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Shops and Public Houses and other businesses
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Armadale Shops (May 2006) Total shop units: 69; vacant: 5; charity shops: 0 Lowest rental values of West Lothian's major towns Current businesses that we know of. If your business isn't listed, let us know! |
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Some of the Armadale-related businessmen and businesswomen who appear in NAS catalogues Walter ADAMSON, grocer, 1869; William George BLACK, baker, 1908 and 1912; Mathew DONALDSON, grocer, 1872; James & Alexander FINLAY, merchants, 1870; Archibald GALL and William HAY, merchants, 1869; ; Henry HALBERT, merchant, 1869; John JEFFREY, watch maker, 1882; David KERR, boot and shoe merchant, 1911; Robert LEISHMAN, publican, 1877; James and Donald MacDONALD, 1784; Robert McNAB, butcher, 1905; Elizabeth and William MAIR and Co, grocers, 1889; Alexander MARSHALL, merchant 1911; William MILLER, farm dealer, 1911; James MORTON, grocer, 1884; William ORR, inn keeper, 1878; William Innes PATERSON, farmer, 1900; George SIMPSON, hotel proprietor, 1908; Gilbert STEWART, grocer, 1911; Robert STEWART, grocer, 1911; Jacob STIRLING (Brown Brothers, grocers) 1897; Joseph SYSON, merchant, 1869; Maurice THOMSON, merchant, 1881 and 1889; James WYLIE, merchant, 1911. |
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| BANKS | |||
| The first bank in Armadale was the Commercial Bank of Scotland in 1889 | |||
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PUBS More information in Past and Present Chap II By 1862 there were 15 licensed premises in Armadale |
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Armadale Public House Society Limited
THE GOTH
Above: The Goth Tower, West Main Street, dedicated to Malcolm MALLACE, 'Auld Maikum', President of Armadale Public House Society Ltd, 1901 - 1922. Under the provisions of the 1893 Industrial and Provident Societies Act, customers received good quality goods, members would play a role in management, and some of the profits made would be applied for the benefit of the community. |
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Masonic Arms Spirit Merchant 1903* Mary Campbell built Railway Tavern aka Masonic Arms, in 1859 NAS ref no RHP42404:architectural plans, 1935
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 The site of Bathville Inn, demolished after a fire in 2006 |
Past and Present Chap I : Boarbauchlaw Toll | |
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Armadale Inn 1797: George Swan
obtained a feu at the Cross and built an inn on west side
of Armadale Cross, called Armadale Inn, which later became
The Regal Bar. The initial building was 1½
storeys with 2 attic bedrooms and several sitting rooms. It provided
horses for hire from its stables, as well as changes of horse for stage
coaches. The building costs were financed by Mr Reid of Bathgate who
claimed first option should the business ever be for sale. |
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Crown Hotel 1857: The Crown Hotel was built by Mr. Murray of
Springfield. James Bishop became publican and grocer there. |
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Buckshead Tavern aka West End Vaults 1858: James
Beveridge built Buckshead Tavern aka West End Vaults |
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The Star Inn /Star Inn Vaults 1861: The tollkeeper's house on the north-east corner of
The Cross later became The Star Inn. Ann Young built the Star Inn at
2 East Main Street. |
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1862: James Verrier's Inn opposite the Star Inn |
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1862: Thomas Bishop's pub in South Street |
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Railway Tavern later the Masonic Arms Owner in 1862: Mary Campbell |
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Bathgate Hotel 1858: Reid's Bathgate Hotel sold to Edwards. |
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| Past and Present Chap VIII re other businesses | |||
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CO-OP Armadale Cop-operative Society Ltd: NAS cat ref FS5/47 1861: Armadale's first Co-op was at the bottom of Bullion Brae but only lasted from 1863 - 1868 More information about the Co-op in Past and Present Chap XVIII |
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During the Second World War, food came loose and had to be packaged on the premises: "Most of the food had to be made up in the shop. Even in the bread shop next door, the biscuits were loose in square tins. The sugar came in bags and was weighed out on Mondays behind the desk, and many a game of football was discussed in the process. The butter came in cwt casks from Denmark and it was weighed out on Tuesdays; we got a bit fed up listening to the thumps of the butter spades. The cheese came wrapped in muslin which made great dusters, and it was all cheddar cheese with a skin. Even tobacco had to be cut and weighed and that was a job for old Jimmy Cooper who was too old to serve at the counter." Extract from an article in Your Magazine, 1993, History of Armadale Association: M. Blair nee McIndoe |
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| OTHER PAST ARMADALE SHOPS AND SERVICES | |||
| 1810: Thomas Rankin, blacksmith, next to Russell's joinery, West Main Street | |||
| Raymie Fagan, the Co-op baker's van | Harry Laing: butcher. | Tam Ronald: fish with herring hung on stick on cart | Thomson: fruit and veg |
| Wullie Mcindoe: milk | Sanny Smith from Tarrareoch Farm: milk soor dook | Danny Birrell; Alex Dobbins: grocer | Mrs Dodds's sweet shop, at the top of North Street - golden charm sweeties! |
| Walkers' stores: groceries, butchermeat, bakery goods | Borza's ice cream shop, West Main Street | Aitken pony and trap used as a taxi service to Armadale station | Aitken's shop, top of South Street, (now St Helen's Place) |
| Ugolinis owned fish & chip shop, West Main Street | Halls and the pawn shop | Archers; Colquhoun: newsagents | Dickson; Glendale: chemist |
| Melville Scott: draper | Fairgrieve; Mathiesons: shoes | Russells and Marshalls: fruiterers | Hosiery factory, Brown Street |
| Steelyard in Armadale: the yard on the north side of West Main Street, immediately to the west of the fish and chip shop | |||
| Former Recent Businesses in Armadale (in the period 2006 - 2008) | |||
| Terra Mia, Fast Food, at 170 South Street |
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| Hendersons Estate Agents at 43 West Main Street |
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Craft Cuts, Hair and Beauty treatments for men and women at 11 St Helen's Place |
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| Tan & Tone at 2 Ochil View Square |
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Supersave Armadale, Household and fancy goods, 31 West Main Street
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| Baby Madness, children's and babies' clothing and equipment, at 12 St Helens Place |
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All For Pets at The Grapevine, 65 West Main Street, |
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Colquhoun Postcard = Originally published by Geo. F. Colquhon*, The Cross, Armadale. *Colquhoun The publisher trained as a barber, but, after losing a leg during the First World War, he opened a newsagent's and tobacconist's shop in East Main Street, Armadale. He called it the wee shop with the big stock. His speciality was a pipe tobacco, which he made up, called The Dale Smoking Mixture. He hired a professional photographer to photograph his shop. He can be seen in some cards where he appears riding his motor cycle and side car, accompanied by his collie dog who was his constant companion. Our old Armadale postcards are HERE |
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