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Edinburgh Shops 40 Victoria Street Robert Cresser's Brush Shop |
1.
January 1992
Cresser's shop with its varnished wooden frontage
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 3 Jan 1992
2.
March 2001
Cresser's shop now has a painted wooden frontage
Sadly, after being in business for over a hundred years, the shop closed not long after I took this photo.
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 29 Mar 2001
3.
May 1994
The Counter
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 30 May 1994
4.
May 1994
Upstairs
Cresser's Shop was on the Ground Floor. The upper floors were used as a workshop and for storage.
This view on one of the upper floors looks towards one of the windows overlooking Victoria Street.
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 30 May 1994
5.
May 1994
The Stair Well
Looking down the stairwell from an upper floor - brushes everywhere!
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 30 May 1994
6.
May 1994
The workbench on one of the upper floors
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 30 May 1994
7.
April 2012
Shop under new ownership. It's now selling clothes from Victoria Street and on the Internet
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 16 Apr 2012
8.
November 2014
Change of ownership again.
The new owner, Andrew McRae, is standing in the doorway. He has
similar shops in Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh and Hong
Kong.
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 13 November 2014
9.
March 2014
The Counter
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 13 March 2014
10.
March 2014
Upstairs
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 13 March 2014
11.
March 2014
The Stairs
© Photograph: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken: 13 March 2014
