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Celebrating Liddell’s legacy Sporting heroes, educational masterminds. cultural icons and corporate professionals are joining together to orchestrate a major programme of activities to honour the legacy of one of the world’s best known sporting icons. Launching The Eric Liddell 100 - whose patron will be Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal - a large group of individuals and organisations, representing excellence in their fields, are now engaged in three strategic steering groups – sport, education and culture – to work with John MacMillan, CEO of The Eric Liddell Community, the Edinburgh-based charity. Among those pledging their support are: Eric Liddell’s family; The Eric Liddell Community Board; Scottish Rugby; Scottish Athletics and the University of Edinburgh - all organisations which have strong links with Eric Liddell. The major events will secure and celebrate the

Professor Peter Mathieson (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh) with John MacMillan (CEO, The Eric Liddell Community) with the statue of Eric Liddell at Edinburgh University legacy of Eric Liddell and mark the centenary of Eric’s epic record-breaking 400 metres win at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, which fittingly coincides with the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

To become par t of The Eric Liddell 100 contact: John Macmillan at: macmillanj@ericliddell.org www.ericliddell.org

More fun on Route 61!

Members of the community and stakeholder organisations are celebrating significant improvements to Quiet Route 61 (a key walking, wheeling and cycling route in Edinburgh) which now links Roslin to Portobello. Following an extension from its original end point at Gilmerton Road to Portobello Promenade, there are now numerous links into the wider active travel network along the route, including National Cycle Network Routes 1 and 76 at

Jewel Park and Quiet Route 10 at Portobello Promenade. Included in the £1m upgrade is the city’s first of three new ‘tiger’ crossings in and around the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and BioQuarter, which combines a zebra crossing with a crossing for people cycling. Improvements have also been made to crossings at Old Dalkeith Road and Niddrie Mains Road, along with other changes that better prioritise people walking, wheeling and cycling.

After three years preparation, George Watson’s College Pipe Band - in collaboration with the Swiss Consulate

General in Scotland - travelled to Lucerne, Switzerland in early October to perform in “Tattoo on Stage” at the World Band Festival, which took place in Lucerne’s famous KKL concert hall. Watson’s pipes up in Switzerland

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