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PureGym, H&M, Superdry and HMV are amongst the main shops; in total there are some shops, 6 restaurants, 3 coffee shops, a variety of bars and cafés, as well as a 12-screen Vue cinema, an urban dance studio, children's soft-play area and a day spa. [3] British Home Stores was an anchor tenant until 2016, and Debenhams until 2021.
A former minister of St Andrew's and St George's was the Very Rev Dr Andrew McLellan, who was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2000 and served as H. M. Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland until his retirement in 2009.
Scottish records of importance were previously held in Edinburgh Castle but James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton in his capacity as Lord Clerk Register proposed a new building in the newly proposed New Town of Edinburgh around 1760. He got the government to allot £12,000 from forfeited estates of the Jacobites and investing this the sum plus ...
One of the main streets of the New Zealand city of Dunedin is named Princes Street after the street in Edinburgh. Dunedin is the Gaelic form of Edinburgh's name (Dùn Èideann) and many of Dunedin's streets duplicate Edinburgh street names. In 1970, James H. Howe composed a march for military band, called "Pride of Princes Street".
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, commonly known by its brand name H&M, is a multinational fashion retailer headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Known for its fast fashion business model, H&M offers affordable [clarification needed] clothing, accessories, and homeware. The company has a significant global presence, operating thousands of stores across ...
The construction of inner-city motorways in Leeds such as the Inner Ring Road (pictured) and the M621 in the 1970s led to its nickname motorway city of the 1970s. Leeds "Capital of the North" [95] [96] [97] "Gothic City" [98] "Knightsbridge of the North" [99] "London of the North" [100] "Motorway City of the Seventies" [101] Leicester
James McLurge of Vogrie (1629–1717). McLuge, brother-in-law to John Bayne, was a merchant in Edinburgh. In 1668 he married Marion Aikman, sister of Eupham Aikman, as her second husband. James McLurge was Dean of Guild of Edinburgh on four occasions 1689, 1690, 1699 and 1700. He left a substantial amount of money to charitable causes.
John G. S. Coghill was born at Windsor in 1834, the son of John Coghill (1806–1882) and Alexandrina MacKay (d.1880). [1] The family moved to Edinburgh in 1844 where his father ran a store at 10 Rose Street, with the family living over the shop.