Edinburgh

Shops and Cars

 

Photos of Shops

1990s

I began photographing shop fronts around Edinburgh in the 1990s.  Sometimes the road was clear in front of the shops, but often there was a car parked 'in the way'.

Then I noticed:

-  Sometimes I felt that the car added to the character of the photo.

491 Lawnmarket

Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh

Shop and Car at 491 Lawnmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                Photo taken:  September 5, 1992

-  Sometimes the car colour matched the shop colour.  So I started looking for more matching cars and shops.

Here are a few that I found:

62 Candlemaker Row

Old Town, Edinburgh

Shop and Car at 62 Candlemaker Row, Old Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                               Photo taken:  March 5,1994

110 West Bow

Old Town, Edinburgh

Shop and Car at 110 West Bow, Old Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                      Photo taken:  December 30, 1995

 

Citroen 2CVs

I particularly liked the Citroen 2CV, as they were not too large and were often painted in attractive two-tone shades.

 I started photographing 2CVs parked in front of shops, then went on to take more photos of 2CVs parked around Edinburgh, but without the shops!

2CV

10 Bruntsfield Place

Leith Walk, Edinburgh

2CV and shop at 10 Brunswick Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                Photo taken:  August 18, 1994

2CV

122 Granton Road

Boswall, Edinburgh

2cv and shop at 122 Granton Road, Boswall, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                             Photo taken:  August 4, 1994

2CV

101-103 Causewayside

Southside, Edinburgh

2CV and shop at 101-103 Causewayside, Southside, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                      Photo taken:  December 31, 1993

2CV

4-6 Dean Street

Stockbridge, Edinburgh

2CV and Pub at 4-6 Dean Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                           Photo taken:  August 25, 1996

2CV

Drummond Place

New Town, Edinburgh

2CV at Drummond Place, New Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk       Photo taken:  December 17, 1995

2CV

George Street

New Town, Edinburgh

2CV at George Street, New Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                     Photo taken:  September 12, 1996

2CV

York Place

New Town, Edinburgh

2CV at New Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                       Photo taken:  June 2, 1996

2CV

Royal Circus

New Town, Edinburgh

2CV at New Town, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                             Photo taken:  April 20, 1996

 

Leith

Question

Back to cars and shops again!

What colour of car might part in front of this shop?

75 Henderson Street

Leith

Shop at 75 Henderson Street, Leith

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                            Photo taken:  August 28, 1993

 

Leith

Answer

What colour of car?

Here it is!

75 Henderson Street

Leith

Shopand Car at 75 Henderson Street, Leith

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                Photo taken:  May 30, 1994

 

Stockbridge

And finally, here are two more matching cars and shops at Stockbridge:

26 North West Circus Place

Stockbridge

Shop and Car at 26 North West Circus Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                Photo taken:  June 10, 1994

28-29 North West Circus Place

Stockbridge

Shop and Car at 28-29 North West Circus Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                Photo taken:  June 10, 1994

 

Stockbridge

These two cars were parked next to each other!

26 and 28-29 North West Circus Place

Stockbridge

Shops and Cars at 26 + 28-29 North West Circus Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs     email: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                Photo taken:  June 10, 1994

 

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    Shop and Car at 491 Lawnmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh ©

 

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