Konect Colinton November 2017

November 2017

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When Craiglockhart was “dottyville” LOCAL PEOPLE: EDWIN G LUCAS INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Recipe: Snickerdoodles Colinton, Craiglockhart and Kingsknowe

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Local History...................................................... 8 Village People.................................................. 16 Local Walk....................................................... 34 Recipe & Food Notes...................................... 40 What’s On........................................................ 43 Useful Information........................................... 44 Clubs & Classes.............................................. 45 Index of Advertisers........................................ 46

P8 - When Craiglockhart was “dottyville”

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LOCAL HISTORY

How the tranquil surrounds of Craiglockhart - and a meeting at Baberton Golf Club - produced the most graphic and moving anti-war poetry of the 20th century.

Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart campus is an imposing building, purpose-built in 1880 to house a luxury spa establishment: Craiglockhart Hydropathic. Patrons could take water-based cures including Turkish, Russian and swimming baths, hot and cold plunges, spray and vapour baths, as well as all the usual hotel facilities and day trips. The list of treatments and services, printed on a piece of ivory silk, gives the impression of a no-expenses spared establishment. Success as a hydro however was short-lived; it hit financial difficulties, changed hands a couple of times, and in 1916 was requisitioned by the army as a military hospital.

Craiglockhart specialised in treatment of shell-shocked officers, at a time the military was struggling to understand and treat the masses of soldiers suffering from psychological trauma. The former luxury establishment was down at heel, but as a psychiatric hospital the building was ideal with its rooms overlooking the Pentlands, and its grounds, sporting and entertainment facilities.

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It was however a battleground of a different sort; prevailing British military medical thinking, as well as society in general, viewed psychological illness as a cowardly cop-out and sufferers generally were treated in a punitive manner, not “sent on holiday in the Scottish countryside.”

There was an element of shame in leaving the battlefield without being physically wounded.

A series of commanding officers came and went - possibly due to the friction between the medics in the War Office and the doctors at Craiglockhart - each with a different approach to the perplexing issue of the masses of traumatised men. One doctor in particular, Dr WHR Rivers, pioneered controversial treatments based on getting patients to acknowledge and talk about their traumas and educating them about the genuine nature of their illness. This was at a time when other treatments included repression, punishment and electric shock. And while the Craiglockhart admissions register lists “neurasthenia” (the official term for shell shock) as the most common ailment, in some cases minor physical illnesses are listed instead;

‘migraine’, ‘glycosuria’, ‘gas poisoning’, and ‘compound fracture of toe’ for example are not obvious reasons to be admitted to a shell-shock hospital and suggest a denial on the part of some staff to acknowledge psychological factors.

According to Dr Rivers the local Director of Medical Services nourished a deep-rooted prejudice against Craiglockhart and asserted that he “never had and never would recognise the existence of such a thing as shell-shock.”

In the tranquil surroundings and the careful treatments, the mutilation, blood and mud quagmires haunt the young patients. One of the officers admitted in 1917 was 24 year old Wilfred Owen, traumatised by his experiences at the Somme and placed under the care of Dr Brock.

Brock encouraged his patients to face up to their trauma rather than repressing it. He advocated finding them work related to their pre-war occupations, socialising and getting involved in the community. Besides facilitating Owen’s English teaching placement in Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh, Brock encouraged Owen to describe his war experiences in his poetry - to concentrate on actual experiences not fantasies.

Thus Owen started writing his war poetry at Craiglockhart. He was pleased by the arrival a couple of months later of Siegfreid Sassoon, already a published poet. The friendship and mutual sharing of ideas between the two poets, along with Dr Brock’s treatment plan, was instrumental in Owen’s literary output.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST (LAST VERSE)

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

By

WILFRED OWEN Drafted just before the Baberton meet, and revised two days after it. Owen also took his poem ‘Disabled’ to Baberton for the other two poets to review.

poems of all. In October 1917 Graves visited Edinburgh to see Sassoon. On the day Sassoon had a golf match arranged at Baberton Golf Club that he wasn’t It’s ironic that keen to cancel, so Sassoon himself, he asked for the Three of the most significant whose poetry also meet to be there; literary figures of the 20TH century treats of the utter Owen was tasked insanity of war, was with collecting met at Baberton Golf Club sent to “dottyville” Graves and taking (as he nicknamed him to the Club.

