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About davidsberry

Local ex-councillor, tour guide and database designer. Keen on wildlife, history, boats and music. Retired in 2017.

More Isaiah 9:19 Than Proverbs 22:9

Posted on December 16, 2012 by davidsberry

It’s the Sabbath and in bright sunshine beside an unbelievably calm sea (given what transpired on Friday night over into Saturday) I’m assessing the damage to North Berwick’s infrastructure from 24 hours of fury that did more damage than the … Continue reading →

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Responsibility Must Trump Rights

Posted on December 15, 2012 by davidsberry

It may be 16 years ago but the inexplicable barbarity with which Thomas Hamilton shot 16 innocent primary school children in Dunblane sprang first to mind when the news broke of the equally horrific shooting of 20 innocent small children … Continue reading →

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Part of the Job

Posted on December 14, 2012 by davidsberry

At this week’s meeting of East Lothian Council’s Cabinet, a draft paper on the Council’s Health & Safety policy was discussed. Not, you would think, the most exciting of topics, especially as H&S has become something of a joke these … Continue reading →

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Chris Marr: Obituary

Posted on December 11, 2012 by davidsberry

Early in the morning of Sunday December 9th, Chris Marr was found with serious head injuries in Bank Street, North Berwick. Though rushed to Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary, he died soon after. The police, so far, are treating the death as … Continue reading →

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On the First Dodge of Crimbo…

Posted on December 10, 2012 by davidsberry

    Found this on Facebook and thought it too good not to rip off from: http://www.facebook.com/peoplepowerchange

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‘Tory Evolution’: an Oxymoron?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by davidsberry

There appears to be a concerted programme of disinformation being followed by unionist parties. The latest is how Scotland would need to reapply to be an EU member in its own right, complete with letter to the House of Lords … Continue reading →

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How Many Does It Take?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by davidsberry

Scotland has a proud history of making things. Our industrial revolution was built on a robust base of a very manly heavy industry that once supplied steel and locomotives and ships to a significant portion of the globe. The eighties … Continue reading →

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Pretzel Logic

Posted on December 7, 2012 by davidsberry
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Osbo’s Tunnel of Osterity

Posted on December 6, 2012 by davidsberry

We are, it must be said, lucky. Not only do we live in Scotland but, unlike the dark days of the 1980’s, we are sheltered from the worst excesses of a Tory government in London by the existence of one … Continue reading →

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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home by Now

Posted on December 5, 2012 by davidsberry

Much is made these days of green living, whether it be using low-energy light bulbs or recycling the newspapers. And, while these and similar efforts do make contributions to minimise the impact we humans have on the ecological balance of … Continue reading →

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