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The Treehouse shop in Mafeking Place has had its frontage renovated and is now very attractive and pleasing to the eye. The original sandstone has been exposed and repaired and the large fascia board has been removed to reveal an array of deadlight windows, that look original, above the door and display windows. There is also a new fascia board with stylish raised lettering.

Congratulations to the owners and those involved in the work.

oorly

I have to agree, I passed this afternoon and it looks absolutely fantastic!

Yip, looks lovely. Products are lovely too

What a difference.....looks great and the guy who did the wooden lettering to be congratulated on a first class job. Lovely shop . Good luck to Lorraine and co .

Thank you all for your great comments, we are delighted with the treehouse frontage and all the hard work thanks goes to Murdo of Jig Joinery - the lettering is fantastic and he worked well around our opening hours causing us no disruption.
Thank you all for your support with our new shop.
Lorraine, Marwin and Julie - the treehouse, Campbeltown

Yes, have to agree the shop frontage of the Treehouse is superb and really highlights what an attractive shop front can do. Well done to all involved and good luck to Lorraine and co in their new adventure. Shop inside is really nice too and has lots of nice gifts etc for sale. Really good addition to the town.

I actually took photos last week but there were cars in front but got this opportunity just after 5pm tonight.

Those of us of a certain age remember the old green frontage of that location when it was the consulting rooms of Drs MacKenzie, MacPhail and Wallace.

It's a lot more attractive looking now.

Going back a wee while there!

Were the consulting rooms not in harveys lane where the fyne homes office is now?

I believe John A is correct unless it were consulting rooms in the 1950's. The Treehouse location was part of the CO-OP Emporium and Furniture shop in the 60's before it was renovated to the CO-0P supermarket in late 1971.

The consulting rooms moved to Harvey's Lane after Mafeking Place. I think the move may have been some time in the early 1960s.

Emdee, My aunt confirmed you are correct. Maybe I was not old enough to remember the doctor's surgery at Mafeking Place
as my Doctor was Doctor Cameron when I was a boy.

Like Drumlemman 1 I too am too young to remember the doctors in mafeking, sorry emdee should never have doubted that you were correct and I really should stop posting at that late hour especcially after a quiz night in Machrihanish

I can remember the doctors surgery at Mafeking place, but I'm sure the entrance was at the side, down the lane, not at the front. The road didn't go down the side as it does now: there was a lane between Mafeking Place and an old building that had Sandy McEachran's original shop on the ground floor, then another lane before the start of Longrow proper. When the old building was demolished McEachran's moved to a new shop that is now the Chinese take-away.

Couldn't say where the entrance was, as I was never in the place. Like Drumlemen1, we went to Dr Cameron.

These deadlight windows look cool Well done to the owners for making the effort.

Malky