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11 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Chnge of plan. I went with the easiest and cheapest solution and repurposed a couple of 6mm cable grommets...
Plug protected as suggested. Grommet sliced to get it over the cable. ImageImageImage
Instead of 1 big 16mm hole, I drilled 2 side-by-side 11m holes. Head and cover went through no bother. Fins on the grommet gripped the hole nicely. I'll finish it with no-more-nails tomorrow ImageImage
That plasterboard comes out conveniently behind the kitchen cupboards. Remove the kick-boards and pull it all under. Then through the far end of the units at skirting board height by the same method. ImageImage
Wondering if I should have dusted my skirting boards before taking that photo 😊

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13 Mar
It's fairly well known just how few statues there are in Edinburgh of named women (2!). My attempt at an A-Z of city places named after women further highlighted to me just how few there are (and of those, many were done so by men of property for reasons of their own).
But there is a place that's not that well kenned about that has topical relevance and is always worth thinking of. Many attempts have been made to try and tell its back story or to raise it's profile. That place is Muschat's (or Muschet's) Cairn. Image
The cairn is unusual in that not only does it commemorate a woman, but it commemorates a woman who was the victim of male violence. Ailie (or Eilidh) Mushet, was murdered by her husband Nicol Mushet of Boghall near this spot on the night of October 17th 1720
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13 Mar
Scotland's JFK moment; impossible not to remeber where you were when you heard it. I was in RE class, first period after lunch. The teacher came in and had been, was still, crying, and explained to us what she knew. She had been at the shops at lunch time...
...a woman in John Menzies at the Gyle had come up to her, crying, and told a random stranger the terrible news. I don't recall how I felt at the time. But I can picture exactly where I was sitting in Miss Campbell's room...
My Mum is a life long primary teacher. As such, many of the family friends were also teachers. Little else was spoken about, on hushed tones children weren't meant to hear, for a long, long time afterwards
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12 Mar
ESPC Big Friday Night In carpet and ceiling tiles of the day. (With bonus pottery owl and mid century mirror/light-shade/anglepoise/magazinerack/poufé) ImageImageImage
This kitchen... 🤩 The lemon yellow. Those Tiles. The cooker. The kettle. The Utensil Rack. The Serving Hatch. Perfect in every way. Scoop it carefully out and put it straight in a museum. ImageImageImage
A fabulously 50s (?) bathroom, that looks like someone' carefully and considerately added a walk-in shower to. ImageImage
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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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ESPC undefeated reigning world champion carpet of the day
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Genuine, bona-fide, un-ironic bead curtain
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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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