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Recollections
South Clerk Street
Heading south from the GPO, the name of the road
becomes:
North Bridge, South Bridge,
Nicolson Street, Clerk Street,
South Clerk Street, Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens
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George T SMITH
British Columbia, Canada |
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Model Shop
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Bryan GOURLAY
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Frank Royle Model Shop
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The Window
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Frank Royle
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Recollections by
George T Smith
British Columbia, Canada |
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Thank you to George T Smith
replied to memories of a model shop on
the
Chambers Street recollections page.
George wrote: |
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Model Shop
"I noticed a
reference to 'Frank Royle, model shop'
in Chambers Street.
There was certainly a model shop at the
top (west) end of Chambers Street.
I think however that Royle's shop was close to the
Salisbury cinema in Clerk Street.
As lad it was my regular Saturday trip
to see both shop window displays to see what new model was on show."
George T Smith, Nanaimo,
Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada: August 19, 2008 |
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Address
Yes. The Edinburgh & Leith Post Office
Directories for the 1950s and 1960s give this address:
Frank Royle: The
Model Shop: 82 South Clerk
Street.
- Peter Stubbs: August 20, 2008 |
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Recollections by
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Bryan wrote: |
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Frank Royle Model Shop
"The
Frank Royle shop I remember is the one mentioned by George T Smith
on South Clerk Street.
The Salisbury Cinema had gone by my time
and the site eventually became part of C J Brown’s furniture store
which was across the road on the corner with Bernard Terrace. |
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The Window
Frank Royle’s window was the first stop
on the way home from the New Vic on a Saturday morning to stare
enviously in the window at the models, model railway engines, Dinky
toys and Meccano sets. |
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Frank Royle
Frank Royle was a white haired chap who was
very tolerant with little boys drooling all over his wonderful array of
goodies. |
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Bryan Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland: August 21, 2008 |
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