, ' • BROUGHTON Spurtle aims to: September [~iii [Contacts *provide a contact point for local people who want to get together BROUGHTON and change things * help local action groups publicise their work Bellevue and Claremont Residents *make connections between "the news" and people's own lives in Broughton 2003 Association * and generally stir things up a bit! Yvonne Pryor 466 1144 Spurtle team for this issue: Spurtle Tel: 556 0903 Broughton Village Association Meg Nea~ John Dickie, Gordon Dow, Gavin MacGregor, Eileen Dickie, Alan Stephanie Harvey 557 2762 (daytime) Mcintosh, Ken McKay and Norma McKendrick. 556 7727 No 107 Free Independent Gayfield Association BROUGHTON BOOKS in Broughton Place are our 'postbox'. You can put William McNair 556 4493 a letter addressed to us through their letterbox at any time. CENTRAL EDINBURGH TRAFFIC SCHEME APPROVED Phone & Fax: 556 0903 I 556 7727. McDonald Area Amenity Society Bob Stewart 557 1267 How much will Broughton Street suffer? Redbraes Residents Association TIDNKING OF LETTING After hearing objections earlier this Stockbridge corridor to cope with the faith to commit 'as an integral part' YOUR FLAT? NewTown year, Reporters have now approved measures now intended. The Report sufficient funding to ensure that the George Hosey 467 6151 ) Broughton and Pilrig We always require properties to the City Council's proposals for states: 'The RAP has been approved necessary coping strategies are put Community Council Friends of Hopetoun Crescent meet constant demand Central Edinburgh Traffic in principle by the Council and in place. It is crucial that this cannot Garden Broughton Property Management Management (CETM). Restrictions implementation is subject to the be allowed to happen. The Council represents your views to the City Eileen Dickie 556 0903 61 Broughton Street on Princes Street will now apply to availability of finance. However, has relied for long on the RAP Council and other public bodies. We Tel 0131 478 7222 traffic travelling in both directions, since it is clear that at this point in scheme happening 'sometime' - New Town Broughton & Pilrig need to find out what your views are and related traffic management time there is no dedicated funding to money permitting. If the basic Community Council Eml.: [email protected] on planning, transport, environment measures will be introduced on other implement the proposals in full, we structure of our city centre, far less Jessica Miller 558 1025 and licensing matters. Get in touch streets. consider that we cannot rely on them the quality of life therein, is to be with us or come along to our Broughton History Society Malcolm Chisholm MSP Amongst objectors to the scheme as an integral part of the proposals preserved it is essential that RAP meetings on the first Monday of John Dickie 556 0903 Edinburgh North and Leith was the Broughton Village before us'. In other words, the becomes central to the CETM every month (except for public Association. BVA chair Gavin Council is about to adopt a scheme, scheme going ahead." Drummond Community High holidays) in the Library of MacGregor says his ftrst reaction to with all the implications that are School Drummond Community High School. the Report "was to be generally acknowledged will flow Our local councillor's response - 556 2651 ·. ~ Anyone is welcome to attend. overwhelmingly disheartened that from it, without having the good page2 none of the researched and reasoned Cllr Trevor Davies Contact: Jessica Miller, Broughton Ward 529 3221 submissions made by Broughton Secretary, 558 1025 Surgery at Broughton Primary School Village Association and others over Wednesdays 6.30 to 7pm during Constituency Office: a two-month period earlier this year school terms. 86-88 Brunswick Street, EH7 5HU R.C.S. GROUP had been accepted in any measure Tel: 0131-558 8358 NO TIME FOR HOUSEWORK? whatsoever". He acknowledges that Cllr David Guest Fax: 0131-557 6781 Commercial & domestic cleaning the views submitted by the BVA are New Town Ward Saturday surgeries: Plumbing and Heating fairly represented in the Report, 558 8823 or 529 4268 9am Leith Library including concerns that a thriving, Surgery at 67 Northumberland Street Floor sanding and maintenance I 0.30am Royston!Wardiebum (buffing) living street would become simply a on Mondays 6.30 to 7.15pm Community Centre channel for traffic - damaging the l2pm Stockbridge Library Tel 0131476 0201 residential and business Malcolm Chisholm MSP Mobile 07747 121494 558 8358 communities, bringing noise and Saturday surgeries: pollution, and worsening existing 9am Leith Library I Mark Lazarowicz parking and access problems on 12 noon Stockbridge Library SIRACH LOW COST COMPUTER TRAINING Member of Parliament for Broughton Street. The Reporters accept that CETM will mean more No appointment necessary THE LOW COST Edinburgh North and Leith COMPUTER TRAINING COMPANY traffic on Broughton Street, and Mark Lazarowicz MP fLEXIBLE