rs mccoll
“and yet people were being accused of living with this mysterious mr mccoll because their flat was above an rs mccoll shop .
she immediately called hmrc and was told activity on her bank account showed a martin mccoll – the trading name for newsagent chain rs mccoll .
the work and pensions select committee member said the worst example involved accusations that people were living with rs mccoll .
a single mum has had vital benefits stopped because hmrc think she’s in a relationship – with her local branch of rs mccoll .
“just to give you a bit of perspective, rs mccoll is a corner shop in scotland that is as common as a wh smith is in england .
the snp mp dubbed rs mccoll' a casanova' after tenants had their benefits stopped due to blunder accusing them of being in a relationship with the shop chain .
mum of two debbie, from castlemilk, glasgow, tried to explain that she collects benefits from the post office at her local rs mccoll and that was why the name appeared on her bank statements .
an argos store, dicount uk, home bargains, officers club, poundland, chesters jewellers, rs mccoll, a smaller boots pharmacy, greggs bakers, farmfoods and others are in the burns mall, adjacent to the bus station .
bbc radio scotland made a documentary about him in 2002 and there is a good piece by my old colleague david belcher who ranks rs mccoll as scotland’s first footie superstar. dave should know about such types – he’s a man city fan .
r s mccoll stocks a range of local and national newspapers. as well as magazines, tobacco and confectionery .
but she was told her weekly payments were being stopped until she can prove martin mccoll isn’t her live - in lover .
another gem from british pathe – featuring robert smyth mccoll, co - founder of the sweetie shop and newsagent chain which bears his name to this day. click on the image to view .
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r. s mccoll is a leading name when it comes to neighbourhood convenience stores and newsagent stores. the company gives an alternative to the long trip to the supermarket, offering the possibility to grocery shop in a fully stocked convenience store .
we know more about the man himself thanks to research by sports historian ged o’brien. however, the footballing connection doesn’t even get a mention on the website of the successor company martin mccoll, itself a recent merger of large uk newsagent chains .
he was one of scotland’s greatest players, scoring a hat - trick in the 4 - 1 victory over england at celtic park in 1900. the film shows mccoll nicknamed “toffee bob” bringing his team mates together again for a reunion in london in 1928 where they saw the scottish team, the wembley wizards, go one better with a 5 - 1 victory .
across the road you can see the main entrance to newsagent r. s. mccoll. this is where, in 1984, i started to indulge in a magazine called
the great artists
. it was one of those which built up into an encyclopedic collection, featuring a different artist each week. i was on the dole during this period so it was a bit of a luxury item for me! i did, after nearly 2 years, complete the set, and surprise surprise, i still have all 96 of the magazines, a sample of which can be seen above .
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the clip also makes early use of the dissolve editing technique. bob is seen smoking a cigarette and he’s obviously at ease with the camera .
bob was a genuinely modest and generous man – funding annual trips for his international team mates for games against england. the 1900 game was his last for scotland. he played as an amateur for queens park before joining newcastle united as a professional where he used £100 of his £300 signing on fee to set up the eponymous business with his brother tom .
they saw the benefits of siting their shops next to newly - opened cinemas. bob then played for rangers and finally back at queen’s park where his six goals against port glasgow remains a hampden park record to this day .
strangely, scotland in 1900 played in pink and primrose rather than dark blue – the colours of lord rosebery, honorary president of the scottish fa and heart of midlothian .
equally bizarrely, they were probably rated the world’s best international team of that era .
just come across your blog – well done! coincidentally, toffee bob is included in my just published book ‘glasgow with a flourish’. and too late to include the fact that he has just been inducted into the scottish hall of football fame !
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debbie balandis, 40, was shocked to receive a letter from the taxman saying they were stopping her £140 - a - week child tax credits because she had a new man .
debbie balandis, 40, was shocked to receive a letter from the taxman saying they were stopping her £140 - a - week child tax credits because she had a new man .
debbie, who relies on tax credit to look after her 13 - year - old son, said: “i couldn’t believe it when i got the letter to say my payments were being stopped so i called them up to see what the mix - up had been .
“i expected it to be sorted over the phone but instead i was told they knew i had a new partner .
“shocked, i asked them who that was – because i’ve not been in a relationship for 10 years .
“at first i was surprised – i’d never heard of anyone with that name – but suddenly i realised it was the name of the shop where i was withdrawing my money .
“i begged hmrc not to leave me without a penny all because of a fictitious boyfriend .
“but they didn’t believe me and have now stopped my benefits for supposedly having an affair with the post office. ”
debbie, who lives on £80 a fortnight jobseeker’s allowance, added: “i can’t believe the way they treated me – they made the mistake but i’m the one left to suffer .
“i called hmrc and spent £19 on hold waiting to speak to someone – money i can’t afford. my son has disabilities and he lives for his weekly horse - riding which really helps him .
“hmrc say i’ve to write to them again but i’m afraid if i get something wrong it will hold up the process even longer. ”
“when we have reason to believe someone’s circumstances may have changed, we write to them and allow 30 days for a reply. if we don’t hear anything, payments are suspended .
