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David
Forrest and Family
Owner-operator of
Grocery Shop
1 Waverley Place, Abbeyhill
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1951
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Sandra Cochrane, Consecon (nee Johnson), Consecon, Ontario, Canada
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Christmas Party
- 1951 |
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Thank you to Dorothy Addison for
allowing me to reproduce this photograph of her grandparents and family.
Dorothy wrote:
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Grandparents
"Here is a photo of my grandmother
and grandfather in their garden at 1 Waverley Place. The photo was
taken on thier 60th Wedding Anniversary.
Their children, William, May, Helen
and Jean
are also in the photo. Helen is my mother. She is on the right
in the back row.
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Grocery
Shop
"My
grandfather was the owner-operator of the
grocery shop on the main street at the top of Waverley Place,
opposite the Abbey Church in Abbeyhill Edinburgh.
Grandfather seemed to work non stop and did not retire until he was in his
70s. His shop was a licenced grocer. As you walked into the
store, all down the right hand side, almost up to the ceiling there were
bottles of alcohol, I believe. I remember
him climbing up a ladder to secure what the customer wanted.
His big
black cat was a permanent fixture on the counter for all the customers to
pet. The cat was left in the store at
night, in the basement,
to do its duty as mouse catcher."
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Dorothy Addison (nee Jenkins), Tsawwassen, British
Columbia, Canada: November 28, 2011
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More Recollections
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Abbeyhill,
including more comments by Dorothy Addison about her grandfather's grocery
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