Sewer tour deferred
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• Residents of Edinburgh's "skidrow and vandalism areas" and workers at a new sewerage plant and a fertilizer factory have escaped, for the time being at least, becoming tourist attractions following the withdrawal by ELF — which stands for the Edinburgh Liberation Front — of an application to the Scottish Traffic Commissioners to run a once-a-week tour of the areas.
ELF was represented by Mr Thomas Elsdale and he told the Commissioners that the idea was to show visitors, during August and September, the Edinburgh environment with particular emphasis on pollution, poverty and vandalism. Elsdale admitted that the tours were intended for a minority interest — people who were identified with the "alternative society" or the "counter culture people" — and the tours were not intended to be profit making.
Edinburgh Corporation and Scottish Omnibuses were objecting to the application and it was pointed out that no specific route had been notified and there had been no approval given by the Corporation or other authorities as to the use of the route.
Mr Elsdale decided to withdraw his application but to re-apply at a later date. Among the "sights" that it is intended to visit are the new sewerage project at Seafield and a fertilizer factory at Leith.