“payments will be reinstated as soon as people have provided us with information requested and it has been reviewed. ”
royal alexandra hospital teenager dies in loch lomond near luss the drowning of a 17 - year - old is the second fatality on the loch in less than a week .
people virgin media customer has internet access cut off after broadband firm think he' s dead robert smith says now people are calling him a zombie and a dead man walking .
internet trolls' football is coming home, guess what isn' t?' scots teen trolled with sick jibe at her dead dog after taunting england fans the glasgow teenager received a harsh backlash when she said she wanted' dreams shattered' .
west lothian young west lothian entrepreneur scoops cash boost for her business lauren leisk scooped £45, 000 as a royal society of edinburgh unlocking ambition enterprise fellow .
brexit boris johnson says theresa may brexit plan will leave uk a' colony' of european union in his resignation letter the former foreign secretary says the uk is now heading for a
semi - brexit
under the prime minister .
bonhill sisters of teen who went missing 42 years ago issue emotional appeal to find her mary duncan, 17, went missing from her home in bonhill, west dunbartonshire in 1976 .
fatal fires grenfell tower firefighter reveals how he thought he' d die trying to save child from burning building christopher dorgu was on the 20th floor when he started running out of oxygen while searching for a 12 - year - old girl .
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transfer talk transfer news live as hayden coulson joins st mirren on loan from middlesbrough all the latest news, rumours and gossip from the summer window in your one - stop transfer talk shop .
football news steven gerrard has rangers playing like the italian world cup winners of 1982 - hotline michael gannon answered your calls and it' s fair to say there were one or two outlandish suggestions made by fans .
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police novichok poisoning investigators say dawn sturgess and charlie rowley received a' high dose' of the nerve agent dawn sturgess died and her partner charlie rowley is in a critical condition after couple fell ill .
a scots mp has blasted a government contractor who had familes denied tax credits after accusing them of bring in relationships with their own children and even a chain of scottish corner shops .
the snp’s mhairi black described investigations into alleged benefit fraud led by concentrix, an american - owned firm used by hm revenue and customs, as producing in the “most ridiculous level of incompetence” she has heard of .
the record revealed last september how claimant debbie balandis, 41, actually lived above one of the chain’s shops .
speaking during a debate about the contractor yesterday, black, mp for paisley and renfrewshire south, said: “it’s truly the most ridiculous level of incompetence i’ve ever heard .
“people were accused of being in relationships with dead tenants 70 years their senior .
“in my constituency, scottish flat numbers seemed to be a major cause of issue for concentrix because they couldn’t get their head around the fact that flat one (i) and one (ii) were across the landing from each other and they weren’t the same house .
“at no point did anyone in concentrix or hmrc think, ‘wait a minute, this casanova is getting about a bit’ .
“this would be funny until we remember that this is actually people’s lives – this is their survival – we’re talking about. ”
peter kyle, labour mp for hove, recounted a constituency case where a woman had her tax credits cut after she was accused by concentrix of being in a lesbian relationship with her sister .
he said: “it took her coming to the member of parliament and myself calling concentrix before they started to believe the truth .
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kilmarnock' s main shopping street is king street, which includes stores such as bhs (including wallis and dorothy perkins within), marks & spencer, boots, wh smith, river island, new look, jd sports, bonmarche, goldsmiths, h samuel, clinton cards, subway, hot wok noodle bar, claire' s accesories, timpson, card factory, superdrug, savers and the usual banks, mobile phone shops and opticians .
costa coffee, top shop, peacocks and sports direct are in portland street .
bank street contains a few local specialist retailers such as glitz prom & bridal, ido gifts, riddick jewellers, flowers by karen, the coffee club, the coffee press, flavours deli, the tartan shop, cove boutique, unique (designer clothes), mamitas (more coffee), forever young (gift shop), kaleidoscope (gift shop) and several others .
most of the major banks and building societies are represented in the town centre including halifax bank of scotland, royal bank of scotland, clydesdale bank, hsbc, barclays, lloyds tsb, nationwide, yorkshire, santander .
the town centre area is very forunate to have several locally owned coffee shops which are all excellent including, the coffee club, the coffee press, blowmore, mamitas, corner 26, cafe koko and wg13. , also just outside town on the edge of the howard park is the excellent central park coffee shop on mclelland drive .
there are several retail parks just out of town housing stores such as b & q, the range, asda, morrisons, tesco, scs furniture, b & m home store, currys, homestyle, tx maxx, aldi, halfords, focus diy, carpetright, , next home / childrens store, smyths toys and pizza hut / frankie & benny restaurants among other fast food options .