Craiglockhart) Thus three of the because he was deemed...insane. He had most significant English literary figures of the published an anti-war protest and was refusing to 20th century met at Baberton Golf Club. Owen is return to the hellish front lines, actions for which he often referred to as perhaps the most powerful would have been court marshalled and potentially war poet in English literature, and according executed. He was spared because his to historian Neil McLennan, “The boost fellow officer, the writer and poet Robert Owen received from being endorsed by two Graves, had persuaded the authorities that established figures inspired him to write Dulce he was suffering from shell shock. et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth, regarded as two of the most influential poems of Another event seems to the 20th century. This meeting was key to Owen’s have been the catalyst for success - it connects Owen to Graves and development of one of the founds their friendship. Graves invites Owen most powerful anti-war to his January 1918 London wedding - you THE DELL DIRECTORY | 9

do not do that with someone you have met only once unless they make an impression.

Both Sassoon and Graves help with the posthumous publication of his Owen’s poems and his post-war recognition.�

Owen, and separately Sassoon, were eventually declared fit to return to the front line; Owen was killed just one week before the war ended.

PHOTO CREDIT: PA

After the war, Craiglockhart became a convent, and later a catholic teacher training college.

It was purchased by Napier College which eventually became Edinburgh Napier University and is now their business school campus.

Historian Neil McLennan (pictured left) with the commemorative plaque and the 3 violins.

This article was contributed by Helen-Jane Shearer. Helen-Jane is the editor of Konect magazines.

With thanks to Neil McLennan (above) for permission to reference his research. Historian and senior lecturer at University of Aberdeen, Neil has been researching Wilfred Owen for many years, and was actively looking for the venue of the famous meeting of the three great war poets. He finally found it in letters from 1917 in archives at Southern Illinois University.

Neil delivered a talk at Baberton Golf Club on 13th October 2017, exactly 100 years after the meeting. The event was marked by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Merrilees Gate, the site of the original club house, and serenaded by music from three violins, the Wilfred Owen, the Seigfried Sassoon, and the Robert Graves, crafted by Edinburgh violin maker Steve Burnett from the branch of a sycamore at Craiglockhart dating from the time it was a war hospital.

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VILLAGE PEOPLE - HISTORIC EDITION

EDWIN G LUCAS

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The young man from Juniper Green who painted a mural in the scouts’ “den” on Belmont Road in the early 1930s - to make it look like the camp site in a wood - went on to become a well-respected and prolific artist, producing paintings in a variety of styles.

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS: THE BALERNO BRANCH AND THE MILLS OF THE WATER OF LEITH, BY EDWIN G LUCAS Colinton Library, 29th Nov - 2nd Dec 2017 The launch of The Tunnel, the biggest outdoor art project in Scotland, has inspired a local exhibition of Lucas’ paintings.

The Tunnel is a project run by Colinton residents to bring the Easter Gate Railway Tunnel to life with murals and street art. The railway line featured strongly in some of Lucas’ paintings in the 1940s; his pictures of Hailes Halt and Juniper Green Station clearly show a knowledge and appreciation of the line’s importance to the local population and its water-powered industries.

This exhibition focuses on his landscape paintings rather than his surrealist works, but it presents a rare opportunity to see local landscapes and the historic railway line and mills through the eyes of a Scottish Surrealist. The paintings are from 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and feature the railway line and the mills, when the Balerno Branch line served the mills of the Water of Leith and the villages of Colinton, Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno.

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Edwin George Lucas was born in Leith in 1911, moving to Juniper Green when he was five years old. He attended Juniper Green Primary School and as a youngster was one of the first members of the original 31st Pentland Scouts, established in 1924. He graduated to the Rover Scouts and it was the Rover crew’s cottage on Belmont Road that he decorated with an interior mural. He attended George Heriot’s School then Edinburgh University where he studied law.

