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#AuldReekieRetold has discovered a number of items in our collections centre relating to commerce, shops and retail and we are looking for folks’ memories of them. Whether city centre department stores, supermarkets, co-operatives or the local corner shop we’d like to hear from you about all things retail!
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Leith Provident carrier bag

Leith Provident carrier bag

Shop Worker With Flowers And Ladies Outside Dairy Shop At 100 Gorgie Road 1945

Shop Worker With Flowers And Ladies Outside Dairy Shop At 100 Gorgie Road 1945

Shop Assistant Standing Outside Corner Shop Door, early 1990s

Shop Assistant Standing Outside Corner Shop Door, early 1990s

Edinburgh Shopping Centre c.1990

Edinburgh Shopping Centre c.1990

Leith Provident Float At The Leith Pageant c.1966

Leith Provident Float At The Leith Pageant c.1966

Shopping On Leith Street 1960s

Shopping On Leith Street 1960s

The Jaffa King

The Jaffa King

Sweet Memories

Sweet Memories

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#AuldReekieRetold 1940s 1945 1960s 1966 1990 1990s 1992 adolescent advertising animal apron arm in arm baby blouse building bunch business Cameron Toll car cardigan cart charity children co-op co-operative coat collection collection tin colour corner shop dairy doorstep doorway dress Edinburgh fashion fete float flower fruit Gorgie grocers hand in pocket holding hands horse housing indoor industry jumper lamp post leisure Leith Leith Pageant Leith Provident mall men neckscarf Newhaven newsagent noticeboard outdoor pageant parade passenger pavement Pedestrian pillar Poster printing procession pushchair pushing pram pushing trolley railing recreation shaking tin shirt shoes shop shop window Shopping shopping centre shopping mall shopping trolley shops sitting skirt smiling spectacles St James stair standing street sweets teenager tenement THELMA tie tile traffic transport tree trolley vehicle wagon waistcoat walking wartime window women work worker

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