Andy Arthur, Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @cocteautriplets

Andy Arthur

cocteautriplets

I agree with Murdo that you cannot extrapolate the "will" for an independence referendum from the constituency results alone. And for exactly the same reason you also cannot deny it.https://twitter.com/murdo_fraser/status/13916580

So here we go then. Edinburgh's public tramway system, 1870-closure in 1956. Horse, cable and electric. It's quite amazing how quickly it grew or was converted between different power systems,

Some thoughts/details on tartan trews from a couple of Osprey publications, with particular respect to them being pieces of military clothing.https://twitter.com/molach95/status/1325095405672140801 First up, some basic Highland military str

The @britishlibrary have put up a really great scan of this Paul Sandby watercolour sketch of the vista north from Edinburgh Castle in 1750. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/50263334808) It's a moment before a

I retweeted earlier about the "Great Michael", a warship launched on this day in 1509 for the Royal Navy of King James IV of Scotland. It's an intriguing tale of

Today's auction house artefact is this Leith Banking Company £20 note from 1825, issued to the payee James Ker James Ker of Blackshiels esq. was the general manager of the

The Ferranti factory at Crewe Toll was opened in 1943 specifically to manufacture "Gyro" gunsightshttps://twitter.com/Ants1875/status/1312853416339701763 Here is a close up photo of that clock tower that for many years was

Good morning from todays ESPC timewarp. From the outside it looks much like any other Edwardian villa. But what lies behind that red door? The most modern thing in this

There was for many years a Steptoe-like institution in Fountainbridge known by the name Asa Wass & Son.Asa is a biblical Hebrew name, Wass an ancient Anglo-Norman name. The Asa

Today's auction house artefact is this measuring gauge and conversion slide rule for ropes, wires and chains issued by the "Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Co., Leith" The Roperie was established

There's some rather fabulous FOI requests on public record.For instance."I would like to know when the Scottish Government decided to put Gaelic on all of the road signs."All?(the answer was

I am probably going to get pelters for this. But here we go. Scottish politicians as WW2 British Aircraft... Jackson Carlaw - Fairey Albacore.A big, imposing appearance but old-fashioned looking.