Talk to Broughton History Society - 9 February 2014 - Page 1

Broughton Street

West Side

1990s

Something Fishy

16a Broughton Street

Something Fishy
1.

1993

Something Fishy
2.

1993

Something Fishy
3.

1994

Utilities

34 Broughton Street
and some of their neigbours

Utilities
1.

1994

Utilities
2.

The stock expands outside the shop - 1994

Utilities
3.

1994

Even more stock - 1994

Utilities
4.

Utilities and their next door neighbour - 1994

Utilities
4.

Utilities and their new neighbours

General Grocers

and

Harvest Fare

50 + 52 Broughton Street

General Grocers + Harvest Fare
1.

1993

Broughton Street

East Side

1990s

Real Foods

37 Broughton Street

Real Foods
1.

1994

Citizens' Rights Office

then

Scottish Refugee Council
43 Broughton Street

Citizens' Rights Council / Scottish Refugee Council
1.

1991

Citizens' Rights Council / Scottish Refugee Council
2.

No. 43 - Scottish Refugee Council
1994

Tramps Hair Studio

then

Organic Fruit & Veg

45 Broughton Street

Tramps Hair Studio
1.

Shop being refurbished - 1991

Tramps Hair Studio
2.

Tramps studio now open - 1994

Tramps Hair Studio
3.

The shop has become 'Organic Fruit & Veg - 2000

Jazz

57 Broughton Street

Jazz
1.

1992

Jazz
2.

Ten years on; a new frontage - 2002

Just Junk

then

Merz

87 Broughton Street

Just Junk / Merz
1.

1991

Just Junk / Merz
2.

1992

Just Junk / Merz
3.

1994

Just Junk / Merz
4.

1994

Just Junk / Merz
5.

New signage - 1998

Just Junk / Merz
6.

'Just Junk' has gone. The mural on the side of the shop remains. The shop is now 'Merz' - 2002

Broughton Street Shops

West Side

Today
2014-15

Something Fishy

16a Broughton Street

Something Fishy
1.

Richard Bee - Fishmonger

Richard is due to retire soon and expects the business to pass on to another member of his family. His family has been selling fish from fish shop since 1905. Richard started selling in his father's shop in the Royal Mile on leaving school in 1965.

He then moved to a fish shop in Leith, then took over 'Something Fishy' at the top of Broughton Street around 1999.

Something Fishy had been run by his brother, John Croan Bee, for the previous 22 years. The family is related to John Croan who used to run the kipper factory beside Newhaven Harbour.

Something Fishy
2.

Shop window

Something Fishy
3.

zoom-in

Vino Wines

30 Broughton Street

Vino Wines
1.

Vino Wines
2.

Vino Wines
3.

Joey D

54 Broughton Street

Joey D
1.

The shop at 4.30pm on a late-December afternoon

Joey D
2.

Joey D in the shop that he has owned since around 2005. Joey hopes to extend his shop soon into the basement.

Joey D
3.

Clothes

Joey D
4.

More Clothes

Joey D
5.

Blackboard, and a cycle on the ground

Joey D
6.

Fireplace, and a cycle in the air

Nom de Plume

60 Broughton Street

Nom de Plume
1.

Flags flying outside Nom de Plume café in Broughton Street on the day of the Scottish Referendum, 18 September 2014

The flag on the left is the Union Jack with the blue (for Scotland) removed. The flag on the right is the Saltire, the flag of Scotland

Nom de Plume
2.

Zoom in on the two flags flying outside Nom de Plume café in Broughton Street on the day of the Scottish Referendum

Kathy's Knits

64a Broughton Street

Kathy's Knits
1.

Kathy's Knits
2.

Broughton Street Shops

East Side

Today
2014-15

Cafe Piccante

19 Broughton Street

Cafe Piccante
1.

Cafe Piccante
2.

Cafe Piccante
3.

Real Foods

37 Broughton Street

Real Foods
1.

Entrance

Real Foods
2.

Oils

Real Foods
3.

Vegetables

Real Foods
4.

Grain

Real Foods
5.

Grain - zoom-in

Villeneuve Wines

49a Broughton Street

Villeneuve Wines
1.

Villeneuve Wines
2.

Artisan Roast

57 Broughton Street

Artisan Roast
1.

Artisan Roast
2.
Artisan Roast and the shops on either side

Artisan Roast
3.

Artisan Roast
4.

Rapido

79 Broughton Street

Rapido
1.

Curiouser

93 Broughton Street

Curiouser
1.

Curiouser
2.

Curiouser
3.

Crombie Butcher

97 Broughton Street

Crombie Butcher
1.

Crombie Butcher
2.

Apple Pharmacy

105 Broughton Street

Apple Pharmacy
1.

Apple Pharmacy
2.

Convert to black + white

Apple Pharmacy
3.

Apple Pharmacy
4.

Old drawers - still a feature of the shop in 2014

Haddington Place
shops and a few other buildings

Today
2014-15

Victoria Barbers

3 Haddington Place

Victoria Barbers
1.

Shop Frontage at the Top of the Stairs - Photo taken at Dusk

Victoria Barbers
2

The Waiting Room

Victoria Barbers
3

The Cutting Room

McNaughton's Book Shop

3a Haddington Place

McNaughton's Bookshop
1.

including Victoria Barbers on the floor above

McNaughton's Bookshop
2.

zoom-in

McNaughton's Bookshop
3.

Elizabeth Strong at her desk at the front of the shop.

McNaughton's Bookshop
4.

Books!

McNaughton's Bookshop
5.

More books!

SYHA's 'Edinburgh Central' Youth Hostel

9 Haddington Place

Youth Hostel
1.

No. 9 - SYHA's 'Edinburgh Central' Youth Hostel

The street on the left is Annandale Street. The street on the right is Leith Walk.

Retro Reproduction

28a Haddington Place

Retro Reproduction
1.

Retro Reproduction shop is in the basement. The gates and railings around
the shop date from the time, around 1960s/1970s, when the shop used to sell guns

Retro Reproduction
2.

No. 28a - Retro Reproduction

Lots of vintage equipment and a sleepy dog!

Retro Reproduction
3.

View from the centre of the shop.

Retro Reproduction
4.

The shop also repairs vintage equipment.
Here is the repair man at work in his little 'back room'.

Settlement Projects

34a Haddington Place

Settlement Projects
1.

This shop is located in the shop that once housed the Co-op Butcher's Shop
The shops to the left in this photo also used to be part of the Co-op store.

Settlement Projects
2.

Clothing, Books, Crockery and a Doll

Settlement Projects
3.

Zooming-in to get a closer look at some of he items for sale.

McDonald Road Library

2-4 McDonald Road

'The Broughton Mural'

This mural was created by local artists, Charlie Miller (who designed it), Martin Lauder, David Aitken and Gordon Mitchell, with research by Alice Lauder and John Dickie and assistance from Elm Birse, Owen Stanesby, Jean and Walter Faulkner.

After being first shown at a Local History Exhibition in 1995, the mural was presented to Broughton Local History Society in 1996 to be held on behalf of the local community. It can now be seen on the wall of the Nelson Hall at McDonald Road Public Library.

The Broughton Mural
1.

Mural on the wall inside McDonald Road Public Library

The Broughton Mural
2.

Zoom-in to the Mural - (Left)

The Broughton Mural
3.

Zoom-in to the Mural - (Centre)

The Broughton Mural
4.

Zoom-in to the Mural - (Right)