Alex Drysdale's grocery shop had stood at 87 Gallowgate since the 1760s. It was typical of an 18th century Glasgow shop, with two shuttered bow windows comprised of small squares of glass.
Until the 1830s the shop was owned by Colonel Charles Walker. A journalist writing in the
The Herald journalist remembered a singing canary that entertained customers at the shop counter, until it fell victim to a hungry cat. He claimed that trout from the Molendinar Burn could be caught with a fishing rod from the back window of the shop.
Reference: Mitchell Library, GC 941.435 GOR
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
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bow windows, confectionery, fishing, grocers, grocery shops, shuttered windows, sweets, tenements
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