40 Years of trading in Tyndrum!

 

The original business - Post Office and General Store, with a single petrol pump - in those days the business was known as 'Gosden of Tyndrum'

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The photo to the left shows the first tea room-a converted shed that was bought from Cruachan Dam upon it's completion. Bought for the tidy sum of £32.50. This was the first 'Clifton Coffee House'. (Clifton - after Sir Robert Clifton who established the lead mines - that is the name of the village across the bridge!)

 

With the addition of another shed the following year, the business became 'The Clifton Coffee House and Craft Centre. Remember the pond outside the front door? When the queue was out-the-door, the waiting customers used to throw coins onto the flat rock in the middle!

 

In the winter of 1973/4, the coffee house was demolished, and the restaurant was built - a brave move to make the floor area that big in those days! The Food Shop was added with Whisky Galore at this time.

 

 

In the 1980's, the family opened The 'Green Welly Shop' aye- it sold wellies and barbour jackets! -it was christened by Derek and his buddy, Trevor (over a few bottles of wine), this was what the business became known as by customers - one of those hard to forget names!

 

Eventually, the family 'took the plunge' and rebranded the whole business 'The Green Welly Stop' - the biggest change was the demolishing of the original house and the rebuild of the Filling Station, to expand the Outdoor Store and provide staff accommodation upstairs. This picture shows you what the business is like today.