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James Thomson & Son Ltd pre 1905 before the King’s Theatre was built

1900
James Thomson & Son Ltd pre 1905 before the King's Theatre was built

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James Thomson & Son Ltd, Grocers and Victual Dealers in Leven Street, Tollcross, Edinburgh which was stood on the site of King’s Theatre Edinburgh. The store closed and moved to Lochrin Buildings in Gilmore Place when the King’s Theatre was built.
The business was bought buy my grandfather, Robert (Bob) Taylor, after he was demobbed from the Royal Flying Corps after the First World War.

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