Most of Lucas’ paintings were produced in the 1930s and 1940s, starting off with watercolour, for which he drew inspiration from the landscapes around the family home in Juniper Green. He spent a lot of time painting outdoors. His early watercolour landscapes are very tranquil, depicting views which have changed a lot in the last 70 years. He experimented with different styles in the 1940s, still producing landscapes but turning more to oil on canvas, becoming more abstract, doing figurative pieces and experimenting with surrealism. Despite being mostly self-taught as an artist, his work was well-received and accepted regularly for exhibitions in Scotland by various artistic Snuff Mill, Juniper Green (1936)

by Edwin G Lucas

* All paintings reproduced with permission of the artist’s estate

societies. His most innovative works were somewhat ahead of his time and he never wanted to be defined by any particular style.

He had shown an interest and talent in painting and drawing as a child, but his parents discouraged him from pursuing it as a career.

His uncle, the Victorian painter E G Handel Lucas, who had been quite successful in his early career as a still-life artist, fell out of favour as Impressionism became more popular and ended up living in poverty; Edwin’s parents weren’t keen to see Edwin go the same way.

Edwin spent his whole working life in the civil service. Outside of work his interests, besides his painting, were wide-ranging. He was a very good junior golfer – he was a member of Baberton Golf Club – and played tennis as a young man.

He was a pacifist and a conscientious objector during the Second World War, during which time he was assigned to hospital work. It wasn’t easy being a conscientious objector, and it contributed to him leading a fairly isolated life at that time. He took solace in his painting - a solitary occupation.

He married in 1952 and family life took over his time, although he returned to painting later in the 1980s.

Lucas has recently been hailed as “one of the most unusual Scottish artists of the twentieth century”*. He’s best known in art circles as one of the few Scottish artists to experiment with Surrealism in the 1930s.

We’re fortunate to have so many beautiful paintings of the local area captured before it was heavily populated, along with Edwin’s bolder and more abstract painting of Edinburgh city scapes. Some of his work is held by the Scottish National Galleries and by the City of Edinburgh art collection, and a major exhibition of the full range of his work will be held at the City Art Centre next year, from August 2018 to February 2019.

See www.EdwinGLucas.com for more information and samples of his paintings.

The village people column was contributed by Helen-Jane Shearer with information from www.edwinglucas.com, and with thanks to Alan Lucas for providing additional information. * National Galleries of Scotland www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/129203

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WALK

Walks through the Craiglockhart hills were a popular way of exercising and relaxing for the shellshocked soldiers who were treated at Craiglockhart War Hospital.

This trail starts at Napier University Craiglockhart campus, and is about three miles in total. It’s divided into two loops, so if you are short of time you can do either one of them in less than an hour. The slopes are steep in places and the paths can be muddy so wear sensible shoes.

Before you set off, why not take the opportunity to visit the War Poets collection within Napier University? It is on permanent display and is open to the public for self-guided visits during normal Craiglockhart Campus Library opening times, see www.napier.ac.uk/warpoets.

emplacements built to protect Edinburgh after the Zeppelin raids of 1916. There are stunning 360 degree views. Above you, buzzards may be circling and kestrels hovering. Return to the junction, turn right and follow the path round the flank of the hill for 350 yards looking left to check the position of golfers on the Merchants Golf Course. When the path ends, check again to your left and give priority to any golfers playing to the green in front of you. Listen for shouts of ‘Fore’ and take care not to interfere with play or distract players. Follow the fringe of the rough to your right and walk towards the low stone wall ahead. Check again to your left for golfers playing to the green on your right. When safe to do so, walk along the wall and cross a gap. On the left hand side of the wall, a plaque, erected by the Golf Club, includes excerpts from Sassoon’s ‘Dreamers’ and Owen’s ‘Requiem for Doomed Youth’. Exit the golf course by turning right down steps and walk for 500 yards along the side of the University campus to the gate where you entered the woods. You can now return to the University or turn right after 80 yards to start the Northern loop.

