
Originally Posted by
figheadair
Renton's Drapery was destroyed by fire in 1909. The site was rebuild for another drapers, C&A Modes, which in turn was destroyed by fire in 1955 -
The Great Fire of Princes Street.
Interesting. I don't understand the mention of Sir Iain Colquhoun DSO, which was listed as being received in 1916.
But it's true that, in the 1916-1921 window implied in the text, the costumes depicted are quite out of date, and fit the pre-1909 date better.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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