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Welcome to the Auld Reekie Retold Podcast from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. This is our fifth episode and today you’ll hear from Suzy Murray, on of the team working on the Auld Reekie Retold project. Suzy is going on an adventure to Leith today, and you can join her! Follow along on Our Town Stories using the interactive map to see the route and all the images she's discussing. The walk will start up at the Victoria Bridge and take you down to Elm Row. On the way Suzy will discuss photographs and photographic studios which help tell the story of Leith Walk and the surrounding areas. We have been creating the podcast from home, so please excuse any inconsistencies in the audio.

Follow the route and see all the images here: https://www.ourtownstories.co.uk/story/a-walk-through-history-photography-arr-podcast/

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Welcome to the Auld Reekie Retold Podcast from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. This is our fourth episode and today you’ll hear from Vicky Garrington and Anna MacQuarrie, two of the team working on the Auld Reekie Retold project. We have been creating the podcast from home, so please excuse any inconsistencies in the audio. Vicky and Anna are going to talk about something a little different today, contemporary collecting! If you aren’t sure what this means then listen on and find out the exciting process which has lead us to acquiring some emotional, and occasionally challenging, collections.

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Welcome to the Auld Reekie Retold Podcast from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. This is our third episode and today you’ll hear from Nico Tyack and Anna MacQuarrie, two of the team working on the Auld Reekie Retold project. They are talking about a mysterious letter, exiled kings and life in Edinburgh during the 18th century. We have been creating the podcast from home, so please excuse any inconsistencies in the audio.

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Welcome to the Auld Reekie Retold Podcast from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. This is our second episode, after the success of our first podcast we decided to keep on the dog theme and talk about the curious stories behind the dogs of the Writers Museum. We have been creating the podcast from home so please excuse any inconsistencies in the audio. Today you’ll hear from Gabriella Lawrie and Oliver Taylor, two of the team working on the Auld Reekie Retold project. They are talking about the three main authors of the Writers' Museum: Burns, Scott and Stevenson and their fantastic beasts!

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Welcome to the Auld Reekie Retold Podcast from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. Today is the launch of our first episode! We have been creating the podcast from home, so please excuse any inconsistencies in the audio. Today you’ll hear from Gabriella Lawrie, Gwen Thomas and Suzy Murray, three of the team working on the Auld Reekie Retold project. They are talking about Edinburgh’s most famous dog, Greyfriars Bobby, and his journey from small dog to major cultural icon.