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Monday 18 August 2008

ALEX SMITH'S - COMMERCIAL STREET


Apart from being taken there with my parents in the 60's, the only reason for visiting large department stores on my own at schoolboy age would be for clothes or toys.
In the case of Alex Smith's in Commercial Street, they had quite a decent sports department I recall buying a few items from.

Photo by DC Thomson.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 February 2009 at 16:40

    I remember Smithys Cable Cash, was probably before the Provie Cheque...

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  2. Sue31 January 2010 at 06:56

    Ahh Cable Cash, remeber it well! Was once given my birthday present in Cable Cash and I was in Smiths for bloody hours trying to find something decent to buy with it! Not the most trendy shop in town lol!

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  3. Ron Smith8 February 2012 at 04:17

    My Dad was quite a man. Started with nothing and built up a decent department store business (seven branches). He was an innovator and had Cable Cash produced by De la Rue, the company who printed bank cheques. Tried to de-stigmatize credit for people when it was there for essentials not luxuries. Agreed, the shops weren't trendy but they had a purpose! Ron Smith

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    1. Malcy129 June 2020 at 02:33

      Remember these days and you swell Ron. Malc Stewart

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