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Post by palaisgirl on Jun 13, 2009 19:10:10 GMT 1
Picked this up at the barras today I know that is Lewis's on the left hand side but cant remember a Robert Simpson on the right. Does anybody remember this shop. or remember what they sold? Its says 5th August 1942 on the postcard
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Info at this address. You will have to cut and paste the address into your browser location bar, as the live link is not working. This seems to be a problem with Proboards as it doesn't work on Glesgapals either for long addresses. www.archiveshub.ac.uk/cgi-bin/deadsearch.cgi?bool=AND&numreq=25&fieldcont1=arnott-simpson+ltd&format=sgml&fieldidx1=corpname_NOTRUNC&scanposition=middle&firstrec=1Arnott-Simpson Ltd, drapers, Glasgow, Scotland, was incorporated in 1938. The company was the result of a merger of Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd and Arnott & Co Ltd. Arnott & Co Ltd, drapers, Glasgow, Scotland, was incorporated as a private limited company in December 1891. The business continued to trade successfully for many decades but during the depressed inter-war years began to experience severe cash flow problems. Profits continued to diminish throughout the 1930s. In May 1936, the company was acquired by Fraser, Sons & Co Ltd, drapers, Glasgow, Scotland, and was liquidated. A new company with the same name was incorporated in June of that year with Hugh Fraser and his family as the principal shareholders. Robert Simpson had established his shawl warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1820s, trading as Robert Simpson & Co since at least 1864 and as Robert Simpson & Sons since at least 1871. By 1929 the company was trading as Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd. Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd was acquired by Hugh Fraser through Arnott & Co Ltd in September 1936 and a new company was formed under the style of Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd. Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd was merged with Arnott & Co Ltd and in 1938 the name of the business was changed to Arnott-Simpson Ltd. Arnott-Simpson Ltd was acquired by House of Fraser Ltd, department store retailers, Glasgow, in 1947 and liquidated in 1949. However, the name Arnott Simpsons continued to be used by House of Fraser Ltd. The department store of Arnott Simpsons, situated in Argyle Street, Glasgow, was rebuilt during the early 1960s and opened in April 1963. In 1972, the store's name changed to Arnotts. It was closed in the early 1990s.
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Post by Waverley on Jun 16, 2009 6:54:33 GMT 1
Hiya Carol just had another look at the postcard...the building on the left was the building that was there before Boots the chemist and the famous 'dizzy corner'. The tall towerring building on the right hand side is the old St.Enoch's Hotel.
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Post by Waverley on Aug 15, 2009 20:08:22 GMT 1
Carol here is the postcard that I was on about which shows the same street but before the building at the corner of what we knew as 'Dissy Corner' or 'Boots Corner' was built.
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Post by Waverley on Oct 10, 2009 13:50:28 GMT 1
Bought his a few months ago for a couple of quid
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 13:35:13 GMT 1
Ah don't know that you can "put a copyright" on auld postcards, just by displaying them oan a website, Patrick. If the copyright on the orginal has expired, then they're in the public domain, no matter who owns them. Mebbe the act of converting them tae a digital form can be copyrighted, but ah wid doot it. Hivin said that, copyright, is a very complicated matter.
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Post by Waverley on Oct 11, 2009 13:52:30 GMT 1
Yes you are right again BillyDan...are you never wrang. ;D Postcards are in the public domain but there are laws concerning photographs which can be costly if the owner of the photographer takes it up his humff to sue you. I know through experience and my own personal costs. I have many photographs in my collection which I am not willing to put on here until such times that I have the copyright rights sorted out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 20:35:37 GMT 1
The only reason ah know anything at aw aboot copyright, Charlie, is because ah've been downloading public domain ebooks fur the last few years, and there are guidelines oan the (American) site concerning copyright. Copyright laws vary in different countries, but - as far as ah know - the longest period of copyright is for 70 years after the death of the person who originated the work. That means that original versions of works prior to 1938 are now in the public domain.
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Post by anniebums on Oct 14, 2009 20:45:38 GMT 1
Charlie I have a couple of embroidered postcards from WW1. Also 2 letters written in the trenches.His name was Allan Crawford 89 Burgher Street. Don't have any more info. My postcards were sent from my Great uncle Allan HLI to his mother and his sister. No date but WW1.
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Post by Waverley on Oct 16, 2009 7:51:21 GMT 1
Got these yesterday... Unveiled on Saturday 31st May 1924, by Field Marshal Earl Haig.
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Post by Waverley on Oct 22, 2009 23:05:15 GMT 1
The Trongate looking towards Glasgow Cross
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Post by Waverley on Oct 26, 2009 10:39:02 GMT 1
Glasgow University from Kelvingrove Park...
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Post by Waverley on Nov 5, 2009 17:27:14 GMT 1
A scene of Glasgow Cross from the turn of the 20th century...somehow the statue of William of Orange doesn't look as big when you see it in Cathedral Square thesedays.
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Post by Waverley on Jul 19, 2010 9:14:49 GMT 1
Don't know if it still exists Patrick but they must've been quite publicity conscious as here is another I came across on the internet with their stamp on it... Armstrong's Hotel apparently was on the junction of Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street just down from where the Royal Concert Hall is today...or immediately in line with Donald Dewar's Statue stands.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2011 0:21:46 GMT 1
Here are a few more postcards I found, I am sure some have seen these before,and some haven't, Paul.
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Post by patrick on Mar 21, 2011 17:34:07 GMT 1
The royal infirmary Glasgow.
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