Love this advert! It’s for Andrew Gilmour’s former shop on Glasgow Road from around the 1910s. The advert provides more information on “Bananas” perhaps seen rarely in local grocers even at that time and plays to the curiosity of the customer. Mr Gilmour suggests perfect bananas can only be obtained “when a scientifically constructed Banana […]
Continuing a look at Glasgow Road using some zoomed in detailing from old photos. This is Gilmour’s Place, a drapery and hardware store on Glasgow Road in 1904. It was located on the north side with Bairds Road behind the building. Zooming in and magnifying, I noticed the building was confirmed as “Gilmours Place” […]
Two lovely photos of Gilmours Shop in Glasgow Road sent in by Robert Stewart. Robert and I have been looking at Gilmours of Glasgow Road for a few evenings now and these photos may date from the 1910s or 1920s. A child stands in the doorway of the drapers. Further along Glasgow Road was Gilmours […]
Andrew Gilmours on Glasgow Road, a photo taken between 1903 – 1910. Glasgow Road trams are running and this photo, now shown here in high resolution is the first time I was able to tell that Andrew Gilmours wasnt just the shop at the end, but the signage also suggest it was the whole building […]