> Southern Loop Leave the campus by the main entrance and pass the ruins of Craiglockhart Castle (a 5th century tower house) on your left. Cross Glenlockhart Road and turn right. After 200 yards cross the road again and enter woodland through a wooden gate marked ‘Golf Course Caution’. Turn left and follow a steep path uphill through a stand of pine trees branching right then right again at a three way junction. The path meanders through gorse thickets for 300 yards to a trig point on the summit. An Iron Age fort stood here in Roman times though the archaeology has been disrupted by WW1 gun

> Northern Loop Leave the University, cross the road and turn right as before but then turn left after 100 yards down a signposted path between two houses. Continue downhill for 800 yards through mature beech, ash and chestnut trees. You may see or hear woodpeckers. Behind the Tennis Centre, pass a wall of graffiti art before reaching Craiglockhart Pond, a haven for ducks, swans and water birds. At the foot of the pond, a Social History Board includes photographs of the War Poets and some information about the work of the Hospital. Cross the stone causeway in front of the pond and leave by the stone steps. Turn left then right then left again at the

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main Colinton Road. After 300 yards, you will see the shops of Happy Valley. Cross at the pedestrian lights to view the ‘Hillside’ statue commissioned by Craiglockhart Community Council. The quotes from ‘Spring Offensive’ on the statue are testament to Owen’s love of nature. A short diversion round the corner into Craiglockhart Road North takes you to a stone cairn marking the spot where a Wellington

bomber crashed in 1942. Go back to Colinton Road, cross at the lights again and continue right for 800 yards to return to the University. Alternatively, turn left then immediately right towards the Leisure Centre and pass through a gate on your left to the top of the pond. From here you can return to the University by the woodland path.

The walk information is an abridged version of a trail leaflet produced by the Friends of Craiglockhart Woods and Napier University to commemorate the connection with the war poets. It is used with their permission. Why not pick up the full leaflet with maps more details while you are in at the War Poets collection. www.craiglockhartwoods.org.

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WHAT’S ON

CHRISTMAS ON THE CORNER

SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER Fireworks Extravaganza - George Watson’s Rugby Ground, EH10 5DB. Two shows, gates open at 4.00pm and 6.30pm. Fireworks and other entertainment. Hosted by and fundraising for Scottish Love in Action, tickets £7.50, family discounts, book online www.sla-india.org. Event enquiries: 0131 629 9112 or enquiries@sla-india.org SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER Pop Up Disco - Colinton Bowling Club, 49A Redford Road. 7.30pm to midnight. Love dancing but don’t fancy the nightclub scene? Then join us at Colinton Bowling Club for a party night of all your favourite hits from the last four decades! All in support of charity. Tickets £10 from Colinton Arts, 52 Bridge Road, also available from Vicky Goldie 07711 50699 or Verity Missen 07799 111805. And on the night subject to availability!

Supporting Tiphereth Camphill in Edinburgh (www.tiphereth.org.uk) THURSDAY NOV 16TH TO SATURDAY 2ND DEC Pentlands Book Festival - See www. pentlandsbookfestival.org or visit local libraries for programme and bookings. Some highlights: On Wednesday 29th November, Colinton Community Conservation Trust will lead a walk, the RL Stevenson’s poetry trail. Colinton Library hosts two profile authors: Denise Mina willl discuss her latest novel, “The Long Drop”, which won the 2017 McIlvanney prize for Crime Fiction at 6.30pm Wed 29th November. And on Thursday 30th November at 6.30pm, a capella singers “Simmerdim” will delight the senses with a short musical programme before Sara Sheridan, Edinburgh-based historical and crime novelist, takes us back to 1950s Brighton to meet debt collector turned detective, Mirabelle Bevan, in her sixth book of the successful series. The Edwin Lucas art exhibition (see details on p17) runs throughout these events to Saturday 2nd December.

CVE Group’s annual winter fair, Christmas on the Corner, is scheduled to take place on the evening of Thursday, December 14th in The Dell Room of Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Join in the spirit of the Christmas Story as our local Alpacas make their special journey along Dell Road/Spylaw Street at 6.30pm. Please attend this event and help us spread both Christmas and community cheer – you can expect live musical performances with mulled wine, hot cider and tasty refreshments. You might even win a prize at CVE’s tombola!

Remember to be good so that you can enjoy a not-to-be missed opportunity to meet and greet Santa, his elf helpers and a wee Alpaca trail!

For further details on this event please visit our website: www.colintonvillage.com

SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER St John’s Colilnton Mains Church Christmas Fair Oxgangs Road North. 11am – 1pm. Light lunches, home baking, bric-a-brac, cards, jewellery, toys, etc.

Admission: adults 50p.

