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Many of you will be interested to know that George McMillan's Newsagents on the Main Street has been sold and will shortly be changing hands.

I believe it has been the Newsagents for 38 years.

Best wishes to all who have kept this institution going all these years.

Will the new owner be keeping it as a newsagent?

Mary G wrote:Will the new owner be keeping it as a newsagent?

what a pity georges shop was very personal old world charm staff very helpful and friendly great selection of magazines in fact george himself could not do enough for me would come and meet me in my boat at the pier and see if all was ok and if i needed anything....he was a real campbeltown man with a real campbeltown shop and a great campbeltown welcome....

Hope its not goin to be another cheap rubbish pound shop think we have now enough of these in the town

I think it's to stay as it is with the same staff. I heard it was the owners of the bargain store that bought it.

Remember when it was Keith's newsagents before it was McMillan's.

"Bottom Keith's" as it was known. There was another Keith's at the top of Main Street too, now taken into the expanded Victoria Wine, hence "Top Keith's" and "Bottom Keith's". "Top Keith's" later became McMillan's Man's Shop (different McMillan, of course).

I remember both Keith's shops. Any connection between McMillan's newsagents and the chip shop that used to be in Longrow?
Pretty decent chip shop, as I remember.

There is a big connection Hugh.....George ran both.

for those of a certain age................

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Thanks, 4th Gen. Knew the name was the same, just didn't know if it was the same guy. Should have guessed though, there was always a connection between selling fish and chips and newspapers in those days.

hugh wrote:I remember both Keith's shops. Any connection between McMillan's newsagents and the chip shop that used to be in Longrow?
Pretty decent chip shop, as I remember.

Always remember going to George's chipper after being at the swimming pool, via the Diamond Vault

WC1 wrote:"Bottom Keith's" as it was known. There was another Keith's at the top of Main Street too, now taken into the expanded Victoria Wine, hence "Top Keith's" and "Bottom Keith's". "Top Keith's" later became McMillan's Man's Shop (different McMillan, of course).

Had forgotten about Keith's other shop,makes you wonder why they were in such close proximity.

Indeed Bill, especially when you consider that there was also Smith's directly across the road from Top Keith's, then Greig's not 50 yards from that at the corner of Cross Street and Union Street, plus the Courier Office where Wally's is now - five newsagents in the town centre. Of course Mr Keith had his photographer's studio upstairs.

EileenH wrote:I think it's to stay as it is with the same staff. I heard it was the owners of the bargain store that bought it.

I heard the same and they are going to use it as a grocers.....