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"Edinburgh set for “Democracy Trail” attraction"

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  1. chdot
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    I almost put this in the "and now" thread, but it's more about the past than the future. It's also a something to do, somewhere to go idea - aimed at walkers.

    “Mr McHardy said: “There is an awful lot of stuff in Edinburgh’s history which has been swept away and brushed under the carpet. So much has been suppressed over the years and I think now is the time to be revisiting the past.”

    Gavin MacDougall, director of Luath Press, said Mr McHardy and Mr Smith would train guides. He added: “Boston [in the US] already has a freedom trail and there is a radical walking tour in New York. Nobody has given anything like this much thought in Edinburgh before. Even the Scottish Enlightenment is overlooked in the city, which was its seat.”

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    http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/edinburgh-set-for-democracy-trail-attraction-1-3619763

    This forum has had all sorts of asides about Art Deco architecture and (the remains of) industrial archaeology as well as bird spotting places. There's the rubbings trail on the WoL.

    What sort of Trail might 'we create'?

    Or perhaps there should be little plaques with just CCE and a number at places that 'mean' something.

    Perhaps PY should have one and places 'we' have influenced the infrastructure and one at Liberton Primary where (apparently) is possible to spot embarrassed herds of Heron in the gloom.

    Posted 10 years ago #
  2. I were right about that saddle
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    "(apparently) is possible to spot embarrassed herds of Heron in the gloom."

    Well I'm not hanging round a primary school in the dark with a camera to prove it. Perhaps @amir can have a peek as (s)he passes and report back?e

    Posted 10 years ago #
  3. chdot
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    "Well I'm not hanging round a primary school in the dark with a camera to prove it"

    I think it will be after the children have gone home. (Suspect Herons and kids don't mix.)

    Posted 10 years ago #

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