You are bang on right!!
Coopers also had the shop that became the Bradford & Bingley BS across from the Midsteeple. They were one of the first shops in the town to go "self service" or a supermarket as we know it now. I think they got taken over by Fine Fare and ultimately left the town.
TB Watson gents barber moved from the corner in the basement to the current whisky shop! They closed the Barber, went back to drinks and across the road closed the ladies drapery and Kerr Little opened up the restaurant.
As for mad Eck, was that not Eric McMinn who had his own barber at Muirs between Dickies and Pioli's chip shop?
And of course Adam Copeland had the shop across from Norman's Furnishing.
I have enjoyed the thread but to bring it to a close for the time being am I right to think that we had 5 Ironmongers in the town and one of them had 2 shops but where?
Rankines in High St, Jardine in Queensberry St, and Welsh in The Vennel are 3 Ironmongers that spring to mind. Can't think k of any more atm.
How could I forget.... Wallace the butcher now the Polish shop at the corner of the High Street and Bank Street(was also Cranstons) Wallace used to have a "store/workshop" in Mannering Avenue Lochside.
I had a Saturday job in Ironmongers section in Kellys on the High street for a couple of years around the mid 1970's which unfortunately prevented me going to Queens games but managed to get to those wonderful midweek cup games of that time. The brother, Tin Whistle Kelly, had the shop in the Vennel.
Incidentally guys, spike, chippy, bruce etc. This thread is bringing great joy to myself personally as my dad who is now becoming more isolated from things with alzheimers is loving hearing of these places and that he recalls most of them. Hearing lots of stories from him about times and places long gone by. Any others got anything to add to this thread. Not football related I know. But it would be much appreciated. Anything that keeps his memory alive.