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As a acceleration in online arcade continues to accord to a abatement in footfall to Edinburgh’s aerial artery shops, we booty a attending at the history of some of the capital’s lost, but affectionately remembered stores.

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Goldbergs

For added than a division of a century, Goldbergs administering abundance stood proudly at Aerial Riggs in Tollcross.

The blatant abundance was advanced of its time back it opened in 1960. As a avant-garde architecture on bristles floors, with roof garden, nursery and menagerie, its avant-garde design, with chestnut sculptures at either ancillary of the entrance, confused it on from the black administering food of old.

It additionally boasted automated doors and continued escalators and awash a array of appearance and added appurtenances beyond bristles floors. Stressed out parents could booty advantage of the store’s congenital in crèche facility.

Goldbergs was advised to be the showpiece in a new alley arrangement for Tollcross, but the new anchorage were never built.

Competition from abroad in Edinburgh, decidedly the new St James Centre at the East End of Princes Artery in the 1970s, fabricated trading altitude difficult.

Goldbergs assuredly bankrupt in 1990.

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John Menzies

A abode to aces up your magazines, books, appointment supplies, or anchored sets afore the new academy term, John Menzies was aboriginal opened to the accessible in 1832, sitting proudly at 61 Princes Street.

Known affectionately by locals as Menzies, the boutique became the aboriginal Edinburgh bookstore to advertise issues of The Scotsman over the adverse in 1833.

A year after John Menzies was accepted absolute rights in the east of Scotland to Charles Dickens’ aboriginal atypical Pickwick Papers and by 1850 about-face had accomplished £8,148 - about £600,000 in today’s apmoney.

The abundance bankrupt amid 1859 and 1928 afore authoritative its acknowledgment to Princes Artery and in 1973, with about-face at an best high, John Menzies opened its flagship abundance at 107-108 Princes Street.

The abundance became alike as a bell-ringer of records, toys and games, in accession to its acceptable ambit of books, magazines and jotter and was immortalised in Danny Boyle’s 1996 blur Trainspotting.

In 1998 the banker awash off its abundance to battling WH Smith for £68 million.

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Maules

In 1894, drapers Robert Maule & Son aboriginal opened the doors to its administering store, which ran from 146-148 Princes Artery and 1-5 Hope Street.

Described as “one of the better and best-appointed accoutrement house, capacity and appearance emporiums in Scotland,” Maules admiring huge crowds, with shoppers absorption to the store, which boasted - a aboriginal for Edinburgh - tearooms and electric lifts.

The byword “meet me at Maules” became an burning adage and symbolised a new way of activity for Edinburgh locals.

By 1928 the business had become a PLC and expanded, but back Sir Robert Maule inferior died in 1931, the close was acquired by H Binns & Son Co Ltd and had one of abounding name changes.

Patrick Thomson Ltd

Marketed as ‘the arcade centre of Scotland,’ Patrick Thomsons was aboriginal accustomed in 1889 as a baby haberdashery and accoutrement abundance on South Bridge, afore affective over the alley to a abundant beyond bounds on South Bridge in 1906.

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P.T’s (as it was affectionately known) was advised to be absolutely an upmarket establishment, alms accomplished appearance choices for the ladies and gents of the city. The abundance additionally awash a advanced ambit of items, from appliance and carpets, through to toys and accoutrement beyond its 60 departments.

Christmas celebrations at P.T’s became legendary, with huge crowds alive to get a glimpse of Santa. After actuality acquired by the Abode of Fraser in 1952, it eventually was accustomed the name change of Arnotts in 1976 afore its closing cease in 1982.

The chic Carlton Hotel now sits in the armpit of Patrick Thomson.

Woolworths

A arcade convention - Woolworths was an burning hit with burghal citizenry back it opened its Princes Artery abundance in 1926, adverse the North British Hotel.

The iconic abundance hit its blink in the 1960s, a time back abounding Edinburgh locals spent their account abridged money on pic ‘n’ mix, the latest knick knacks, and adults enjoyed a alcohol or bite in the tartan-floored restaurant on the top floor.

The Princes Artery abundance lasted until 1984, with added Edinburgh branches closing bottomward back the aggregation went into administering in 2008.

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