Caw the Polis

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Davie
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Caw the Polis

Post by Davie » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:48 pm

Eat yer hearts oot Starbucks.

When ah wiz oot the West-end yesterday.
Guid bookfare at the Botanic Gardens by the way.
As usual spent too much, but ther ur a few items that may be of interest to others on here.
However, I took this wee pic of a "coffee stall" Glesga style.
In gallery under the name copochino,as the company is called.
I wonder if there are any similar in yer ain middens

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1166

Davie

Gallery URL added - AndrewP

AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:54 pm

Aye Davie,

There are a number of the disused police boxes in Edinburgh that have come into a new lease of life as coffee kiosks.

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_STREET/0_ ... ck_bar.htm

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a_l/0_aro ... 004267.htm

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6111

All the best,

AndrewP

grannysrock
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Post by grannysrock » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:50 pm

Davie,
Was it one of those police boxes which was deceptively roomy inside ?
If so maybe you could climb in and travel back to meet your ggggggggggggggggggg granny ?

Sally