Something Christmassy to do today – Haymarket Terrace closed – Supermarket opening hours – Christmas Eve carols – Lothian Buses timetable
Today there will be two shows of Little Red Riding Hood at the Spiegeltent in St Andrew Square. A children’s show staged by Edinburgh’s Nonsense Room Productions, the team behind Hairy McLairy, complete with a wolf.
Booking details here.
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Following the successful reopening of Haymarket Station last week Network Rail are working over Christmas to get some major parts of the next phase done while everyone else is having their turkey. The old footbridge is being removed, and First have some details of changes to their bus services here.
To clarify – Haymarket Terrace closed 10pm Tues 24th (Christmas Eve) -10am Thur 26th (Boxing Day) Work ongoing ’til 7am Fri 27th #Haymarket
— Haymarket Station (@HaymarketStn) December 16, 2013
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Supermarkets in general will close early this evening around 18:00.
Here are the opening hours over Christmas for Sainsburys at Blackhall.
Asda’s Leith Superstore is open till 19:00 and then reopens on Boxing Day. Details here.
Aldi is also open till 18:00 this evening so make sure you have your turkey or whatever you fancy bought before then!
Tesco is open till 19:00 and then closed till 27 December. Details here.
Of course your local corner shop may well be open longer – if so then let us know about it – add the name address and opening hours below in our comments section.
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There will be a carol service tonight at St Giles Cathedral beginning at 11.30pm.
Tomorrow there are three services at various times too.
Full details here.
If you know of other carol services this evening then let us know – put it in the comments section below!
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Buses through the city centre will in general finish around 9.30 this evening. Full details of the Festive timetable here.
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