Talk Porty ~ Portobello

The village of Poynton did away with their lights. You can see what happened here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzDDMzq7d0

I see that signs have gone up announcing that the double yellow lines are to extended even further on the 5th of April. I think the council are completely out of touch with the community on this issue.

I’ve supplemented the Christmas cheer with an animation projected onto the rear gable of 43 Bath Street, best viewed from Regent Street. It’s not a great piece of animation, just something I pulled from the internet, but hopefully it's helps cheer the place up. I should be projecting until the 27th ...

I see there are 'For Sale' signs up.

www.baileyfield-portobello.co.uk/

In 1894 there were 18 grocers on the High Street. Now we're panicking about half a dozen or so.

http://digital.nls.uk/directories/brows ... d=91169459

Yes, I can summarise. PPAG said they didn't want a school on the park. PFANS said they did. Both positions were repeated many times. That was about it.

I hate to disagree with you Bob but in a representative democracy like ours the minority view almost always prevails. No party has ever gained more than 50% of the vote in a post-war general election yet there has almost always been a parliamentary majority. I don't think democracy will get us a new...

Just received the following email: Dear PMAG, The Planning Application for a Hovercraft slipway etc was TURNED DOWN today by the Council's Planning (Dev Man Sub Committee) on traffic/parking, visual (appearance/effect on the Prom) and noise grounds, I have just heard. The vote was apparently 6 again...

I called the council and was told that there were no plans to change any parking restrictions and that the council would not consider making any changes while consultation was going on about the wider parking issues. Clearly, they lied.

One way to reduce the number of empty shops on the High Street and create a better environment for all would be to demolish some of them. Many of the shops appear to have been built to accommodate the boom years when Portobello was a popular resort. Now that the resort has gone, maybe the shops need...

It was open at lunchtime.

That is only the costs that you have to pay the other side if you lose according to the BBC article. You still have to pay your own costs, which may be how a figure of £80k was arrived at.

Maybe the fire brigade should have measured the width of the streets that they serve before buying a fire engine that is too wide to fit down our streets.

I took the cat to the Cat and Dog Home and it turned out to be micro-chipped. The cat has now been returned to its registered owner.

Tanya, I have sent you a PM.

I found a black cat that looks frail and seems to have been living in an outhouse for quite a while. Is it yours?

Judging by their latest accounts, it appears that the funders are the Irish Nationwide Building Society. The Irish National Building Society say on the corporate social responsibility part of their website that their 'goal is to behave ethically and with integrity in the communities where we work'. ...

admin: split from "Portobello Beach" sign . As a matter of interest, why are we so keen to get people to visit the beach? It's not as though it's going to close down if no-one turns up. There are only four businesses on the front and they all seem packed most of the time. None of the businesses on ...

admin: merged This is an extract from an item placed on the OJEU tender portal earlier this week: The City of Edinburgh Council and Fife Council are considering options by undertaking a market sounding exercise for the procurement of a Cross Forth passenger vessel service across the Forth Estuary b...

There was a porpoise on the beach on Monday morning. It seemed to have got trapped in shallow water.


http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/ ... 5973909.jp

Glad you enjoyed the projection. I'll leave it on for the next couple of nights.

I threw it all together in a bit of a hurry this year because we have a new baby in the house. I had hoped to have it running for Christmas. Next year, maybe.

The "£12 per session" figure is pretty meaningless unless you can put it in context. Presumably all visits to the pool are subsidised as Edinburgh Leisure doesn't make a profit. For example, if every visit to Portobello pool is subsidised by £11, then the crèche visit doesn't seem too bad. If the fi...

Is digging up the High Street really what businesses need? After the months of disruption when the High Street was repaved, closely followed by the Seafield Roundabout fiasco, I would have thought that most businesses would have preferred just to be left alone to get on with it. Is there an option t...

You're right to start thinking about it now. My company installs Christmas lights, though not the Porty ones. We generally have to start installing in October, which means that maintenance of existing lights or building new ones has to start weeks before. Many councils have already issued tender doc...

There are some aspects of the development that I quite like. For instance, I think that it's a good that thing that they are seeking to keep the amusement arcade and a cafe. I like the sedum roof, too. All the other buildings between there and King's Road are about four storeys high, but I'm struggl...

The planning number is 09/00248/FUL, can be seen on-line at

http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/ ... /00248/FUL

The chippy on the prom sells them, but I'm not sure if they're open today. I have bought a couple of kites from them in the past. The two quid ones were great.

According to the lady in the shop, it's being split into two businesses: the deli and the cafe, one in the cobblers and the other where the deli is now.

Does anyone know the name of the new computer training shop? I noticed that they had an ad in that free leaflet that was delivered but I don't have it to hand and I want to get in touch with them.

I popped in there this evening. It's really nice and has a much more laid back atmosphere than it did when it was Utopia. They sell a range of fresh fruit juices and really excellent home made ginger beer as well as the usual range of drinks. They have also got a food menu, which looked interesting ...

I went in today and had a chat with the new tenant. The pub is now going to be a bar/bistro serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The pub will be divided into two sections, one of which will welcome children. They hope to be able to offer good food and real ales in due course. The lady has lots of ex...

I must admit that I don't know a lot about boats, but couldn't they just launch them at the bottom of King's Road and sail along to the site thus negating the need for vehicular access.

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