The Souter's Shop
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Souter's Shop by Ballogie as part of the Geograph project.
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The Souter's Shop
Image: © Ballogie Taken: 1 Jan 2006
This "time capsule shop" was built in 1896 by the shoe maker James Merchant on a croft in Ballogie, and has survived largely untouched since his death in the 1940s, with boxes of shoes on the shelves in the front shop and the shoe-maker's tools and materials still in place in the back workshop. Detailed ledgers of the souter's business and a range of other fascinating items are also still there. (Text from http://www.birsecommunitytrust.org.uk/Other%20BCT%20Projects/Souter%27s%20Shop.html )
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Image Location
Latitude
57.055399
Longitude
-2.699205