{"id":1967,"date":"2007-06-05T21:01:43","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T01:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2007-06-06T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T13:41:21","slug":"murmur-in-leith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/06\/05\/murmur-in-leith\/","title":{"rendered":"[murmur] in Leith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1352\/532409844_ff513b72da.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re here in Leith launching our Scottish [murmur] in this seaside section of Edinburgh (though a Leither will tell you about how distinct they are from Edinburgh) and spreading Toronto goodwill. You can take a [murmur] tour of Leith <a href=\"http:\/\/edinburgh.murmur.info\/\">here<\/a> if you&#8217;re not actually here &#8212; it&#8217;s a very Parkdalian part of town. On Sunday I led a tour of visually impaired folks around a few [murmur] signs. Above we are starting the tour at &#8220;The Foot of Leith Walk&#8221; &#8212; a street that reminds me a bit of Spadina and connects to the centre of Edinburgh &#8212; and those stories are <a href=\"http:\/\/edinburgh.murmur.info\/place.php?933600\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1169\/532409852_ef47ae5136.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I led a smaller tour to the Port O&#8217; Leith bar, one of the places that inspired local writer Irving Welsh to write Trainspotting. Stories from this legendary bar are <a href=\"http:\/\/edinburgh.murmur.info\/place.php?958587\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nOur Scottish readers (there are some) can come to our launch event tomorrow night (wed) at the Iso Bar in Leith and meet some of the storytellers and story interviewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re here in Leith launching our Scottish [murmur] in this seaside section of Edinburgh (though a Leither will tell you about how distinct they are from Edinburgh) and spreading Toronto goodwill. You can take a [murmur] tour of Leith here if you&#8217;re not actually here &#8212; it&#8217;s a very Parkdalian part of town. 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