Craigleith Shops
Shops at the intersection of
Craigleith Hill Avenue and Craigleith Hill Crescent which have since
disappeared and the buildings are now in domestic use.
There were three shops at this intersection.
North East corner was a Post Office and sweetie shop owned by a Millie Bennett and a grocers next
door owned by a George Beaton.
ABOVE PICTURE TAKEN BY LOCAL RESIDENT GRANT MATHISON
Diagonally opposite was a licensed grocer called Turners.
AWAITING PICTURE anyone with a PICTURE PLEASE FORWARD TO ME
I AM IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION ON THE THREE SHOPS. ANYONE WHO HAS
INFORMATION or PHOTOGRAPHS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.
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The other shops in Craigleith were as listed below
and were demolished to make way for the entrance into what is now the Craigleith Shopping Park.
Photograph (A) showing 1,2,3, and 4 taken before the 1993 development of Craigleith Retail Park and
photograph (B) of the same area which is now the entrance to the Craigleith Shopping Park taken in
2004. (C) was taken circa 1992 showing the location of 5,6,7,8 and 9.
Photo A
Photo B
Photo C
The shops in (A) from left to right are, as far as I can remember:
- DIY Workshop (Tom Sawyer)
- Post Office
- Morrison's Grocer who won Grocer of the Year 1968:
- Newsagents, Toys, Confectionary Shop
The shops in (C):
- Licensed Grocer (Could have been connected with Morrisons)
- John Nicol (Plumbers and Builders)
- DIY and Garden Centre (Connected to Tom Sawyer)
- The Wool Shop (Ivy's)
- The DIY wood store and garden materials
Morrisons Grocer - on opening day