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| The shells of the buildings which would become the shops at Colinton Mains (J. Dickson) |
David McLean (Lost Edinburgh) very kindly sent me this absolutely wonderful photograph from the early days when the Colinton Mains shops were being built. The photograph belongs to a Mr J Dickson. It's a real treasure of a find, capturing a fascinating moment in time featuring the early development of the area; the shops were a great resource for the residents at Colinton Mains, but also for those of us who lived at Oxgangs and Firhill too. My early memories of the shops and shopkeepers include Neils the Butchers; Andrettis Grocers; McNish's Post Office; and McCalls the Newsagents.
It's quite remarkable some of the fantastic and important photies which occasionally appear, that no one knew even existed, but can now be enjoyed because of the blessing of social media, Facebook sites and people prepared to share such items. In days gone by, such items would have remained undiscovered within family albums-now they can be enjoyed by thousands of us.
4 comments:
Fanstastic photo Peter, my Gran worked in the grocery shop at Colinton Mains. She lived at 60 Colinton Mains road from 1944 to 2008.
Great find, but the Newsagents was Sorleys, succeeded by McCalls.
Double quick research found evidence: http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Edinburgh-and-Leith-Post-Office-Annual-Directory-1940-41/164657/512
How absolutely lovely to see this photo. We lived at 159 Colinton Mains Rd with my granny and she used to sen us down to RS McColls to buy Callard and Bowsers toffees for her. She was quite old and we used to sneak the toffees on the way home, hoping that shed never notice web cause of her eyesight. I'll bet she did, but just let us have them. Used to buy cinnamon potatoes and Parma violets at Andrettis and my mum always bought her bacon and sausages at Neil's. I have som many wonderful memories of growing up there. My nana and grampa Bo lived at 246 Colinton Mains Rd and my auntie Ryby still lives there. we moved to the states in 1974 and I've been back only twice. Last time was '97 and most of the ships had been taken over by new owners. My sister Karen and I will be back in Novemberfor the first time together as adults since we left. I'm very much looking forward to visiting all of our old play haunts and to seeing our school, Oxgangs. We were so very lucky to grow up there. Thank oh so much for is blog. It's brought back many wonderful memories. :)
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