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Evening News Article: Wishing for Sunshine Amid Grey Skies Over Craighouse

Posted on October 25, 2011 by rosyb

Article in the Evening News in which we talk about why the spectacular Craighouse landscape is so important, our reply to John Bury’s statement about access and implications for green space across the city. You can view if you click … Continue reading →

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Friends Of Craighouse engage with Local Community Councils

Posted on October 23, 2011 by rosyb

In the last few weeks, Friends Of Craighouse have engaged with Local Community Councils to highlight our concerns about the potential excessive development, loss of protected green space and loss of public access at Craighouse Campus. We have attended the … Continue reading →

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The Woodland Trust Supports the Friends

Posted on October 19, 2011 by rosyb

We are delighted to announce that we have the support of the Woodland Trust who will be supporting the Friends, are providing a statement and have offered to promote the work of the group on their social media sites to … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Photo Shoot – the full story!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by rosyb

Please do check out our recent post on our letter of complaint about the developers’ handling of the consultation process. But now, I promised to write a post about Sunday and the protest and photoshoot. The day started off with … Continue reading →

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Elected Representatives Come out in Support of the Friends

Posted on October 10, 2011 by rosyb

Several Councillors, MPs and MSPs joined us in our protest yesterday. Here is a photo of us on the orchard (where the developers want to build 3-storey housing). With us here are Paul Godzik, Labour Councillor for Meadows and Morningside; … Continue reading →

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Photo Today

Posted on October 9, 2011 by rosyb

At 2pm, Craighouse lawn. Do come along and bring anyone you can. I am looking out at the weather, nervously, but so far the forecast seems clear for 2 and should get brighter through the day, but you might want … Continue reading →

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Excessive new-build? Looks like it, according to Mountgrange’s own website

Posted on October 8, 2011 by rosyb

Yesterday, The Craighouse Partnership put up a list of FAQs on their website. But there are important questions that remain unanswered. The Friends of Craighouse believe that, with a site as important as this one, that it is paramount that … Continue reading →

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Article in the Evening News

Posted on October 5, 2011 by rosyb

From the Scotsman site, near-fullpage article in the Evening News today : Campaign hits out at housing for Craighouse  HUNDREDS of people have joined a campaign against plans to redevelop a historic city beauty spot, saying it would be like … Continue reading →

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Photograph: we need your help!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by rosyb

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT We are having a  photo for the press on Sun 9th October at 2pm and we need your help. We will be meeting on the lawns at Craighouse and we need to get as many people as possible … Continue reading →

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Second Meeting

Posted on October 2, 2011 by rosyb

Our second Friends meeting got off to a noisy start. We all gathered at The Waiting Room in Morningside. Unfortunately it was a bit of a battle against the loudspeakers and football, and a megaphone would have been handy. However, … Continue reading →

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