Number 77-81

                                              Please note all dates are approximate. 

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This building is a Category B listed building. Category B listing means it is of regional interest. It was upgraded from a Category C (of local importance) in 1988, after its original listing in 1971. It states dated 1730 bon marriage lintel over original central door (the lintel is initialled AI IG) ... 2 storeys, 3 bays.... 2 shops at ground now united ... original door now glazed ...single first floor windows with small paned upper sashes

Originally number 77 was listed as a shop, 79 a house and 81 a bakehouse/store. They were later joined as one. 

John Richardson had a newsagent, bookshop & library at Number 77 from about 1830.

1986 RoM showed a photo taken just before WW1

                                77(shop)                                                                   81

1900      Mrs R Richardson, bkseller/stationer         1900    Nancy Ferguson, baker

1911      PM Haugh, toys,games etc                            

1917      R & J McGill, tobacconist                             1920     Janet & Phyllis Ferguson, baker 

                                                                                     1939     Janet Reid, confectioner   

 1940     Daniel Thomson, tobacconist                         1945    John Richardson, stationer  

                                                                                      1954    Helen Pattie, newsagent & toys 

1959 Helen Pattie, newsagent & toys now in both units

   

1914 RoM

1925 RoM

Thanks to V Phillips for a copy of this ad 

                                      1987 - Nos 79-81 are now joined as one but with two sets of offices 

1987    Crawford Wishart Insurance with Hann Cruikshank & Co in different offices

1987 RoM

Note the address is now Annan Finance House, at 77-81 High Street!

1989 Swinton Insurance

1989 RoM

1996 William Hill, bookmaker  (in 2009 W Hill moved over the road to Number 80)

2006 Sew & Sew and Magnolia Brides advertised in the RoM that they were at Number 79

  

2009 Empty

2025 Under reconstruction

2025 D & G Canine Rescue