Friday 12 November 2021

Number 84

Please note all dates are approximate. 

If you have any further information, documents, photos or memories about this shop  let us know in the comments section at the bottom or on Annan The History Town Group Facebook page. 
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2024 © P Russell



1900 Adam Hiddleston, saddler.  This was a well-established business on the High Street. 
You can just make out Hiddleston's on the right of this photo from the late 19th century.
Adam Hiddleston was Provost of Annan from 1895-1898 and died in 1904.



Thanks to V. Phillips

1902 Annandale Observer

1908 Annandale Observer

1914 John Richardson, stationer & newsagent.

1925 RoM

1930's Facebook 'Old Pictures'

High Street postcard

1935 C & J Frood, printer are tenants with shop name John Frood

1947 C & A Frood are now owners of the shop.

Eventually in the 1950s Froods moved across the road to Nos 89-91
  
Annan Museum

1953 John Fulton, stationer & newsagent.

1953 RoM
1954 A&M Mitchell, stationer & newsagent.

1954 RoM

Exactly the same advert appeared year after year until ...

1971 RoM

and then the arrival of clip art made it a bit more exciting ...

1973 RoM

1976 J&M Johnstone, Newsagent, confectioner & toys.

1978 RoM

1979 RoM

1985 RoM

1986 M&S Forsyth, Newsagent.

1986 RoM

1990 RoM

1995 RoM

1996 RoM

2002 RoM

2005 Annan News, newsagent.

2005 RoM

2006 RoM

2007 Robert Little on Facebook 'Old Annan'

2021 © V. Russell




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