Rotterdam Street
Interested in architecture and design, I came across this architect’s sketch in the Trove archive. It was drawn for Fred Shearer Ltd, Rotterdam Street, Thurso. Archive material about Fred Shearer … Continue reading Rotterdam Street
Tag: shops
MAD BUYER
117 London Road Edinburgh [sketch from a Trove photograph taken in the early 1980s]
A bit of retail . . .
A selection of shop fronts from the Trove archive:
‘Largest Typewriter Sale in History’
Leishman & Hughes, 44 George Street, Edinburgh [the above photograph was taken in 1954] 21 February 1912, Edinburgh Evening News: 11 December 1956, The Scotsman: 3 April 1958, Berwickshire Advertiser: … Continue reading ‘Largest Typewriter Sale in History’
The smallest shop in Edinburgh
Maurice Love, a Ukrainian born on Odessa in 1900, was owner of the the “smallest shop in Edinburgh”. This shop, on the High Street, is long gone. 2 August 1951, … Continue reading The smallest shop in Edinburgh
Union Corner
This short film shares the story of the end of Union Corner, Glasgow, March 2026. It was once the celebrated Department Store of R. W. Forsyth: To play this short … Continue reading Union Corner
‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
The shop of Hugh Dillon [died 1917] and his son Henry [died 1925]: 1858 OS map, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 19 July 1884, Falkirk Herald: Trove image, Wooer’s Street, Falkirk: 24 … Continue reading ‘The SHOP that Aids ECONOMISTS’
Volunteers make a difference
Yesterday evening, in low summer light, my eye was drawn to this charity window in Bridge of Allan. The above image is an AI algorithm of my photograph. ‘Prompts’ were … Continue reading Volunteers make a difference