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This was the winter of 2008/9. Work was ongoing to reinstate a tram system in the city. A lot of people couldn__ see the point of trams and many more disliked the disruption. Streets were closed off. There was almost a sense of __partheid_ as the roadworks made it difficult to move from New Town to Old Town and vice versa. Added to which, the weather was fairly grim. And the banks looked ready to implode.
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This was the winter of 2008/9. Work was ongoing to reinstate a tram system in the city. A lot of people couldn__ see the point of trams and many more disliked the disruption. Streets were closed off. There was almost a sense of __partheid_ as the roadworks made it difficult to move from New Town to Old Town and vice versa. Added to which, the weather was fairly grim. And the banks looked ready to implode.
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