BOOKING, INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION consequently a greater risk of 557 0577 pedestrians being struck by vehicles; INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING but they agree with the City Council Please phone for details of advice DIGITAL CAMERA AND SCANNERS A new Centre for Health and Wellbeing for lesbian, gay, bisexual and sessions. INTERNET AND EMAIL that this and any other side-effects transgender folk was opened at 9 Howe Street on 22nd August. MICROSOFT WORD, E XCEL, POVVERPOINT, will be at a level acceptable in the Pictured above are celebrity Julian Clary, who 'cut the ribbon' at the grand P UBLISHER, ACCESS AND O UTLOOK context of the overall benefits of the opening ceremony, and project manager Janine Botfield - the flowers were WOODCRAFT SUPPLIES WHETHER YOU WANT TO SEND PHOTOS scheme. supplied by Red Hot Flowers in Broughton Street (and tapas by Sala Cafe Bar). VIA EMAIL, PRINT ADDRESS lABELS IN V'JORD So what now? Gavin MacGregor 'Research shows that LGBT people experience significant health problems, Picture Framing - Keys Cut OR KEEP ACCOUNTS IN EXCEL Constituency Office: writes: "The Report makes repeated which are strongly linked to social exclusion, homophobic discrimination and Shoe repair service WE HAVE THE ANSWER 86-88 Brunswick St, Edinbmgh reference to the Council's 'Route ignorance. Concerns include mental health, suicide, alcohol, drugs and Timber Boards Cut to Size PRICES START FROM qo ,/"'\; EH7 5HU Tel: 0131 557 0577 Action Plan' (RAP for short). This is smoking', says Janine. 'Currently, health policy and health services tend to Monday-Saturday FOR AN 8 HOUR COURSE a document some 3 to 4 years old overlook how these risk factors relate to LGBT people.' The Centre has a drop­ J \ Fax: 0131 557 5759 9.30- 5.30pm (Closed Wed. pm) CONT~CT US AT 26 FORTH STREET Email: [email protected] which made far-reaching proposals in information centre open on Mondays, 4 to 8pm and Wednesdays, 3 to 7pm. 109 Broughton Street .. TEL: 477 8645 ; Please contact Constituency Office for allowing the Broughton to Or phone 523 1100. 556 9672 EMAIL: [email protected] ~ - WEB: \IVIN\IV.SIRAGH.c0.ui(J for details of Advice Sessions. , Continued from page 1 McDONALD ROAD LIBRARY BRIEFLY How much will Broughton Street suffer? . Not long now! We asked Broughton's councillor, pollution monitoring as takes place The road surface in East London Correction! Last month we drew Trevor Davies, for his reaction to the in other parts of the city centre - Street (what a mess!) was supposed attention to the danger that we might Report, and his thoughts on any though we should all note that to be repaired in late spring. Then (ose a local green space - the tennis knock-on effect for Broughton Street. Edinburgh is one of the least · Trans co told the City Council they club, children's wild play area and polluted cities in the country. were going to dig up the street for a small patch of allotment that are 'Naturally, I am pleased that the I also intend to discuss with local new gas main; so the work on the tucked away up the lane between Planning Enquiry Reporters have so residents any other measures that road surface was held off Now Bellevue Crescent and Scotland convincingly supported the they think might be needed. Transco sczy they don't have to dig Street. We said the lease from the Council's plans. I am convinced that And let's all remember- the CETM · up the road after all: so the repair City Council ran out 2 years from the CETM Plan is right for the future is a management measure. It is not work can proceed- once the extra now, and that developers were prosperity of the city as a whole, designed to reduce significantly the Festival trciffic has cleared 'Transco already interested in buying the site though it will have some detrimental volumes of traffic coming into the has held up the implementation of for housing. Councillor Davies tells effects on Broughton Street. city centre. For that we will have to the 20mph scheme', sczys local us that in fact the lease does not Those effects, I believe along with rely on the next stage in the councillor Trevor Davies. 'It's not expire until 28th November 2007: so the Reporters, will not be as bad as Council's strategy: the combination possible to have an effective 20mph the danger is more distant than local some fear. But they do need to be of massive public transport residents thought. But that wee green zone"' unless all the entrances and taken seriously and action taken to investment with congestion exits have signs and speed-reducing space still neeos watching. ameliorate them. I will now press, charging. With this decision from the measures. And we couldn't put those Councillor Davies says 'the Council within the Council, for the Reporters the Council can now start •in at the entrances and exits ofEast is not considering selling the land': implementation of the Broughton­ on that process.' London Street.