Edinburgh Evening News
Published Date: 03 September 2009
THE tireless work of community activist David Rintoul is to be recognised at the City Chambers with the award of this year's Sir William Y Darling Bequest for Good Citizenship.
Mr Rintoul, 64, who lives in Tollcross, will receive the honour from Lord Provost George Grubb on Tuesday in recognition of years of service to the area.
Shoppers are urged to go green .. and bag a bargain
The bags are emblazoned with designs by Sacha MacMillan and Daniel Scotland, winners of a competition for pupils at Tollcross Primary School.
The project was organised by staff at the Leven Street jewellery shop, Joolz, on behalf of Tollcross Traders Association.
The Association and the King's Theatre treated Sacha and Daniel and 60 of their classmates to a performance of Aladdin earlier this year as a reward for their efforts.
The project was also helped by a £2,500 waste action grant from City of Edinburgh Council.
The bags will be on sale at the Canal Festival at Lochrin Basin on 27 June, and are available at all association shops.
The Tollcross Traders Association were co sponsors with the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce of the Schools and Community Murals competition at the recent Canal Festival. Have a look at our Gallery page to see all the entries. The resuilts will be announced later.
By SUE GYFORD
VISITORS to the historic Bruntsfield Short Hole Golf Club will soon be able to steer a safe course through to the 36th hole thanks to local traders.
For businesses have sponsored a new set of signs to be placed around the course guiding golfers from one hole to the next.
The scheme has been so popular that there are too many advertisers for the 36 holes, so tee markers will also be placed at various points around the course to show people where to start hard-to-find holes.They have been paid for by the Tollcross Traders' Association, which ordered one marker for each business which paid its annual membership fees on time. The signs will be on aluminium plates sunk into the ground.
There are also signs advertising the Association and Club itself.
Tollcross Traders Association are happy with the outcome of a recent walkabout in the area with the Edinburgh Councils' Parking Operations Manager. They now have over 40 new pay and display parking spaces.
"Parking is always going to be an issue in a big busy city like Edinburgh so to get another 40 spaces for our customers is a big plus."
"Although the spaces are not free like most out of town shopping centres, at least customers can park safely knwing that their cars will not be subject to a fine or even getting them towed away."
So the message is - Tollcross is open for business.
The new pay & display parking spaces are located at:-
Wrights Houses (behind Barclay Church) - extended to accomodate 8 cars.
10 new spaces in Gilmore Place outside the shops at Lochrin buildings and another 10 west of Hailes Street outside the old TA building.
Gilmore Place nearer Viewforth has 10 new spaces.
Tarvit Street - extended to accomodate 9 cars
Lochrin Place at the Home Street end has now got 10 spaces that are shared use (both pay & display and permit holders).
Have a look at our PARKING GUIDE which gives you a better idea of their location and number of spaces in each street.
You will find out by browsing through our very informative website that in the Tollcross area we have a fantastic range of businesses , stocked with quality, diverse produce and served by knowledgeable, friendly staff. We like to think this is - SHOPPING AS IT SHOULD BE!
Tollcross is more than just a massive road junction for driving through to other shopping and working destinations. You should look at our 
Park Easy Tollcross map it will tell how to get to us without the fear of parking fines or long walks. We should maybe even show where the canal basin is in case you want to arrive by boat!
Our Upcoming Events section keeps you up to date with all that is happening in the area - cookery demonstrations, special offers, food
tastings, late opening, concerts, shows, street markets and Christmas events, etc. There is a happy community feel to the area considering we are in the middle of a major city.
As well as daytime shopping there is also a wide variety of restaurants, bars, cafes, cinemas and theatres for you to relax in the evening after a hard days work.
You may not only want to shop in the area you could even come and live in the area we
Tollcross has it all - pop round and see what you’re missing.
Earlier this month the Independent newspaper reviewed Mezbaan South Indian Restaurant in Brougham Street, Tollcross. Read more to find out what reporter Tracey MacLeod had to say about her experience.
Normally this letter would be posted on the Traders Forum. We felt it was worthy of being shared by all our website visitors. Please pop into Two Thin Laddies, sign their petition and give them your support.
Fellow Traders
It was our intention to write before now to let everyone know about the
situation at Two Thin Laddies regarding the Outside Tables and Chairs
Permit which has rocketed from £110 to £780 this year. We kept waiting
for someone else to register a complaint but the whole issue just
seemed to have slipped under everyone's radar and so finally, and very
reluctantly, we mounted our own protest which involved many phone
calls, e-mails, a petition and several frustrating dead-end calls with
the different departments at the Council.
We did receive great support from Alison Johnstone, the local Green
Councillor whom I think many TTA members have already met, and then on
Friday the Evening News got involved. It seems Saturday's front page
story "License to Kill Cafe Culture" has stirred up some strong
feelings - other restaurants and cafes are beginning to speak up, and
rumour has it the Council may yet think again about its pricing
policy. We don't know what will happen, but even if we end up having
to find the £780, at least more people are aware of the situation now.
We really want to thank everyone who has come in to Two Thin Laddies
over the past week to sign our petition and express their support.
It's great to meet some of the other Traders in person and heartwarming
to receive such great support. Many thanks to you all - we'll let you
know if there are any developments!
Campbell Barrie & Rebecca Kilbey (Two Thin Laddies)
To read the Edinburgh Evening News article mentioned in there letter click HERE.
John Saunderson has been been producing quality pies for fifty years and Lupe Pinto's famous chili recipe has been in circulation for over 10 years with thousands of downloads from his website.
The Tollcross Chili Pie brings together the expertise of two great local businesses and in many respects represents the community of Edinburgh's Tollcross. Traditionally Scottish from the outside but cosmopolitan and fiery at heart.
The pie picked up a Bronze Award at the recent National Product Championships 2008 at Foodex Meatex in Birmingham.
Packed with Scotch Beef , Spanish chorizo, peppers, Mexican chipotles and South American black beans and a subtle mixture of spices.
Stockists (so far) - Lupe Pintos Spanish/Mexican Deli, Two Thin Laddies Cafe, John Saunderson High Class Family Butchers, The Illicit Still Public House, Scotts Deli, Khyber of Edinburgh.
