Edinburgh people on the shops they miss

We asked people in Edinburgh which closed-down shops they wished still lined the capital's streets.

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00:00 The shop that I really miss is Woolworths.

00:02 Used to go up Princess Street, had a great selection.

00:05 But used to get, when I was a wee boy, used to get a wee man.

00:09 Like every Saturday if I'd meet a good boy, like a toy cowboy,

00:13 about that size, or an Indian, or a fireman, or a soldier,

00:19 or all the different characters and I'd pull up a wee collection.

00:23 So that was me, my weekly treat to Woolworths and Princess Street.

00:26 So I say bring back Woolies.

00:28 Shops like Debenhams. I thought it wasn't just Debenhams,

00:32 or products, it was like a wide range from other places.

00:36 It was really good for everything really.

00:38 And I really loved British Home Stores,

00:40 which was really good, especially in the lead up to Christmas.

00:43 I do miss Jenner's, I think that was a real bad move.

00:47 Not passing that on to somebody, you know, that could have been a tourist attraction.

00:52 You go down south and you get other places like Fenix and things like that.

00:57 Loads of people pile around them, and if I'd got a coffee or something to eat,

01:00 you could have got a really good food basket in there.

01:02 One thing that Edinburgh is missing, okay they've opened one up at

01:06 Leith Street, which is a success, but Jenner's could have done it as well.

01:13 Apart from that, I think things have to move on,

01:16 but you know, maybe we don't need quite so many coffee shops and bakeries in Leith,

01:21 but eh, diversity.

01:23 Well I miss all the shops, I'm a russet from Edinburgh and I live in Stirling,

01:25 but born and bred in Edinburgh.

01:27 My mum's favourite shopping area was always in the Kirgit,

01:30 the Woolies behind you, and it was always the indoor markets as well.

01:34 So all these different types of stores, but particularly it was the indoor market,

01:38 which I remember as a wee boy, my mum's favourite shop,

01:40 was just along the road in Kirgit.