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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

EDINBURGH FIRES - 1955

Photo: Scotsman
C&A Modes

Photo: Scotsman
CW Carr & Aikman

On Nov. 10, 1955, fire broke out at C&A Modes department store on Prices Street, Edinburgh, hours after a major fire at the city's CW Carr and Aikman shoe and boot warehouse on Jefferies Street, according to The Scotsman newspaper.  

CENTRAL HOTEL - 1951


Photo
: Daily Record

Fire at Central Hotel in Glasgow in 1951. Clock tower sustained serious damage, according to Daily Record's "Unseen Glasgow" feature.