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- ↑ "Toddler's Hut". www.portobelloheritagetrust.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ↑ "School where "toddlers" may play and sleep". Edinburgh Evening News. 18 October 1934.
- ↑ "Lost children find a way to comfort". Evening Dispatch. 14 July 1955.
- ↑ "Home". Portobello Toddlers Hut. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ↑ "'With friends and neighbours like ours – we feel so much stronger': Historic Portobello playgroup saved by fundraiser". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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