Mobile tyres fitting service in Currie Edinburgh Scotland
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We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Currie Edinburgh Scotland. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
is much more convenient… and, it also greatly reduces
our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
prices of tyres by up to 40%.
Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
fully guarantee our work. Please feel free to call our
freephone telephone number if you would like personal
help and service, we are always ready and willing to
explain the choices and make sure you are happy with our
sales and service for car tyres and car batteries.
More about Currie Edinburgh Scotland
Currie is a suburb of the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
It is considered one of the wealthier suburbs, and lies
to the far south west of the city, between Juniper Green
(NE) and Balerno (SW) on the Lanark Road, approximately
6 miles from the city centre.
There is no accepted derivation of the name Currie but
it is possibly from the Scottish Gaelic curagh/curragh,
a mossy or boggy dell or the Brythonic word curi, a
hollow. The neighbouring suburb of Balerno derives its
name from Scottish Gaelic, while the Pentland Hills
derive their name from Brythonic, so either is possible.
Currie is served by bus and by Curriehill train station
on the Glasgow-Edinburgh via Shotts Line. Currie is
close to the City of Edinburgh bypass and is bordered by
the Union Canal to the north and the Water of Leith to
the south. Edinburgh Airport is located approximately 4
miles north of Currie and the M8 motorway to Glasgow is
around 2 miles north.
In 1995 the population of Currie was 6343 and it
contained 2300 houses, 850 of them less than 20 years
old.
Currie is also home to Currie Rugby Football Club, who
were eighth in the Scottish Rugby Union BT Premiership
Division 1 2005/2006.
The earliest record of a settlement in the Currie area
are a Bronze Age razor (1800 BC) found at Kinleith Mill
and the stone cists (500 BC) at Duncan's Belt and
Blinkbonny. There are a few mentions of this area in
mediaeval and early modern documents. One of the first
is when Robert of Kildeleith became Chancellor of
Scotland in 1249. Kildeleith means Chapel by the Leith,
and survives today as Kinleith. Robert the Bruce gave
Riccarton as a wedding present in 1315 and in 1392 the
land passed to the family of Bishop Wardlaw. In 1612 the
land went to Ludovic Craig, a Senator of the College of
Justice. In 1818 it passed to the female line and became
the property of the Gibson-Craigs.
There has been a Christian community in the area for
more than a 1000 years. In 1018, the archdeacons of
Lothian set up their headquarters in the area. John
Bartholomew's Civic and Ecclesiastical maps of the 13th
century do not show Currie, but the Index of Charters
1309-1413 records Currie as being 'favourite hunting
grounds' for the Lords and Knights of Edinburgh Castle.
A settlement began to take shape around Currie Kirk and
the main Lanark Road, which was the main route south and
continues to be known as 'The Lang Whang'.
The period 1921-1951 brought great changes with the
building of more council houses in Currie and private
building along Lanark Road. Wider scale development
began in the late 1960s/early 1970s. House builders
started to promote Currie as a pleasant commuting suburb
of Edinburgh and much house building took place to the
north of Lanark Road West. Currie High School was
constructed on its present site in 1960 and extensively
refurbished and renewed in 1997. The physical topography
has ensured that the original historic core to the south
of Lanark Road West including the Water of Leith has
remained undeveloped. In March 1972 the historic centre
of Currie was declared a Conservation Area.
Currie's community newspaper, shared with Balerno,
Baberton and Juniper Green, is The Currie and Balerno
News.
Courtesy of Wikimedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currie |
