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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:49 pm

Could someone correct the caption in the above photograph to read

Ms. Kitten finds difficulty in packing deckchair, bedroll and/or shoes for her fortnight aff at the Fair.
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Josef » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:13 am

Those shoes are far too demure for our Kitten.
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby conn75 » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:43 pm

Some news on the Goldbergs/Weisfelds/Selfridges building:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/di ... opment.php
http://www.whiskywhiskywhisky.com
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby lordsleek » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:45 pm

I must have wandered every bit of Goldbergs that didny have wummins clothes in just to avoid going into Wrygges with the then girlfriend. Her style card mast've been black and blue.
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:35 am

lordsleek wrote:I must have wandered every bit of Goldbergs that didny have wummins clothes in just to avoid going into Wrygges with the then girlfriend. Her style card mast've been black and blue.



"bar the mens' outfitters" should be inserted after Goldbergs in the above sentence.
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby robertpool » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:34 am

Scan of an old store token from Paisley's at the corner of Jamacia Street and Broomielaw

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertpool/2240299969/in/set-72157603848093591/

more Glasgow coins, tokens and medals on my flickr account

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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby robertpool » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:41 pm

anyone ever heard of a Glasgow company called Stirrat & Simpson?
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Fossil » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:56 am

Work started on Goldbergs PAssed it to day and the bulldozers are in. Wilson St end
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Buzby » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:45 pm

On Sauchiehall St.:
Coplands
Dalys
Pettigrews

In my young day (50's) it was 'Coipeland & Lye' & ''Pettigrew & Stephen'
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby robertpool » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:49 am

I have uploaded a number of old ads from Glasgow companies, and yes there are ones from Pettigrew & Stephens, Goldbergs and Lewis's among others. Your great granny would have problems remembering some of them so If you can remember more than 20 of them then you are dead and just don't know it.

Happy viewing. :)

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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:33 am

More carrots less stick from Gordon Brown to claimants on disability benefit.

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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Josef » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:19 pm

Don't know about that, but I've noticed that White Lightning certainly makes people get out of bed first thing in the morning to queue outside my local Newsagents/Off-Sales.
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby dimairt » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:16 pm

I got this at the Barras today. It was posted on 30th November 1925. Does anyone know why there is a sign saying 'Treron et Cie' ? (I did a search honest Dex.)

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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby samscafeamericain » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:01 pm

Treron et Cie was a major business at the turn of the 20th century
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Re: Glasgow department stores

Postby Robbo » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:39 am

Does anyone happen to have any photos of the Christmas window displays that were in most of the department stores in the 60s and 70s especially Lewis's or Arnotts/Frasers?

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