Old Photograph Blackfriars Wynd Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Blackfriars Wynd in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This area used to belong the monastery of Blackfriars, and the wynd, or narrow street, is named after the monastery. Pullar's Dyeworks was established in Blackfriars Wynd in 1824, the last part being finally closed in 1993. Britain's first dry cleaner pioneered the first synthetic dyes, the parcel post, and was early to adopt, in 1878, both electricity and the telephone. Fair Maid's House with the lamp on the left is regarded as the oldest secular building in Perth.



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