by tim_bell | Jun 10, 2012 | Latest News
A total of 24 people came on last weekend’s tours, and a jolly good time was had by all. On Saturday we took shelter from the heavy downpour in the TESCO trolley park for the Leith Central Station / ‘trainspotting’ episode! They came from South...
by tim_bell | Jun 4, 2012 | Latest News
Speaking to a man I have never met before about something completely unconnected with this project, it turns out he has real hard information that will help my researches. He certainly doesn’t want to be identified – he has his reasons! I’m looking...
by tim_bell | May 28, 2012 | Latest News
It isn’t very often that I run a programme of tours, but one of them is coming up fast. For all the fun of the fair, go to the Leith Festival site, or see the T-tours on this Home page. Sunshine on Leith – cannae whack it! PS the other time of year is...
by tim_bell | May 28, 2012 | Latest News
It’s not all tough preparing a book for publication. There was me, on a lovely sunny day, only yards away from Spud’s bench (Trainspotting p121) discussing with a student how to get some footage of the tour. She’s coming on one of the Leith Festival...
by tim_bell | May 1, 2012 | Latest News, The Book
I’m writing a book. I’m busy drawing on a great depth of local, personal knowledge from thirty years living in Leith and running the Trainspotting tours for eight. The book aims to tell the story behind the story of Trainspotting the book, the play and the...