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USEFUL INFORMATION

POST OFFICES & LIBRARIES Colinton Post Office - 0131 441 1003 - www.postoffice.co.uk Opening Times: Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm, Sat 9am - 12.30pm Colinton Mains Post Office - 0131 441 2657 - www.postoffice.co.uk Opening Times: Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm, Sat 9am - 12.30pm Colinton Library - 14 Thorburn Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0BQ - Tel: 0131 529 5603 Email: colinton.library@ edinburgh.gov.uk - Opening Times: Mon & Weds 1pm to 8pm, Tues & Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 2pm - Facilities: Free wifi, disabled access, car park, exhibition space, induction loop, Library Link (Fridays at 1pm) Oxgangs Library - 343 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh EH13 9LY - Tel: 0131 529 5549 Email: oxgangs.library@edinburgh.gov.uk - Opening Times: Mon-Weds 10am to 8pm, Thurs – Sat 10am to 5pm. Sun – 1-5pm - Facilities: Free Wifi, self service, disabled access, car park, community room for hire, display/exhibition space for public use, toilets incl disabled, baby changing facilities & induction loop

COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION

Local Councillors (Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward): Scott Arthur - Labour - 0131 529 4014 - scott.arthur@edinburgh.gov.uk Phil Doggart - Con - 0131 529 4255 - phil.doggart@edinburgh.gov.uk Jason Rust - Con - 0131 529 4953 - jason.rust@edinburgh.gov.uk Local Councillors (Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ward): Gavin Corbett - Scottish Greens - 0131 529 3174 - gavin.corbett@edinburgh.gov.uk Andrew Johnston - Con - 0131 529 4355 - andrew.johnston@edinburgh.gov.uk David Key - SNP - 0131 529 3260 - david.key@edinburgh.gov.uk Colinton Amenity Association: www.colinton-amentity.org.uk Craiglockhart Community Council: www.craiglockhart.btck.co.uk Colinton Community Council: www.colintoncc.org.uk Firrhill Community Council: www.firrhillcommunitycouncil.btck.co.uk Longstone Community Council: www.longstonecc.org.uk Pentland Community Centre: 0131 445 287

MEDICAL Colinton Pharmacy - 0131 441 2352 - Opening Times: Mon-Fri: 9-1pm & 2-5.45pm, Sat: 9am to 1pm Colinton Mains Pharmacy - 0131 441 3388 - Opening Times: Mon- Fri: 9am – 6pm, Sat: 9am- 1pm - Closed daily between 1pm and 2pm Colinton Surgery - 0131 441 4555 - www.colintonsurgery.co.uk - Opening Times: Mon- Fri: 8am- 6pm Firrhill Medical Centre - 0131 441 3119. Mon- Fri 8am- 6pm Royal Infirmary - 0131 536 1000 - www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Sick Kids Hospital - 0131 536 0000 - www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk NHS 24 - 08454 24 24 24 - www.nhs24.com

SCHOOLS Bonaly Primary School - 0131 441 7211 - www.bonaly.edin.sch.uk Colinton Primary School - 0131 441 1946 - www.colintonprimaryschool.wordpress.com Firrhill High School - 0131 441 4501 - www.firrhillhighschool.org.uk Merchiston Castle School - 0131 312 2200 - www.merchiston.co.uk Oxgangs Primary School - 0131 441 3649 - www.oxgangs.edin.sch.uk St Marks RC Primary School - Tel 0131 441 2948 - www.st-marks.edin.sch.uk

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CLUBS & CLASSES

SPORTS, HOBBIES, LEARNING, SUPPORT GROUPS & MORE COLINTON BADMINTON CLUB St. Cuthberts Church Hall, Westgarth Ave Monday 8pm-10pm from Sept to March. Contact: Archie Clark on 0131 449 4703 STABLE ROOM PLAYGROUPS Colinton Parish Ch0urch, Dell Road Happy and stimulating playgroups from 2-5 years old.

Mon, Weds & Fri 9.15am to 12.00pm. (term time).

Contact 0131 477 9494 or email stableroom@hotmail.co.uk STABLE ROOM & TODDLER GROUPS Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road Thurs 9.30am - 11.30am (term time). Contact: Sarah Yule on 07850 195334. Please phone before coming as we operate a waiting list.

