Dusmuirs Drapers Shop – was located at the corner of Stonefield Road and Broompark Road. Formerly Danskins, Dunsmuirs bought over the shop sometime in the 1940’s. Mr and Mrs Dunsmuir ran the business. In 1950 John Dunsmuir’s shop specialised in Children’s Wear, Ladies Wear, Gents underwear and wools. It also sold hardware at their […]
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1922 Mary and Jenny Danskin
A family photo next. In 1922, my grandmother Mary Danskin was pictured on the left, next to her sister Jenny. The girls lived above the family shop, a drapers at the corner of Broompark Road and Stonefield Road. (the shop that later became Collins’ Newsagents. Mary died in 1997 after a long and happy life. […]