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8 Mar, 7 tweets, 3 min read
ESPC undefeated reigning world champion carpet of the day
We have a challenger!
Genuine, bona-fide, un-ironic bead curtain
This carpet (different house again) is ready to get up and leave with the wallpaper
Orange kitchen of the day
Intriguing loft "conversion" of the day. I love those carpet tiles.
Mottled deep green bath suite of the day.

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8 Mar
For #InternationalWomensDay I thought I would flick through the books and do an A-Z (as far as possible) of Edinburgh and Leith places named after women. Unsurprisingly there are relatively few, but there are some fascinating women behind some of the names
A is for Annfield in Newhaven. Named for Ann Steuart, wife of John Steuart of Blairhaw, who built a house in late Georgian times. There was a trend for giving places fancy names at the time in the form x-field, where x was the name of a wife or daughter.
B is for... Well B isn't for anything as far as I can make out. There area few "B" names in the council's streetname bank, and Mouse Brown becomes available next year, after Irene Jessie Brown, a Bletchley Park codebreaker who was born and lived in Edinburgh, passing away in 2017
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7 Mar
By courtesy of one of the new books, I can elaborate a little more on the history of The Leith Poleith.
In 1771, Parliament passed the "Act for Cleansing and Lighting the Streets of the Town of South Leith, the Territory of St. Anthony's and Yardheads thereunto adjoining, and for supplying the several parts thereof with fresh water"
The description of the act itself is a reminder that at this time, the municipal police were concerned with lighting, cleansing and water supply; not watch keeping or law enforcement.
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6 Mar
Today's auction house artefact is this Victorian Leith Burgh Police truncheon. Image
Policing in Leith goes back to the 17th century, when the High Constables of the Port of Leith were established. They were appointed by the Magistrates of the Royal Burgh of Leith to uphold "cleanliness and orderliness, keeping the peace, law and order".
The Leith Burgh Police were established in 1859 to cover the wider burgh of Leith defined in 1831 by the Great Reform Act. Policing of the port and docks was subsumed as a division, but the High Constables maintained (to this day) as an honourable society for ceremonial occasions
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21 Dec 20
Our story begins with Patrick Miller of Dalswinton. He was born in Glasgow, the third son of minor gentry; William Miller of Glenlee (not Sir William, baronet), a Writer to the Signet, and Janet Hamilton (pic National Galleries of Scotland)
Patrick attended the University of Glasgow, where he decided (or it was decided for him) to take up banking as a profession. By the age of 29 he was a partner in the firm of William Ramsay of Barnton (independently wealthy from money his father made in the Canongate inns trade)
Ramsay was also a merchant, and Patrick spent much time looking after the shipping business of the firm. He is said to have learned first hand the perils of the sea, sparking an insatiable interest in naval architecture.
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20 Dec 20
This is the only photo I have yet found of the Meadowbank "hutments". These were ex-WW1 army issue wooden barracks huts that had been converted into housing, 2 houses per hut. They were each given a plot of allotment land, hence the name. 1932 PO map shows the location.
There are some maps here showing the site layouts at Iona Street (the names Albert, Dickson and Iona Cottages reflects the street names) edinphoto.org.uk/0_MAPS/0_map_e… and London Road / Meadowbank as "St. Margaret's Cottages", after the nearby well edinphoto.org.uk/0_MAPS/0_map_e…
And the drainage map here gives a better idea of the site layout and records the dates when they were being erected and demolished. Area was prone to subsidence and drainage as it's on site of an old system of settling ponds for the city's "night soil" edinphoto.org.uk/0_MAPS/0_map_e…
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19 Dec 20
Today's #AuctionHouseArtefact is this Leith beggars badge or token. It is inscribed on the front with the earlier version of the burgh crest and motto of Leith (Persevere), and on the back with Leith Poor No. 10 ImageImage
"The growth of a large class of beggars in medieval times led to the necessity for limiting the numbers of those
officially entitled to beg". This was put into Scottish law as early as 1424. Only those with a badge were allowed to beg, and it had to be worn on outer clothing
Parishes and burghs all over Scotland issued these badges. They had a serial number (No. 10 in this case). Begging was thus made official and strictly controlled. They were generally lead or some other easily cast, cheap metal.
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