Number 24 & 26

Please note that all dates are approximate.

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2021 © P&V Russell

Number 24                                                                   Number 26

1900 WL Mackenzie, vet                                                1902 James Macdonald, solicitor   

1904 D Watt Directory

 

 1903 Number 24 seems to have been just a house 

for many years and in 1911 

Mary Ann Aitken was the tenant/occupier of the house, but it was used by a visiting dentist . . . ? ?

1911 Annandale Observer

                        

                        1911 James MacDonald & John Roddick, 
                                 Writing Chambers

                        1931 J Roddick, Writing Chambers

                        1937 empty

                        1940 WVS Canteen
                        During the war each County had a County                                    Organiser and staff to give help to their                                        communities. 

                        During and after WW2 there were almost 

                        2000 WVS centres around Great Britain.

                        1947 Walter & Kathleen Chalmers, 

                        hairdresser aka Central Hairdressing Salon

1949 RoM

                                                                                                

                                                                                         1958 Esther's Gown Salon 

1958 RoM

1962 Wm J Irving & Sons, painter/house furnisher. 

Up to now the firm have been in Numbers 18-22 

but this year they are also now in Number 24.

1962 RoM

1974 RoM

            1970 Office of J Roddick & Son & J. Sayer

            1975 Office Joseph Sayer

            1981 Kyle Saint & Co

            1985 Saint & Co

1991 RoM

1975 RoM

1980 CWS Funeral Service,                

2001 RoM

(proprietor was still WJ Irving)

1984 Border Knitwear Centre 

1986 J &G Wylie
Memories: Jimmy Wylie's shop used to be 

Irving the joiners, and as well as the office

 for the business, it also sold furniture.

2005 C Weild Home & Gifts

2007 Inspirations 
Mystery: Was this Audrey Taylor & Jean Parsons?

2008 RoM

© 2025 Google (taken in 2009)

2017 Emma Owen, Soft Furnishings

© 2025 Google (taken in 2016)

2019 Saint & Co at Number 26 expand their business to include Number 24.                                                                                               

2024 Annandale Observer