Changing times - or how things change, or not - In town this morning and we ended up in Jenners Store, Princes Street, which was built / opened in 1895 - and as you can see from the attached photograph has not changed externally apart from the new street lights. This shop, to me is one of the most classic buildings in the city and a "must" for all visitors, just to see the internal architecture - a warren, little staircases, and obviously for me a treat to go see Suzanne and her staff at "Breeze", wander into the Pen Shop; drool over the whiskeys - and of course have a chat to the lovely Gillian ( of fragrant ladies fame).While Jenners has not changed in one hundred and twenty years, the same cannot be said about Penicuik , where the latest closures include M & Co; and the shoe shop in the Precinct ( old John Street) - one by one we are losing our retail outlets, which, when released are being taken over as Chinese restaurants - so if you are hungry we now have five Chinese and one Indian restaurant within one hundred yards- add them to the rest of the "overseas style" food outlets in the town, looks like the populace have given up home cooking and traditional recipes !!!
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