Scoop.....RECENTLY DISCOVERED
After removing a old tatty shop facia a original rival to Sainsbury's is un-earthed
A little treasure has been discovered in Coldharbour Lane just a couple of hundred yards for Loughborough Junction Railway Station. This " little treasure" is a original shop front from the time when many moons ago David Greig shops which numbered over 200 was a main rival to Sainsbury's. With their head office in Atlantic Road Brixton this must have been one of their closest shops to head office. For all the full info about David Greig have a look on Wikipedia.
A BLAST FROM THE PAST, DAVID GREIG SHOPS DISAPPEARED IN THE EARLY 1970's
I have a interest regarding David Greig not just because of the local social history but my childhood was in Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, Kent and directly opposite our house their was and still is a graveyard and within this graveyard there is a large stone winged angel and it is the memorial to David Greig and his family. I feel I have known this man all my life and now one of his shops has been found just a short walk from my new home near Brixton.
