wines though, I'm guessing they'll have an off licence.

What I am surprised that no one has picked up on is that Sainsbury's are claiming they will create up to 25 jobs. Whilst I know most of them will be part-time and none will be well paid, that is probably as many jobs as all the convenience stores put together. Look on the bright side folks, it's mu...

I'm a big fan of Woodwares, a regular customer and truly sorry to see it go. As for Sainsburys coming, I'd rather it was another independent shop but at least it's a local shop on the High Street rather than another supermarket in an edge of town car park. As there's no car parking (I hope), it shou...

Google maps in the UK has now been updated with 'cycle trails', 'dedicated lanes'* and 'friendly roads'. You can view this from the wee menu box on the top right of a map or you can select cycling as an option when asking for directions. The coverage around porty is OK, but patchy, and I'd question ...

The CC does not have wards and while it would be best to have people from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible serve on the council it's not likely to happen. A community council will always attract more members from the chattering classes, and while not ideal it does have some benefits. These...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17743980
(but we all knew this already, didn't we)

I was tempted to post this in the PPGA thread, the third paragraph seems quite appropriate.

wangi wrote:Tried the copy place next to the old Figgate Whins pub?

Thanks, will take a look there.

Anyone know of anywhere in Porty I can get some A3 colour plots copied.

Thanks,
Charlie

I've read a lot of posts on here that would suggest our* Community Council is perhaps not representing the views of the community as well as it might. Some of this may well be a case of PCC not representing the views of the TalkPorty community, which is not a problem, but there are definite instance...

Porty Beach Panorama by urchaidh, on Flickr

More specifically, I'd guess they'll be here, once available: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/34345/item_25-21_seafield_road_east-proposed_slipway_for_hovercraft_with_associated_pedestrian_ramp_waiting_room_and_car_park_0903359ful The document attached to the link seems to suggest ...

My wife lost our (my!) digital camera somewhere in the town yesterday, probably on the High street or Brighton Place. It's a blue/silver waterproof Canon D10. If anyone hears of one being found, please let me know.

Thanks,
Charlie.