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“MEN OF LEATHER. Sole survivor of the old Water of Leith industries

18th September 1953
"MEN OF LEATHER. Sole survivor of the old Water of Leith industries
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1953 – Robert Legget and Sons, skinners and tanners in the Dean Village have been plying their trade for well over 100 years. They still use water from the famous river which winds through the city from Balerno to the Port of Leith.”

Dean Village Memories Added by Dean Village Memories Attributed to: David Le Sueur

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Location:
Dean Village Damside
Categories:
Fashion Places
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Dean Village Memories
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How did I manage to become a Legget? My Mother Helen Marjory Stewart Legget was the Daughter of Robert Sommerville Legget 1888 - 1963, Wool Merchant and Part Owner of the Dean Village Tannery.

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