Post Office (Cross Wynd): Difference between revisions

From Falkland Historic Buildings
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Ross (talk | contribs)
Created page with "The former '''Post Office''' was in a shop on the west side of Cross Wynd, since demolished."
 
Ross (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
The former '''Post Office''' was in a shop on the west side of [[Cross Wynd]], since demolished.
The former '''Post Office''' was in a shop on the west side of [[Cross Wynd]], since demolished. See also [[Falkland Post Office]].
 
"When Rubinia Reidie was sub-postmistriss in Falkland in 1866 the postman walked twice a day from Falkland to Ladybank and back. The office then was in a shop at the foot of Cross Wynd, and it was rumoured that Rubina slept under the counter. There is a photograph showing the shop to be a tobacconist's while still the post ofice. Later, when it had become a fish and chip shop, it was burned down and the site was eventuarlly absorbed into the Cross Wynd car park."<ref>''[[Falkland's Shops and Shopkeepers]]''</ref>
 
[[Category:Pages with no pictures]]

Revision as of 14:21, 8 February 2022

The former Post Office was in a shop on the west side of Cross Wynd, since demolished. See also Falkland Post Office.

"When Rubinia Reidie was sub-postmistriss in Falkland in 1866 the postman walked twice a day from Falkland to Ladybank and back. The office then was in a shop at the foot of Cross Wynd, and it was rumoured that Rubina slept under the counter. There is a photograph showing the shop to be a tobacconist's while still the post ofice. Later, when it had become a fish and chip shop, it was burned down and the site was eventuarlly absorbed into the Cross Wynd car park."[1]