Sharon There were various shops in Hilton, historically, however in recent years, to my knowledge, there was (1) the old Post Office in Back Street (probably No 15 as we were at No 16, adjacent to the North end of Braefoot and the bottom of the Car-merran (sp?) footpath). This was long closed by the time we arrived in Hilton in 1974, but it was still in use as storage for the then current village shop, and had a red phone box outside (2) the village shop, about 4 houses to the left of this, in the middle of the first rank of houses in Back St (3) a later village shop (around 1990) opposite (2) but in Shore St. So far as I know Hilton has no shops at the present day, and I believe that even Balintore may have fewer than it had in the early 70s, despite much increased population. You should be able to read about shops in Hilton in the illustrated history of the three Seaboard villages (Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick), "Down to the Sea". It is available from Dingwall Museum Trust, Town Hall, High St, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, priced £3 plus postage. Tel 01349 865366. Kind regards Peter Reynolds www.peterreynoldsbooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Davage" <sm.davage@ntlworld.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: [RossGen] Shop in Hilton > Hi, > I posted a message on the list a few years ago about my Great > Grandfather's shop in Evanton....I also had an old photo with Back Street, > Hilton Of Cadboll written on the back, that's because his shop was in > Hilton > not Evanton as I was wrongly told! My Great Grandfather,George Davage, had > a > small shop and lending library at Hilton which he sold in 1959 to a Tom > Macleod. I'm planning to visit Hilton next year and wandered if the shop > is > still there? > Kind regards, > Sharon > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005 > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >