shops in thurso

**moose and Lindsay** · 19-Mar-06, 17:42

Autoparts has bought LED's old place and that got me thinking about shops that use to be

i mind when the highland hospice was a sweetie shop

cancer shop was curry's

Morrisons has a wee shop in Dunnet road and the chippie/cafe down the street, i think it is the solicitors now

anyone know anymore????

**ice box** · 19-Mar-06, 17:45

Sorry i dont live in thurso i dont know what shops were what but i can tell you what one were in wick .

**moose and Lindsay** · 19-Mar-06, 17:51

Go on then

**moose and Lindsay** · 19-Mar-06, 17:53

Oh William wilsons was

DJ Tyres

**Royster1911** · 19-Mar-06, 17:53

Cardosies in Princess Street was the County Stores. Beauty through Herbs was Shearers Butchers. Gunns shoeshop was Angus butchers. Haralds butchers was grocery shop. Butresss was (on left) chip shop (on right) Ironmonger. Behind cairngorm windows was Mackenzies fish shop. Old Prestos was YWCA. Many more memories. too many to mention

**scotsboy** · 19-Mar-06, 17:57

The Chinese next to the Post Office used to be:
The Pie Shop
Hughes Moter bike shop
Iqbals Indian/Wine Bar

**scotsboy** · 19-Mar-06, 17:58

Mackays used to be Fred Shearers

**wee_fuzzy_kitty** · 19-Mar-06, 18:00

Good Vibrations in the Precinct used to be a kids clothes shop, cant remember what it was called tho

**Ali** · 19-Mar-06, 17:59

Showing your age now Lindsay !!
lol

**moose and Lindsay** · 19-Mar-06, 18:01

I know but i have a while til i catch up with you

**moose and Lindsay** · 19-Mar-06, 17:57

i mind the butchers where beauty through herbs was, but its not even beauty through herbs now either

Barry the dentist owns it but its still therapy stuff etc but i don't know what its called

**Royster1911** · 19-Mar-06, 18:13

Mount Pleasant School was Cows park. The name was being considered for use for the school. COWS SCHOOL

**highlander** · 02-Apr-06, 22:22

remember when the county stores was in princess street, and the bubblegum machine out side cardosi cafe by woolies, and the chocolate machine.

**Buttercup** · 02-Apr-06, 23:06

Anyone remember the ice lollies that Henry Cardosi (Bottom Joes) used to sell - 2d each and several unique flavours, my favourites were the black (licquorice) and the blue (spearmint) ~ sounds strange but they were fantastic!

**hilly2** · 02-Apr-06, 23:47

The Impact Boutique was in Grove Lane
Remember the shop in the railway station
Budge Bakers was beside George Downies
Harrington photographers on traill st?
Collet Mcphersons shop in Castlegreen Road now Frazers
Hepworths shop (where you could play at being Harry Worth in the window) oops showing my age now.lol
Souters paper shop in arcade
There was also a milk machine at the railings in Sir George's Square
Book shop in the arcade along from Music Shop
Jake Mackays grocer next to the Ships Wheel
TSB Bank was where Travel agents is.
Bus Office where Georgesons solicitors is now?

**Sporran** · 03-Apr-06, 06:46

Originally Posted by hilly2

The Impact Boutique was in Grove Lane
Remember the shop in the railway station
Budge Bakers was beside George Downies
Harrington photographers on traill st?
Collet Mcphersons shop in Castlegreen Road now Frazers
Hepworths shop (where you could play at being Harry Worth in the window) oops showing my age now.lol
Souters paper shop in arcade
There was also a milk machine at the railings in Sir George's Square
Book shop in the arcade along from Music Shop
Jake Mackays grocer next to the Ships Wheel
TSB Bank was where Travel agents is.
Bus Office where Georgesons solicitors is now?

No, the Impact Boutique was next to the Royal Hotel on Traill Street. The one on Grove Lane was called the Upper Boutique. It was in the same building as Clark's music shop, but upstairs.

Yes, Harrington the photographer was on Traill Street, somewhere between Donald Sinclair's shoe shop and the DE shoe shop.

The old Thurso library and museum were at the Wilson Street end of the town hall. Can anyone remember the name of the shop directly on the other side of the square to that? It sold wine, etc., and was along the same lines as Hamish Cameron's on Traill Street. Next was the Co-op supermarket across from Woolies, which was built around 1970, I think. What was there before? A smaller Co-op shop?

**Billy Boy** · 19-Mar-06, 22:39

does anyone else remember buying single fags from Danny Craigs in the arcade.
I used to get gurned at on a regular basis for being a cheeky *"@*"

**Billy Boy** · 19-Mar-06, 22:48

i remember paul the barbers across from the sinclair hotel ( where we used to buy our johnnies) takes me back to my teenage years fags & johnnies

**Absolut1** · 19-Mar-06, 23:11

ahh bews when the chickens roasted outside was great,
billy the butchers in dunnet road with omands shop round corner,
CLB being the brickworks,
banks clothes shop in the square,
the tasty bite, the my the gas place, now chinese.
ABC video where sandras is
danny craigs best ice cream in caithness even is he was always grumpy towards us
durrans when it was in the precinct
ships wheel where the bistro is