Pilton is a housing scheme in the north-west of Edinburgh made up, originally, of four-in-a-block cottage-flats, three-storey tenements and semi-detached timber houses. Recently, modern private and mixed-residential developments have begun to spring up around the area, but the older housing forms continue to dominate the area. The scheme, or rather the two schemes of EastContinue reading “Pilton: a prehistory”
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A Question of Pilton
The past few months have been a bit hectic for me, personally and professionally. After ten years on the council waiting list, my family finally received a council house. Out of the blue, we were notified that we were to be offered a house, were given a date for the viewing and that we hadContinue reading “A Question of Pilton”
Aaron Colin Sheridan 