The Edinburgh Reporter July 2024

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Editor: Phyllis Stephen

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Photos: Martin P McAdam

THERE IS A FEELING OF THE calm before

the storm this month as the country heads

towards the snap General Election which will

no doubt bring change to the UK landscape

as every political party has promised it. I have

met many political candidates in the past few

weeks so just in case this catches you before

polling day there are many interviews with

prospective candidates of all hues on our

YouTube channel.

And in Edinburgh next month the city

will be flooded out with people visiting for

the Edinburgh Festival in all its many forms.

Summer is an exciting time to be in the

capital, but locals usually enjoy the weeks

leading up to it best when things are not yet

so hectic.

This month we feature the life of Eric

Liddell - well known to most of us, but there

is always more to learn about the sportsman

who inspires people even today. For news of

an exhibition about Liddell read more on

page 5.

There is a new mural near Holyrood

which artist, Chris Rutterford, has created

and which I would urge you to wander

down and have a look at in Slater’s Close. It

is a wondrous retelling of the story of King

David I and the stag in Holyrood Park - and

it was this particular monarch who founded

the royal burgh some 900 years ago - which

the city council is still preparing to celebrate.

Read more on page 5.

In sport there is little to talk about in

terms of football - certainly after Scotland

spectacularly crashing out of the Euros in

the 100th minute, but there are many other

sports featured on pages 20 to 23. If you are

involved with local sport of any kind then

please get in touch to be featured in our next

issue or online.

And following last month’s spread about

photographer, Stanley Reilly, there is a mini

exhibition of some of his photos in The

Cobbled Roastery at 48 Thistle Street where

you can enjoy his work along with a coffee

roasted on the premises. Just follow the

aroma. I hope you enjoy reading this issue.

Phyllis Stephen, Editor

Bringing the news to you...

EDINBURGH’S FREE LOCAL NEWSPAPER...A CAPITAL READ FROM START TO FINISHJune 2024

Thomas Haywood Photography By IT IS NOW TEN YEARS PHYLLIS STEPHENsince Edinburgh

Trams began running the passenger service the Gyle Stop with many people trying to be the first people to get on board.from Edinburgh Airport to York Place. Actually on the first day the service began at Edinburgh Trams have now carried more than 60 million passengers in the last decade on a fleet of 27 trams and employ around 300 people in Edinburgh. Except during Covid tram income has risen year on year. In 2014 the half year income was £4.782 million and this rose to £23.9 million in 2023. More about Edinburgh Trams on page 7

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By IT WILL BE 100 YEARSsince athlete and missionary, Eric Liddell, won an Olympic gold PHYLLIS STEPHEN this month

medal in Paris. The story of his victory was the real-life inspiration for the film, Chariots of Fire, and he was not only a sprinter, but also a rugby player, winning seven caps

for Scotland and working as a Christian missionary in China. University of Edinburgh he also played sport for his country - While he studied at the

although he had been born in Qing China where his Scottish parents were missionaries. not run in the heats for the 100 At the 1924 Olympics he would

metres race as these were held on a Sunday when he did not play sport. He then competed in the 400 metres heat held on a weekday, and - even though this was not “his” distance

• he won. Eric Liddell Community (ELC) at Holy Corner which will celebrate the life of their namesake with a His name has been given to The
  series of events this month. ELC is a registered care charity based at Holy Corner where they provide specialist dementia care and help people to overcome loneliness and
  isolation. The charity, which has HRH The Princess Royal as patron, has begun a fundraising campaign during this year to help them continue with their important work.
  Read more on page 5

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Planning News

THE NEWS is mainly in the north of the city

this month with firstly Stage 2 engagement

relating to the Seafield Regeneration project

running until 31 July on the council’s online

consultation hub. The council identified

Seafield as a site for redevelopment led by

housing. Having appointed 7N Architects to

draft up a masterplan to “unlock the

potential” in creating a sustainable new

neighbourhood, it is now at the Community

Engagement stage when the public is invited

to offer their views on the proposals. The

desire is to create a development with a real

sense of community - which will have some

of the best views of the Forth.

Also in the north of the city, the Granton

Waterfront Regeneration is progressing. A

Proposal of Application notice (PAN) was

lodged in 2023 for the site east of 11 West

Shore Road. This will also be a residential led

development of mixed tenure (social rent,

mid-market rent and private sale). Detailed

plans have now been submitted for 847 net

zero homes of which 387 will be affordable, 14

commercial units, a mobility hub which

includes cycle parking and hire, taxi rank, bus

stop, car club spaces and a café all situated

around the Granton Gasometer in a new park.

It is a major milestone in creating the £1.

billion “new coastal town” envisaged for the

Waterfront where the council, along with their

partners Cruden Homes, plans to transform a

brownfield site with housing with a low

carbon heat network. This will add to the new

civic square already created at the former

Granton Station which has been refurbished.

The council has approved more than 700

new homes on site of the old Meadowbank

Stadium. The stand there was demolished and

replaced by a purpose built new centre. A little

more than a third of the homes will be

affordable on the seven hectare site fronted by

London Road on the south west, the East

Coast railway line on the south east and the

South Suburban rail line on the north west.

There are three distinct areas with flats and

houses planned in various mixes with cycle

parking and car parking spaces. There will be a

communal playpark created by the

consortium of Miller Homes, Graham and

Panacea Property Development.

Through the shop window

A GROCER STANDS outside his shop window display in 1975. Look

at those prices. It is a shop at 23 Cadzow Place where the proprietor

was Lenny Berger who ran the shop with his brother Norman.

Wholesale and Retail Fruit Merchants and Confectioners selling as

the “Jaffa King”. This picture memory was contributed by the Living

Memory Association to Edinburgh Collected which is the online

community photo archive managed by Edinburgh City Libraries.

edinburghcollected.org

Granton Waterfront

Lenny Berger