Alan Gordon
@agordonsalive.bsky.social
Community, people, grower, music and making things better.
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My office has submitted a £20 million funding bid for Edinburgh South West. This time, the focus was Wester Hailes, but I hope this is just the start. The bid is at the foot of this blog: drscottarthur.scot/2025/11/15/p...
Pride in Place – We have talked enough about Wester Hailes, we need to start making plans reality.
Dr Scott Arthur canalside in Wester Hailes My office has submitting a £20 million funding bid for Edinburgh South West. This time, the focus was Wester Hailes, but I hope this is just the start. Th…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
My office has submitted a £20 million funding bid for Edinburgh South West. This time, the focus was Wester Hailes, but I hope this is just the start. The bid is at the foot of this blog: drscottarthur.scot/2025/11/15/p...
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Out with some of the crew & @longstonecc.bsky.social giving our planting areas a bit of TLC & preparing a new area for next season. Some giant red crocosmia donated by a fan from Craiglockhart, and a few additional from fans on Redhall Drive.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Out with some of the crew & @longstonecc.bsky.social giving our planting areas a bit of TLC & preparing a new area for next season. Some giant red crocosmia donated by a fan from Craiglockhart, and a few additional from fans on Redhall Drive.
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😍We were super happy to welcome Bonaly Primary School & their super motivated Head, Kirstie Miller, who 'teamed up' with us, with 34 young folk completing their very first parkrun, and another 10 existing runners running our course for the very first time!😍 And 75 runners returning to our event. ❤️”
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
😍We were super happy to welcome Bonaly Primary School & their super motivated Head, Kirstie Miller, who 'teamed up' with us, with 34 young folk completing their very first parkrun, and another 10 existing runners running our course for the very first time!😍 And 75 runners returning to our event. ❤️”
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Impressive 11th event from Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun!
“💥Wow wow wow! A new record attendance with 119 young runners, joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 11th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun💥
“💥Wow wow wow! A new record attendance with 119 young runners, joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 11th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun💥
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Impressive 11th event from Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun!
“💥Wow wow wow! A new record attendance with 119 young runners, joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 11th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun💥
“💥Wow wow wow! A new record attendance with 119 young runners, joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 11th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun💥
3X Grammy-nominated flautist Pt. Ajay Prasanna with Tabla maestro Shahbaz Hussain, guitarist Giuliano Modarelli & Pt. Debasis Chakroborty.
These musical maestro’s were absolutely phenomenal. Top of their game at the assembly rooms. 👌
These musical maestro’s were absolutely phenomenal. Top of their game at the assembly rooms. 👌
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
3X Grammy-nominated flautist Pt. Ajay Prasanna with Tabla maestro Shahbaz Hussain, guitarist Giuliano Modarelli & Pt. Debasis Chakroborty.
These musical maestro’s were absolutely phenomenal. Top of their game at the assembly rooms. 👌
These musical maestro’s were absolutely phenomenal. Top of their game at the assembly rooms. 👌
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😂 What a very British protest - radio DJ doing a 24-hour marathon playing hits that only reached number 2 in the charts, to highlight the 'Number Twos' discharged in sewage into Lake Windermere.
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
😂 What a very British protest - radio DJ doing a 24-hour marathon playing hits that only reached number 2 in the charts, to highlight the 'Number Twos' discharged in sewage into Lake Windermere.
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Up at Canal View primary with the crew this morning fitting a polytunnel sliding door system to one after the last storm had damaged the old hinged doors. 👍
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Up at Canal View primary with the crew this morning fitting a polytunnel sliding door system to one after the last storm had damaged the old hinged doors. 👍
Polytunnel sliding door kit for assembly at Canal View primary this morning 👌
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Polytunnel sliding door kit for assembly at Canal View primary this morning 👌
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Welcomed 60 young runners (5 newly signed up and 3 first timers here), joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 10th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun😃
🌪Big shout out to the 20 runners who set their personal best times today.🌪
💪💪🫵We salute Angus Maclellan who earned his half-marathon wristband⚡️
🌪Big shout out to the 20 runners who set their personal best times today.🌪
💪💪🫵We salute Angus Maclellan who earned his half-marathon wristband⚡️
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Welcomed 60 young runners (5 newly signed up and 3 first timers here), joggers, & walkers 🏃 completing the 10th Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun😃
🌪Big shout out to the 20 runners who set their personal best times today.🌪
💪💪🫵We salute Angus Maclellan who earned his half-marathon wristband⚡️
🌪Big shout out to the 20 runners who set their personal best times today.🌪
💪💪🫵We salute Angus Maclellan who earned his half-marathon wristband⚡️
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A thank you to Rev Bob Henderson, Chaplain to the Forces, for a moving and thoughtful memorial service this morning. It was lovely to see such good attendance with everyone paying their respects. Ray Donnelly laid a wreath on behalf of LCC and looked impeccable doing so.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A thank you to Rev Bob Henderson, Chaplain to the Forces, for a moving and thoughtful memorial service this morning. It was lovely to see such good attendance with everyone paying their respects. Ray Donnelly laid a wreath on behalf of LCC and looked impeccable doing so.
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Lest we forget. They shall never grow old.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lest we forget. They shall never grow old.
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Now the mattress has gone we’ve raised a job to have the area cleaned and the actual rubbish that is blowing everywhere removed. Efficiency saving opportunities are abundant in how CEC manage the environment. Where’s Elon when you actually need him? Ref: 102000005105
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Now the mattress has gone we’ve raised a job to have the area cleaned and the actual rubbish that is blowing everywhere removed. Efficiency saving opportunities are abundant in how CEC manage the environment. Where’s Elon when you actually need him? Ref: 102000005105
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Good news we received today is that planning permission has been granted for the development of the community micro-hub next to the Greenway Garden on the Murrayburn side. Thanks to everyone who commented, both positively and those who raised concerns. 🙏 Work now continues on funding the project.
