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Article: No quarter given for Carriers over historic pub's electric sign
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- April 7, 1999
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A PUB reputed to be the oldest in Leith has fallen foul of
planners - after one complaint about its light-up sign.
The historic Carriers Quarters had an electrically-lit sign
outside its porch in the 1970s - so when manager George Seaton took
over last year he restored it.
Now planning chiefs have decided the sign is not in keeping with
the rest of the pub and have demanded it is replaced by metal
lettering.
Mr Seaton said: "At the moment there are two wooden boards with
the pub's name on them and the box sign that lights up. It's all
done in the best possible taste.
"But why is there suddenly a problem? This pub has been here for
more than 200 years. We only took over the bar last June and ...