THURSDAY 5th & THURSDAY 19th AUGUST at RWCC
There is also a follow-up Songs of Protest workshop TOMORROW morning (Thursday 31st July) from 10 – 12.30 at North Edinburgh Arts.
Penny Stone will be introducing more protest songs before we get down to writing a few more verses for a new North Edinburgh protest song!
SUMMER BBQ THIS WEDS 30th JULY 2-5pm (or when the food runs out). FREE, at the community garden (10 Wardieburn Road).
With BBQ from Scran Academy, bread from Granton Garden Bakery, and salad from Lauriston Farm (Edinburgh Agroecology Coop). ALL WELCOME!
Wednesday gardening club is on as usual from 1pm.
Dr Bike will be in 2-4pm -Free bike safety checks (thanks to R2 and North Edinburgh Arts)
Please note, this event with the Scran Van is earlier than our usual 5pm for the last Wednesday of the month.
THURSDAY 24th JULY from 10am – 12.30pm
We’ve been doing a summer of resistance programme at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre over the last few months to tie in with Steve McQueen’s ‘Resistance‘ photography exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art.
Its brilliant and couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
Anyway as part of our summer programme we have been organising joint sessions with North Edinburgh Arts groups. The first one is songs of protest tomorrow morning with Penny Stone at North Edinburgh Arts.
All welcome!
Lynn McCabe
We said goodbye to Madge yesterday.
Madge was one of those women who everyone seemed to know; a popular and weel-kent face around Royston and Crewe and the funeral service was packed.
I have known Madge and her family socially for more than forty years, but there are still some things you find out that come as a surprise. And at Warriston I learned that Madge had written a poem:
TWENTY FIVE PAST TWO
AH’M WALKING DOON THE ROAD
CAUSE IT’S TWENTY-FIVE PAST TWO
GAUN TAE GET THE BAIRN …
PAST MOHAMMED’S FIR SOME CHEWS
WHEN AH GET HIM
‘THERE’S YER CHEWS
TIME FIR HAME
CHANGE YER SHOES’
DUMPS HIS SCHOOL BAG …
HE’S OOT THE DOOR
IN THE GAIRDEN
WIE HIS DINOSAURS
A WORLD O’ HIS AIN TAKES O’ER
UNTIL … RAP THE WINDAE: ‘TEA’
“AH DINNAE LIKE THAT”
PICKS HIS GRUB
‘EAT IT OR YE’R IN THE TUB’
IN THE TUB, LOADS O’ TOYS
WHAT A MESS … MIND, BOYS WILL BE BOYS
UNTIL … AH TUCK HIM UP IN BED
TEDDY CUDDLED ROOND HIS HEAD.
A poem by MADGE VENTERS
*** UPDATE – NIHAT HAS BEEN TRACED ***
POLICE are appealing for the public’s assistance in tracing a missing man from the north of the city.
Nihat Karani, 63, was last seen at around 9.30pm last night (Thursday, 3 July, 2025) in the Royston Mains Crescent area. He left here on foot and hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
He is described as around 5ft 6ins tall, of stocky build, with grey/white hair and a moustache. He wears glasses which he has on a chain around his neck and was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and white trainers.
Nihat’s first language is Bulgarian and he speaks limited English.
Inspector George Nisbet from Drylaw Police Station said: “Nihat knows the city and is known to visit Edinburgh’s park and green spaces, but he rarely does this alone.
“He walks with a walking stick which he had in his possession when he was last seen.
“We have a number of police resources looking for Nihat and I would ask anyone who may have seen him, or a man matching his description, to report this to us as soon as possible.”
Those with information should contact Police Scotland via 101 and quote incident number 0196 of 4 July 2025.
Wardieburn Community Clean up
Monday 23rd June – Wednesday 25th June 2025
Skips will be at Wardieburn Road, Wardieburn Street West and Wardieburn Street East
Items you no longer need or excess items that cause your normal bin to overflow
This DOES NOT include bulky waste such as mattresses, sofas or white goods
WEDNESDAY 28 MAY from 10am – 12 noon at ROYSTON WARDIEBURN COMMUNITY CENTRE
Housing information drop in this Wednesday at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre from 10am-12noon 
Staff/advisors are coming from:
City of Edinburgh Council Housing
RIGHT THERE
Grab a cuppa and get some advice!
WEDNESDAY 28th MAY from 10am – 12pm
Aged 16-19 and looking to get into youth work?
Applications for the 25/26 North Edinburgh Youth Work Collaborative Traineeship are now open!
Work with us, @fetloryouthclub , @spartans_community_foundation , @muirhouseyouthdevelopmentgroup , and @piltonyouthchildren over the year and take your first step into the profession!
Deadline for apps is 23rd May and you can apply via the QR codes in the graphic attached!
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School Holiday Price £5 per hour