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Craigleith Shops

Photograph (A) taken before the 1993 development of Craigleith Retail Park and photograph (B) of the same area which is now the entrance to the Retail Park taken in 2004. (C) was taken circa 1992.

The shops in (A) from left to right are, as far as I can remember:

  1. DIY Workshop (Tom Sawyer)
  2. Post Office
  3. Morrison's Grocer who won Grocer of the Year 1968:
  4. Newsagents, Toys, Confectionary Shop
  5. Licensed Grocer (Could have been connected with Morrisons)
  6. John Nicol (Plumbers and Builders)
  7. DIY and Garden Centre (Connected to Tom Sawyer)
  8. The Wool Shop (Ivy's)
  9. The DIY wood store and garden materials

    Morrisons Grocer - on opening day