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From: "Roger Kelly" <>
Subject: Re: [MLN] Laundry business Middleby street
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:00:10 -0000


Dear Maureen,

My earliest directory is 1940. .Are all the directories on CD now?

Middleby Street, a short street of large stone Georgian houses, a left turn
off Minto St or right off Upper Grey St. in Newington. I pass it on the bus
whenever I go into Edinburgh. There were no businesses there in 1940 just
the Misses Kellie listed at no 12.
As for Laundries and "Steamies":
In that area from the 1940 PO directory has::
The Edinburgh Laundry Co. incorporating McAdam's Steam Laundry,
197Causewayside. (Mrs.Elizabeth Farquharson,1 S. Howard Place).
The Western Laundry, 15 Duncan St. (Mrs.E.O.Taylor).
Roseneath Laundry, 3 Meadow Place.
Over 20 listed.including 'Laundresses and Clear Starchers'. A bit too recent
for
your purposes,

Best Wishes,
Jane
.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen Scutts" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:43 AM
Subject: [MLN] Laundry business Middleby street


> Dear List,
> My husbands g grandfather Peter SCUTTS had a laundry business at his home
at
> 12 Middleby street Edinburgh during the 1920's and earlier.
>
> 1. Is it possibly to access records for this given that I have no
business
> name? ie: trade directories or something. And if so how?
> 2. I have some lovely old photographs of the house here and would like to
> know if anyone could tell me if the building still exists and if not what
is
> now in its place.
>
> cheers
> Maureen
>
>



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