Shops and businesses on Falkirk High St

Maker
A C Brown
Production date
Circa 1900
 Description
View of a wine merchants; John Borthwick's butcher shop with joints of meat hanging in the window and at the door; Alex Russell's licensed grocer advertising teas & provisions and Gilbey's wines and spirits and the "Wardrobe Shop".
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1900
Subject person
Subject place
High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Britannic Assurance Office (110)/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Borthwicks Shop/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Wardrobe Shop/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Russell's Grocery Shop/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Above the shops, the offices of the Britannic Assurance Co Ltd advertise life assurance, endowments and house purchase. At this time few people bought their house. Miners, brick workers, teachers, police and others lived in company or tied houses; others rented from the private landlords.
Accession number
P00228

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