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Hilary Thacker

Hilary Thacker

Treasurer & Lead Researcher for Friends of the Water of Leith Basin (FOWLB); professional Egyptian belly dancer and instructor based in Edinburgh.

Jul 14, 2026

Edinburgh Outdoors

Edinburgh Outdoors

Walking the Water of Leith Basins

Jul 14 · 32m

Angela Casey
Angela CaseyHOST
15:18
And what's that building there?
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:19
That one is a very old traditional pub, which is under threat.
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:23
I've put that on the Facebook.
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:25
So there's planning permission going ahead at the moment to have apartments put in above it, whereas now there's just offices.
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:34
So the new residents will probably complain about having a pub.
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:38
So the pub is probably gonna have to go if we don't manage to stop the planning, which is a huge loss to the area.
Hilary Thacker
Hilary ThackerGUEST
15:46
There's live music there.
Angela Casey
Angela CaseyHOST
16:49
Yeah.

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