diff --git a/config/alfresco/public-services-security-context.xml b/config/alfresco/public-services-security-context.xml
index 624fdb9476..b6b231c612 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/public-services-security-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/public-services-security-context.xml
@@ -930,9 +930,9 @@
         <property name="afterInvocationManager"><ref bean="afterInvocationManager"/></property>
         <property name="objectDefinitionSource">
             <value>
-               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getDrafts=ACL_NODE.0.sys:base.ReadChildren,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
-               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getPublished=ACL_NODE.0.sys:base.ReadChildren,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
-               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getPublishedExternally=ACL_NODE.0.sys:base.ReadChildren,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
+               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getDrafts=ACL_ALLOW,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
+               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getPublished=ACL_ALLOW,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
+               org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getPublishedExternally=ACL_ALLOW,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
                org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.getMyDraftsAndAllPublished=ACL_NODE.0.sys:base.ReadChildren,AFTER_ACL_NODE.sys:base.ReadProperties
                org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService.*=ACL_ALLOW
             </value>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
index 9554ac57e8..044370031f 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.blog.cannedqueries.GetBlogPostsCannedQueryFactory;
 import org.alfresco.repo.content.MimetypeMap;
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneUtils;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
+import org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.alfresco.repo.site.SiteServiceImpl;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogPostInfo;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.blog.BlogService;
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ import org.alfresco.util.ISO9075;
 import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
 import org.alfresco.util.ParameterCheck;
 import org.alfresco.util.registry.NamedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author Neil Mc Erlean (based on existing webscript controllers in the REST API)
@@ -77,6 +80,11 @@ public class BlogServiceImpl implements BlogService
     
     public static final String BLOG_COMPONENT = "blog";
     
+    /**
+     * The logger
+     */
+    private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BlogServiceImpl.class);
+    
     // Injected services
     private NamedObjectRegistry<CannedQueryFactory<BlogPostInfo>> cannedQueryRegistry;
     private GetBlogPostsCannedQueryFactory draftPostsCannedQueryFactory;
@@ -175,6 +183,25 @@ public class BlogServiceImpl implements BlogService
              siteService, transactionService, taggingService);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Builds up a {@link BlogPostInfo} object for the given node
+     */
+    private BlogPostInfo buildBlogPost(NodeRef nodeRef, NodeRef parentNodeRef, String postName)
+    {
+       BlogPostInfoImpl post = new BlogPostInfoImpl(nodeRef, postName);
+       
+       // Grab all the properties, we need the bulk of them anyway
+       Map<QName,Serializable> props = nodeService.getProperties(nodeRef);
+
+       // TODO Populate them
+       
+       // Finally set tags
+       // TODO
+       
+       // All done
+       return post;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public boolean isDraftBlogPost(NodeRef blogPostNode)
     {
@@ -251,6 +278,65 @@ public class BlogServiceImpl implements BlogService
 
     
     @Override
+    public BlogPostInfo getForNodeRef(NodeRef nodeRef) 
+    {
+       QName type = nodeService.getType(nodeRef);
+
+       // Note - there isn't a special blog type!
+       //  The nodes are just created as cm:Content 
+       if (type.equals(ContentModel.TYPE_CONTENT))
+       {
+          ChildAssociationRef ref = nodeService.getPrimaryParent(nodeRef);
+          String postName = ref.getQName().getLocalName();
+          NodeRef container = ref.getParentRef();
+          return buildBlogPost(nodeRef, container, postName);
+       }
+       else
+       {
+          logger.debug("Invalid type " + type + " found");
+          return null;
+       }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlogPostInfo getBlogPost(String siteShortName, String postName) 
+    {
+       NodeRef container = getSiteBlogContainer(siteShortName, false);
+       if (container == null)
+       {
+          // No blog posts yet
+          return null;
+       }
+       
+       // We can now fetch by parent nodeRef
+       return getBlogPost(container, postName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlogPostInfo getBlogPost(NodeRef parentNodeRef, String postName) 
+    {
+       NodeRef postNode;
+       try
+       {
+          postNode = nodeService.getChildByName(parentNodeRef, ContentModel.ASSOC_CONTAINS, postName);
+       }
+       catch(AccessDeniedException e)
+       {
+          // You can't see that blog post
+          // For compatibility with the old webscripts, rather than
+          //  reporting permission denied, pretend it isn't there
+          postNode = null;
+       }
+
+       // If we found a node, wrap it as a BlogPostInfo
+       if (postNode != null)
+       {
+          return buildBlogPost(postNode, parentNodeRef, postName);
+       }
+       return null;
+    }
+
+   @Override
     public PagingResults<BlogPostInfo> getDrafts(String siteShortName,
           String username, PagingRequest pagingReq) 
     {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/blog/BlogService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/blog/BlogService.java
index b55c1447c9..e3dcf9e4b0 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/blog/BlogService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/blog/BlogService.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
 import org.alfresco.query.PagingRequest;
 import org.alfresco.query.PagingResults;
 import org.alfresco.repo.blog.BlogIntegrationService;
+import org.alfresco.service.NotAuditable;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DataTypeDefinition;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteService;
@@ -81,6 +82,28 @@ public interface BlogService
      */
     void deleteBlogPost(BlogPostInfo post);
     
+    /**
+     * For a given NodeRef corresponding to a {@link BlogPostInfo}, 
+     *  returns the object wrapping the Node.
+     *  
+     * For anything else, the response is null.
+     */
+    @NotAuditable
+    BlogPostInfo getForNodeRef(NodeRef nodeRef);
+    
+    /**
+     * Retrieves an existing {@link BlogPostInfo} from the repository,
+     *  which is within a site
+     */
+    BlogPostInfo getBlogPost(String siteShortName, String postName);
+    
+    /**
+     * Retrieves an existing {@link BlogPostInfo} from the repository,
+     *  which is attached to the specified Node.
+     * The parent Node should normally be a Site Container
+     */
+    BlogPostInfo getBlogPost(NodeRef parentNodeRef, String postName);
+    
     /**
      * Gets the draft blog posts created by the specified user.
      *