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good news we received today is that planning permission has been granted for the development of the community micro-hub next to the Greenway Garden on the Murrayburn side. Thanks to everyone who commented, both positively and those who raised concerns. 🙏 Work now continues on funding the project.
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- Residents incredulous that again the hedge completely blocking a Redhall Grove school pavement has still not been cut back by @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social . Shameful the amount of time and resource our community & @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social have spent chasing! Just get it cut already. 🤬🤬/5
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
- Residents incredulous that again the hedge completely blocking a Redhall Grove school pavement has still not been cut back by @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social . Shameful the amount of time and resource our community & @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social have spent chasing! Just get it cut already. 🤬🤬/5
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- Pedestrian crossing being planned for Longstone Place/Duncans Gait school route 👍👍
- Residents also want speed control measures on Kingsknowe Rd North and Redhall Drive where cars frequently speed past schoolchildren and residents./4
- Residents also want speed control measures on Kingsknowe Rd North and Redhall Drive where cars frequently speed past schoolchildren and residents./4
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
- Pedestrian crossing being planned for Longstone Place/Duncans Gait school route 👍👍
- Residents also want speed control measures on Kingsknowe Rd North and Redhall Drive where cars frequently speed past schoolchildren and residents./4
- Residents also want speed control measures on Kingsknowe Rd North and Redhall Drive where cars frequently speed past schoolchildren and residents./4
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- Bollards/tactile paving/red coloured chips coming to vehicle entrance to school to highlight priority to school pupils. Incredibly @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social cannot paint a zebra crossing here because of @transportscotland.bsky.social policy. Totally Nuts! 👎/3
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
- Bollards/tactile paving/red coloured chips coming to vehicle entrance to school to highlight priority to school pupils. Incredibly @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social cannot paint a zebra crossing here because of @transportscotland.bsky.social policy. Totally Nuts! 👎/3
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Good to see safety measures now appearing on the Scottish Road Works Commissioners website and also mentioned in the Transport & Environment Committee papers for next week.
- Build outs, raised table & resurfacing coming at the junction between Redhall Rd and Kingsknowe Road North 👍/2
- Build outs, raised table & resurfacing coming at the junction between Redhall Rd and Kingsknowe Road North 👍/2
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good to see safety measures now appearing on the Scottish Road Works Commissioners website and also mentioned in the Transport & Environment Committee papers for next week.
- Build outs, raised table & resurfacing coming at the junction between Redhall Rd and Kingsknowe Road North 👍/2
- Build outs, raised table & resurfacing coming at the junction between Redhall Rd and Kingsknowe Road North 👍/2
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💥School Street safety and getting the basics right!💥
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
💥School Street safety and getting the basics right!💥
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
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Will @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social use the opportunity to convert the temp infra to permanent infra per Transport & Environment Committee recent promotion of the traveling safely schemes for permanency? Maybe we'll be surprised @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Will @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social use the opportunity to convert the temp infra to permanent infra per Transport & Environment Committee recent promotion of the traveling safely schemes for permanency? Maybe we'll be surprised @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
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Some good news for local drivers. Carriageway resurfacing coming to Longstone Rd early next year.
- Eastbound from the junction of Longstone Terrace to opposite the junction of Parkhead Loan.
- Westbound from the junction of Longstone Park for approximately 70m.
- Eastbound from the junction of Longstone Terrace to opposite the junction of Parkhead Loan.
- Westbound from the junction of Longstone Park for approximately 70m.
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some good news for local drivers. Carriageway resurfacing coming to Longstone Rd early next year.
- Eastbound from the junction of Longstone Terrace to opposite the junction of Parkhead Loan.
- Westbound from the junction of Longstone Park for approximately 70m.
- Eastbound from the junction of Longstone Terrace to opposite the junction of Parkhead Loan.
- Westbound from the junction of Longstone Park for approximately 70m.
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Reported under Ref: 102000003770 to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social for action (again) outside 80 Longstone St.
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reported under Ref: 102000003770 to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social for action (again) outside 80 Longstone St.
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Then out planting spring bulb mix of daffodils/tulips/crocus/alliums in Murrayburn and some hedge pruning with Wester Hailes High School students. Busy day.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Then out planting spring bulb mix of daffodils/tulips/crocus/alliums in Murrayburn and some hedge pruning with Wester Hailes High School students. Busy day.
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Started the day requesting CEC empty full local bin/remove firework leftovers from greenspace, tidying up beds in the garden, finding potatoes & turnips, and finishing the badger seat
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Started the day requesting CEC empty full local bin/remove firework leftovers from greenspace, tidying up beds in the garden, finding potatoes & turnips, and finishing the badger seat
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Perfect? No, but it was never going to be. However observations from walking about are:
👍 overwhelming majority of households across the Redhall/Longstone area have not set off fireworks this year and that reflects on our community well. 👍 /1
👍 overwhelming majority of households across the Redhall/Longstone area have not set off fireworks this year and that reflects on our community well. 👍 /1
Quite a number of these appearing locally now. 🚫🚫🎇🎆
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Perfect? No, but it was never going to be. However observations from walking about are:
👍 overwhelming majority of households across the Redhall/Longstone area have not set off fireworks this year and that reflects on our community well. 👍 /1
👍 overwhelming majority of households across the Redhall/Longstone area have not set off fireworks this year and that reflects on our community well. 👍 /1