The three TASTE OF THE PAST trails will connect you with Perth’s food-based heritage. Your search will introduce you to the rich history of Perth with a chance to discover some of the local history relevant to the food industry, areas and businesses that have represented it through the years. The trail will have particular connection to the businesses that supported this industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With the images of the shops below, you will be able to see how the architecture over the decades, but equally recognise all those elements that have stayed the same – and in some cases – even to the point of it being the same business.
This third and final Taste of the Past Trail 3 takes you around shops that are now restaurants and cafes. The route is throughout central Perth so stealth is required. The final location is:
N56 23.BCD W003 2E.FGH
The first stage is an Indian restaurant.
C = add up the numbers in the address
B = number of floodlights above the awnings
This was the site of one of the many City of Perth Co-operative Society's at the turn of the century and in December 1956 an article in the Perthshire Adveritser announced the launch of the new redeveloped modern/Americal style Self-service Co-op on this site.
The second stage is a fish and chip shop.
F = the fish and chips character is copyrighted to V. A. __________ .
Hakely - 0
Codman - 7
Whitely - 6
Carpish - 4
Holdgates was first established in Perth in 1901 and is one of Scotland's oldest fish and chip shop.
The third stage is another fish and chip shop (2).
The restaurant sits H0 people and was established in 197E
J Morgan was a Provision, Grocer and Wine Merchant.
The fourth stage is a French restaurant.
G = the number of people on the heraldry x number of red emblems
D = number of arched windows on the ground and first floors.
R Hay Robertson assisted his father and then followed him as owner of this very old business of Grocer and Wine Merchant.
