Radio Supplies, RA Fairley, 30b Raeburn Place

Category

Library Item

Item no

14841

Title

Radio Supplies, RA Fairley, 30b Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

Description

The Radio Supplies shop of RA Fairley stands in Raeburn Place, Edinburgh. Several Bakelite radios are displayed in the shop window and bicycles are also on show around the shop entrance. To the left is W Walker, tailors and to the right C&A Calder florists. There is a lady standing in the doorway of the florists the exterior of which is hung with many wreaths.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1935

Size

21.5 x 16.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The radio supplies store was situated on 30b Raeburn Place. The store is now occupied by the Edinburgh wine merchants.

Raeburn Place is located in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. It links Deanhaugh Street at its eastern end to Comely Bank at its western end. The road is flanked by a mixture of tenements and villas built the early 19th century. Raeburn Place is named after the portrait artist Sir Henry Raeburn who owned two estates in the area which he feued for development in the 19th century.

Originally a separate village, Stockbridge is now a largely residential area situated a mile north of Edinburgh Castle. The village developed substantially between about 1813, when the famous painter Sir Henry Raeburn began to feu his land in the area for development, and about 1850. Much of this development was conducted by the architect James Milne. With its proximity to the Water of Leith and its interesting and diverse architecture, Stockbridge is considered an attractive and popular place to live, shop and socialise.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

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