Recollections

1.

Jim Patience

Alberta, Canada

Thank you to Jim Patience who wrote:

Ice Maker

"I was born in a single end, down at 4a Canon Street.

I remember there was an ice maker, right opposite us.  It would have been right behind old mill house."

Jim Patience, Alberta, Canada:  April 18, 2011

Recollections

2.

Dougie Bryce

Pilton, Edinburgh

Thank you to Dougie Bryce who wrote:

Wigmakers

"The restored mill was, for many years, home to A&A Wigmakers.   My mother worked there during the 1950s until 1972."

Dougie Bryce:  Pilton, Edinburgh:  April 19, 2011

Recollections

3.

Danny Callaghan

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Thank you to Danny Callaghan who wrote:

Wigmakers

"I worked for Souness & Spiers timber merchants on Warriston Road, from 1960 to 1962.    One of our regular customers was George Theurer who owned A&A Wigs.  They were carrying out some works in the Mill building then.

The business is still operating now, at Tanfield about 200 meters away.  I see from their web site that they now have a chain of specialist agents throughout the country, and a George Theurer is named as the Director.  I don't know if it is the same George Theurer, as would at a guess he would now be in his 80s."

Danny Callaghan, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland:  April 21, 2011

Recollections

4.

Dougie Bryce

Pilton, Edinburgh

Thank you to Dougie Bryce who added:

Wigmakers

"The A&A who started A&A Wigmakers were Mr G A (Adolph) Theurer, later to be elected to the Town Council, and Miss A Nicolson.

This would have been in the 1940s or 1950s, so if they are still with us now, they will be a ripe old age.

Dougie Bryce:  Pilton, Edinburgh:  April 19, 2011