Porty Podcast
The Porty Podcast is a community project, highlighting events in and around Edinburgh's seaside - Portobello! It's a very active area with sailing, rowing and kayaking on the Forth, a vibrant artistic community and a strong sense of identity which makes it slightly separate from the other parts of Edinburgh. Image credit Nicola Dunlop
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 346
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
26 Gardening and Keeping Your Home Warm
Gardening and keeping your home warm are the topics of this podcast because there are a couple of events coming up which will give loads of advice. The first, tomorrow – Sunday, is a ‘G…
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Sat 04 Mar 2017
25 New Speed Limits throughout Portobello
New 20 mile an hour speed restrictions have come into force. They now stretch from Portobello along to Granton and from Duddingston to Morningside. It’s all part of the Scottish Governm…
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Tue 28 Feb 2017
24 What's in a TEDx Talk?
Later this year, there will be a TEDx conference in Portobello, organised by Tribe Porty. But what does it take to present a TED talk? Psychologist and Portobello resident Nick Child wa…
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Fri 24 Feb 2017
23 Organically Yours
Organically Yours is the creation of American-born, Julia Leyden. It's quite possible that you may have seen her on the Prom last year selling her vegan muffins and other products. She'…
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Wed 22 Feb 2017
22 Bellfield Community Buy-out
There was excitement in the air around the former Bellfield Church. Action Porty's application to the Scottish Land Fund has been successful! The Land Fund Committee has approved a gran…
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Fri 17 Feb 2017
21 Porty Fives
The 5-a-side football pitches in Portobello are under threat. It came as something of a shock both to users and to the local community when it emerged that the eight pitch site had been…
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Wed 15 Feb 2017
20 Wassailing - A Tradition of Encouraging the Trees in the Orchard
Everyone who tends an orchard is looking for a bumper crop. Those involved with the Portobello Community Orchard are no different. And to make sure their wishes are granted, they've sta…
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Sat 28 Jan 2017
19 Miss Morag's Lothian Dance Academy
When should children start dance classes? Well, at the Lothian Dance academy, the school rolls are now open to girls as young a 2! The academy has been in Portobello for many years and,…
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Wed 25 Jan 2017
18 Citizens Advice Bureau - Volunteers Wanted
The Citizens Advice Bureaux are the places people turn to when they've a problem. The one in Portobello sees up to 80 people a week - that's about 4,000 people a year wanting help! Some…
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Sat 21 Jan 2017
17 Fracking - Claudia Beamish MSP
The MSP Claudia Beamish was in Portobello on Monday night, consulting local people about her bill to ban onshore fracking. It was a well-attended meeting, strongly backed by 'Our Forth'…
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Tue 17 Jan 2017
16 Dalriada - the Music Bar on the Beach
It's become one of the best music bars in Edinburgh. Every day, there are musicians - professional as well as local amateurs - performing, sometimes into the witching hour. There are ja…
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Fri 13 Jan 2017
15 The Basics Bank - Helping those in need!
A somewhat serious episode this week. There was a talk at Porty Communicators last week which highlighted the blight of food poverty. There were many shocking statistics, not least that…
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Wed 11 Jan 2017
14 The Award Winning Skylark
It was lovely to hear that a local business in Portobello had won an award. The Skylark on the High Street is officially one of the best pubs in Scotland. It was one of six named in The…
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Sat 07 Jan 2017
13 Bellfield Brewery
Happy New Year. We're starting 2017 with a competition. All the answers can be found by listening to the episode. It's about the Bellfield Brewery, set up by a couple of Portobello resi…
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Wed 04 Jan 2017
12 Christmas Eve in Portobello
Christmas, for many, is a time for reflection, not just conspicuous consumption. With that in mind, we have handed the bandwidth for this, the last Porty Podcast of 2016, to the faith l…
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Sat 24 Dec 2016
11 An Interview with Tommy Sheppard MP
Tommy Sheppard was elected in the SNP landslide in 2015, much to his surprise. He has taken his new responsibilities seriously and his contributions in the Commons have had their impact…
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Wed 21 Dec 2016
10 RowPorty - Fun on the Forth
One of the great things about Portobello is the way people make use of the great big water feature right on our doorstep. There's sailing, kayaking and rowing - all under the banner of …
00:08:31 |
Sat 17 Dec 2016
9 Portobello High School
The new Portobello High School was officially opened a few days ago, although the learners and staff have been in since October. It's an attractive, modern, very well equipped building …
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Wed 14 Dec 2016
8 Porty Communicators
What is your greatest fear? One of the most common is speaking in public! There’s a global organisation called Toastmasters International which can help, mainly with public speaking. It…
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Sat 10 Dec 2016
7 Community Policing
There’s been a significant change in the policing of Portobello – north east Edinburgh as a whole. It’s officially called Operation Rigoletto. What it means in practice has been putting…
00:12:15 |
Wed 07 Dec 2016
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