PROGRESS FITNESS Classes in Colinton & Juniper Green. Classes include: Zumba, Zumba Step, Zumba Gold, Total Body Conditioning, Yoga & Fitness Yoga. £5 per class or 10 for only £40.00! For full details go to www.progressfitness.co.uk COMPLIMENTARY FITNESS CLASSES All level classes Tues: Fitness Pilates 7.30pm in Craiglockhart Church Hall & Classes in Dreghorn Loan Church Hall, Colinton, on Weds: Fitness Toning 9.30am Thurs: Fitness Yoga 6.35pm & Fitness Pilates 7.30pm. Fri: Fitness Yoga 9.30am info & details www.complementaryfitness.co.uk COLINTON GARDEN CLUB Dreghorn Loan Hall Meets 4th Monday of every month at 8.00pm. September to April.

Email: membership@colintongardens.org.uk www.colintongardens.org.uk BIDE & BLETHER LUNCH CLUB Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, 71 Firrhill Drive, Edinburgh EH13 9EU Every Wednesday from 1.30pm to 3pm, starting from 7th June. Call us today to book your place on 0131 466 0678.

CRAIGLOCKHART CHURCH GUILD Craiglockhart Church Meet at the Church at 7.30 pm on 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month from October to March to encourage men and women in their faith while hearing interesting talks and finishing with a chat over a cup of tea/coffee. First meeting on 3rd October – Canine Carers. Everyone most welcome. For more information please see Church website www.craiglockhartchurch.org

COLINTON LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEW! Dreghorn Loan Hall

Want to know about local history! We meet every other Monday evening in the Hall with Speakers starting at 8pm prompt. Visit www.colintonhistory.org.uk or contact Bob Bell at 0131 441 4915.

EDINBURGH GUILD OF WEAVERS, SPINNERS AND DYERS Craiglockhart Church, Craiglockhart Drive North

Meet at monthly usually the third Saturday of the month.

Our aims are to further the crafts of weaving, spinning and dyeing, to learn from each other as well as from experienced craft tutors, and to create opportunities to display and pass on our skills. See www.ewsd.org.uk WEDNESDAY WALKING GROUP Meet every Wednesday for walks in the Lothians, Fife, the Borders and further afield. Transport from Currie Library car park, walks of various grades and distances (usually 6 to 8 miles). Just turn up and go. Contact: M. Timmins T: 0131 449 4525 or A Blythe T:0131 629 3644 (Balerno and District Ramblers) for details and a programme.

SISTERS WITH SPIRIT Swing Café at Colinton Parish Church

A new women’s group that meet on the first Thursday every month at 7.30pm. For more details on the themes for our meetings, and to book tickets, please visit www.facebook.com/sisterswithspirit or call 0131 441 2232.

GO GET FITNESS Insanity Live classes

Max Interval Training for all fitness levels. Mon 8pm Campbell Park, Colinton. Tues 8.15pm Pentland Community Centre. Thurs 1pm, Fri 9.30am North Merchiston Club (parents welcome to bring children to watch!) £5 per class or block of 10 classes for £40 For bookings and further details: emma@go-get.co.uk www.go-get.co.uk or www.facebook.com/gogetinsanitylive 7TH EDINBURGH BOYS BRIGADE Co. We welcome boys of all school ages, from Primary 1 to S6.

For a real variety of fun, games, activities, outings & competitions. Most Friday evenings during school term at Dreghorn Loan Hall, Dreghorn Loan. Alastair Merrill (Company Captain); ajsmerrill@gmail.com; 0131 477 3982; 07766 246880. Martin Shand (P1 – P6); martinshand74@ gmail.com; 0131 441 9149; 07860 368285.

COLINTON LITERARY SOCIETY Dreghorn Loan Hall

Meets every Wednesday at 8pm from 11 October. Keep up to date with latest news about the Lit, on Church website www.colinton-parish.com CRAIGLOCKHART LADIES GROUP Craiglockhart Parish Church

This local community group meets at 8pm on the second and fourth Mondays, September to March, to hear a variety of speakers on diverse subjects and to meet up for tea/coffee and a chat. £20 membership. 1st meeting 11th September: ‘Sweetie Night’ All welcome.

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