Old Photograph Sweetie Shop Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of a Sweetie Shop in Stirling, Scotland. All over Scotland, every town, village and street would have its own sweetie shop. Scots used eat more sweeties than any other people in the world. The simple explanation of this not altogether enviable reputation is that since 1680, when sugar began to be shipped in bulk from the West Indies, sugar refining has been an important west of Scotland Industry, Greenock on the Clyde being known as " Sugarapolis ".



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