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"Crawford's White Mice"
Unknown, 1926, Press cutting
"Crawford's White Mice"
"Crawford's White Mice"
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Item no
38613
Title
"Crawford's White Mice"
Artist / maker
Unknown
Engraver
Unknown
Date
1926
Size
11.4 x 11.9 cm
Type
Press cutting
In 1813 William Crawford founded a small shop at the shore of Leith.
The caption reads "These ladies were known as the white mice, they worked in the firms biscuit factory in Leith in 1926. The photograph was sent in by "News" reader Mrs J McTurk, of 30 Avondale Place, Edinburgh and she is pictured on the extreme right. She was then called Jeanie Leslie. Anyone remember her from those days?"
Leith is situated in the north of Edinburgh where the Water of Leith joins the Firth of Forth. It has acted as Edinburgh's maritime connection for many centuries, and continues to be one of the UK's busiest ports. It was incorporated into Edinburgh in 1920 having previously been a separate burgh. It is now home to the Scottish Executive's main offices, Edinburgh's Sikh temple, the Royal Yacht Britannia and Ocean Terminal, a large
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Leith Miscellany XIII
ReDrawing Edinburgh: Edinburgh in 1920
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