Where was
Colonial Meat Co
shop in Edinburgh? |
Where
and
When?
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Anthony Ward, Camberley, Surrey, England
Colonial Meat Co |
Thank you to Anthony Ward for
allowing me to reproduce this photograph of his father's shop.
Anthony wrote: |
Where and When?
"According to my Mum, her father George
Headspeath had a butcher's shop in Edinburgh. She never said where the
shop was located.
This photo was amongst
our family photos. My Grand-dad lived at 33 Patriot Hall and 55
Cumberland Street at different times. I wonder if anyone knows
anything about the shop or where it was."
Anthony Ward, Camberley, Surrey, England:
March 12, 2011 |
Reply to Anthony?
Please email me if you can suggest where and when this photo might
have been taken. Thank you.
The shop may well be listed in one of the old Edinburgh & Leith Post
Office Directories. I've checked the first two directories that I
have at home (i.e. 1903 and 1930) but the shop is not listed in either of
those.
The only clue that i have to date is that there appears to be a house
No 45 on the wall to the left of the shop in this photo.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: March 15, 2011 |
Reply
1.
Dave Blackburn
Morvenside, Edinburgh |
Thank you to David Blackburn who
replied: |
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"My mum said that the full name of the
grocers' stores, which were a chain, was 'Home & Colonial Meat Co', so it
might be better to do a search for that.
One shop was, if she recalls correctly, in
Shandwick Place. You could use ration books there during the war."
David Blackburn, Morvenside, Edinburgh:
October 9, 2011 |
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2.
Gus Coutts
Duddingston, Edinburgh |
Thank you to Gus Coutts who
replied: |
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"Could The Colonial Meat Co. not be a
predecessor of the now gone Alex Munro chain of butchers which was the
Scottish arm (trading as Dewhursts outwith Scotland) of the Vestey Empire
which specialised in meat imported form South America primarily Argentina?"
Gus Coutts, Duddingston, Edinburgh:
October 14, 2011 |
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3.
Norman Finnimore |
Thank you to Norman Finnimore who
replied: |
Colonial Meat Co
"I've heard of The Colonial Meat Co.
It's not the same as the Home & Colonial. They were Lipton's
(provisions).
I'd say that with the glass in the window and
that amount of meat, the photo would have been taken between the wars."
Norman Finnimore: December 31, 2011 |
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4.
Winnie Lisowski
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
Thank you to Norman Finnimore who
replied: |
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"I asked my Mum, this morning, where this shop
was. She thought it might have been in Fountainbridge, but as she is
98 years old, I would not count on that being accurate."
Winnie Lisowski, Dunbar, East Lothian,
Scotland: February 23, 2012 |
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