Tag: There But Not There

NEN: Top posts of 2018

It’s been a busy old year for your North Edinburgh News blog. National (Brexit) and international (Donald Trump) stories may have been making the headlines around the globe, but here in North Edinburgh it was a story about yet another closed local pub that was the most-read post of the year! The news comes as The Telford Arms has announced that it’s to close at the end of this month for a major refurbishment – and will re-open in March as The Scottish Engineer. Continue reading NEN: Top posts of 2018

PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH URGED TO BRING FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

·         The ‘Bring Tommy Home for Christmas’ Campaign to commemorate 18,355 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died after the end of  the first World War between Armistice and New Year’s Eve 1918 brought to Edinburgh

·         New figures from Commonwealth War Graves Commission show 70 soldiers from Edinburgh never made it home for Christmas after the Armistice

·         Follows campaign launch at Heart of Midlothian F.C. in February and Tommy projection on Edinburgh Castle in November this year

·         John Lewis & Partners supports charity There But Not There to commemorate local soldiers

·         There But Not There has raised more than £4.5m to commemorate the fallen and support today’s veterans

Residents across Edinburgh have been urged to back a new campaign which aims to commemorate the 18,355 British and Commonwealth soldiers who never made it back to their families for Christmas in 1918. Continue reading PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH URGED TO BRING FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

There but not there: Hearts’ fallen heroes honoured in national WW1 campaign launch

Ghostly figures of First World War soldiers or ‘Tommies’, have taken up their position on the Tynecastle turf  today as part of a new nationwide fundraising campaign to commemorate 100 years since the end of the Great War later this year. Continue reading There but not there: Hearts’ fallen heroes honoured in national WW1 campaign launch