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Mobile Shops of the 1940s and 1950s.

1955
Mobile Shops of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Renovated buses such as the one pictured were often seen around the Sighthill and Broomhouse areas.
Two such enterprises were Grieves Fruit and Veg and Rinaldis Chips.

Thanks to Robert Laird for the photo.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Sighthill and Broomhouse
Categories:
Daily Life Food and Drink
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
Scrapbooks:
Stuart Laidlaw's History of growing up on the Calders Prefab Estate Sighthill in the 40s, 50s and 60s Stuart Laidlaw's History of Social and other Events in Sighthill during the early to mid 20th Century. Stuart Laidlaw's History of Broomhouse 1939 to the early 1970s.

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