Dark clouds gather over Auld Reekie
by Yvonne Johnstone
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Dark clouds gather over Auld Reekie
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Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Digitally Enhanced Photograph
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Dark clouds gather over Auld Reekie (as Scotland's capital city Edinburgh is still sometimes affectionately called today).
In the 16th - 17th centuries the Old Town was overcrowded and tenement chimneys bellowed out a huge amount of smoke which filled the air with a thick smog.
Poet Robert Fergusson wrote the Scots poem Auld Reikie in the 1700's which perpetuated the nickname.
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July 22nd, 2020
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