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AS A Scottish east coast resort named after an 18th-century sea battle in the West Indies, perhaps there was always something of the invented about Portobello. Edinburgh’s maritime suburb may be long past its glory days as a hugely popular seaside resort, but it is making an imaginative bid to reinvent itself yet again by rebuilding its once famous and long-defunct pier – or rather, to enlist Lottery funding to create a state-of-the-art pier for the 21st century. for more click here
