Further Reading
Please explore the following links to find the wealth of literary, artistic and other influences that we have drawn upon; to meet our stakeholders and partners; and to see other projects that we think you will find interesting:
The Book: Shaw, Donald. The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh. Published by Oakwood, 1989. ISBN 10: 0853613664 ISBN 13: 9780853613664. Available to borrow from local libraries and to purchase via booksellers. This is the definitive history of the line, with some illustrations by our local Archie Clark.
Railway History
Wikipedia data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balerno_line
A history of the railway's links with Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/railway.html
Scottish Railway Preservation Society's working Balerno Pug: http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10006.htm
Edinburgh trams: https://threadinburgh.scot/2022/12/18. Colinton was served by electric trams, running from Craiglockhart on a small system established by the Colinton Tramways Company.
Railscot: https://www.railscot.co.uk/Balerno_Loop/index.php
Edinphoto: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_edin_t/0_edinburgh_transport_-_railways_south-west_ed.htm
Rolling stock: www.caleycoaches.co.uk/assets/pdfs/balernoPn.pdf
Caledonian Railway Association Forum: http://www.crassoc.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=109
Model of Colinton Station: http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/blog/2015/3/23/balerno-branch-railway-weekend-was-a-huge-hit-with-visitors.html
Colinton Tunnel: http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/colinton.html
Caledonian Railway history: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Caledonian_Railway_lines_to_Edinburgh.html
Paper-making and the railway: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/features/feb08.shtml
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Local Organisations
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust: http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/
Colinton Community Conservation Trust: http://www.colinton-conservation.org.uk/
Colinton Amenity Association: http://www.colinton-amenity.org.uk/
Colinton Parish Church: http://www.colinton-parish.com/
Colinton Local History Society: http://www.colintonhistory.org.uk/
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust: http://www.elgt.org.uk/
ASD Lighting Case study of tunnel lighting improvements (commissioned by City of Edinburgh Council): https://asdlighting.com/case-studies/colinton-tunnel-edinburgh/
Community Councils
Colinton: https://www.colintoncc.org.uk
Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/
Craiglockhart: http://www.craiglockhart.btik.com/
Artistic and literary links
Great pictures of the railway, its destinations along the Water of Leith and the Pentland Hills: http://edwinglucas.com/water-of-leith-and-pentland-hills.html
See also: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/lucas.html
Robert Louis Stevenson: http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/
A walk with Robert Louis Stevenson: http://www.colinton-conservation.org.uk/rlswalk-1.htm
RLS Poem "From a Railway Carriage": http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/railway-carriage
Wilfred Owen and the War poets: http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/
Wilfred Owen Centenary: http://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-location/our-campuses/special-collections/outreach-and-events/wilfred-owens-edinburgh
Wilfred Owen Centenary events: http://napier.ac.uk/wilfred-owen-100
War Poets' meeting at Baberton Golf Club: http://www.forces.net/radio/great-war-poets-edinburgh-meeting-remembered
Phoebe Anna Traquair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Anna_Traquair
Other tunnel Murals: http://www.sandsfootcastle.org.uk/wyke-road-tunnel-mural-2/
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Local history
Walks around Colinton and the Mills in Colinton: http://colintonhistory.org.uk/publications.html
The Mills in Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/mills2.html
Currie & District Local History Society: http://rob739.wixsite.com/cdlh
Extended benefits
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Murals as anti-graffiti measures:
http://rethinkurban.com/2012/creative-change/murals-pride-and-history-help-prevent-graffiti/
https://www.informedesign.org/Rs_detail/rsId/2474
http://www.britsoccrim.org/volume9/4.Taylor09.pdf
Economic and social benefits - exemplars in North America:
http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/mural-arts-philadelphia/
https://www.muralarts.org/about/