Talk:Mary King's Close

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External links modified (January 2018)
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Significance other than ghostly stories?
Are there any reliable sources outlining the historical and cultural significance of the close - that is other than spook stories? This is pretty disappointing. Nickm57 (talk) 01:56, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * There seems to be a connection to the Edinburgh Plague of 1945, but other than the Mary Kings Close Website, I only found this . Which might be too much of a primary sources for wikipedia. Additionally I found a few sources (e.g. and  which mentions background information on the plague in Edinburgh at the time, including details that were mentioned when I went on the Mary Kings Cross tour. VoidpunkXenon (talk) 21:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)