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an ordinary, everyday scene of folk going about their business along reform street on 3rd december 1983 .
the most prominent shop sign on view is the one for wimpy, who also have the
restaurant open
sandwich board on the pavement .
some of the other shop signs down the left are - sixty minute cleaners? (it says 2 hour on the sign !) - elena mae (cameras) and the cairds canopy .
although princes street was a place i was very familiar with, it being on the bus route into town when i lived in craigie, i completely forgot all about that camping store until i saw this picture. it' s the largest premises there too !
i zoomed in to see if i could read any of the fly posters on the boarded up windows, but they are all just a wee bit fuzzy to make out when enlarged, however, i' m pretty certain the black & orange ones are for the dance factory .
on the way home from clubbing, having to trek back up princes street on foot, a popular stop - off place for some grub was the hot dog, run by alec & betty. mince rolls, burgers and so on, with the place conveniently open till 4. 00 am !
this is how i remember whitfield, the 80' s being the last time i was there .
it' s difficult to get a similar angle on google street view for a comparison, but i reckon this was probably taken around the murrayfield place area, looking over to the shops in whitfield drive. you can make out the building that is the library & learning centre, just at the base of the tower block .
most of the
flat roof
look has since disappeared or been redesigned. so much so that i' ve been told that some whitfield residents now refer to it as being the west ferry !
another snowy scene from 30th november 1985, taken this time at the bottom of pitkerro road .
the premises, front left, and the tower block, front right, have disappeared. as have the 2 multi' s in the background .
from what i' ve established it' s only the group of fintry houses, top left, that remain, alongside that brown building (school? church ?), which is nowadays out of view hidden behind trees .
if you click onto the large version, you' ll see some kids sledging, centre of the picture .
beh goad, this is a pretty bleak image of mid craigie' s kingennie terrace... and it' s just how i remember it !
in the 70' s, i used to visit friends who lived in blacklock crescent in linlathen, which meant having to pass this part of mid craigie on my way up and down pitkerro road .
none of the buildings in shot exist anymore, all gone, even the street name has changed to kingennie court, which now has individual houses with bonnie gardens .
the windmill bar was located on the corner of ann street at 113 hilltown .
some of you may remember it as being a place that had a reputation for being
a bit rough !
.
in 1984, the pub was refused a late license because of the amount of incidents there was there. in one infamous rumble, a policeman was knocked unconscious. so the place could get a bit lively at times !
on the flip side of the coin to it' s wild west image, the pub was also equally known as a live music venue for local talent .
remember dundee group, thynglechime? well their drummer, mick rafferty, used to run the windmill at one stage, and that lead to many a late night jam session with the likes of brian reid, willie hastie and many others .
it even became a bit of a draw for the alternative music scene in the early 80' s, with bands such as the junkies, street level, megazones and so on, all playing there .
talk about being
put through the mill
though, just to further
put the wind up ye
, there is the hh prominently on display on the front of the premises... just as a wee reminder! !
it dates back to the 70' s, so it is an original from the gang wars era .
actually, that should read was an original, we now need to talk about it in the past tense, because despite it having been there all that time, last year somebody came along and graffed over the top of it .
here' s a crackin' rare photo that' s been hidden away for a few decades... it' s dundee punk band, quick spurts .
although the guys looked the part and played the part of being in a punk band for a few months in' 77, this was actually quick spurts debut gig, one that took place in january 1978 at dairsie village hall in fife .
who' s who time - forrey rosscraig is the singer reading from the jotter and wearing the latest pvc breeks from the crypt. abe mcintosh (behind forrey) is playing a bass he bought that very day and brightening up the stage with his yellow teddy boy drape jacket. dode barry is on drums that were only a week old, and the leather clad guitarist is fanta, who although he knew a few chords, is actually playing a borrowed guitar! !
some of the songs in their repertoire were -
never smile at a crocodile
,
laughing at cripples
and
sweeties
, a track that was accompanied by forrey chucking a bucket load of sweets into the crowd .
formed in 1981, erasmic superfoam had a base above the tav in hawkhill where they practiced their post punk mash - ups of well known tunes .
after their debut gig at art college, and a couple of tweaks to the band line - up, they got themselves over to wilf smarties studios in edinburgh to lay down this track
donkey riding
, the traditional kids song. it doesn' t sound anything like how we used to sing it in primary school mind you, what with it' s spiky, fragmented guitar going on, in a gang of four kind of style. in fact, you could say it quite literally kicks ass! !
the trio making the wonderful noise are - al straker guitar / vocal - john butler bass - dave fehilly drums .
the b & w picture above was taken in the 70' s at the donkey rides in camperdown park .
guessing from the relaxed looking scene, i reckon this may be them in rehearsal rather than in full flow at a gig. not 100% sure on that .
anyway, although there are a few skeets items already in the retro archives, here' s a reminder of the line - up in the photo - from left to right - chris marra guitar - gus foy acoustic guitar - pete mcglone sax - brian mcdermott drums - michael marr bass - stewart ivins guitar .
if anyone can spot where about it is, drop the info into the comments .
last march, you may recall i put up the b - side of the grip' s single, a dubby instrumental called
musicland pt 2
. well here is the a - side, a catchy vocal track called
keeping the peace
. this was released in 1982 by the way .
band line - up reminder - ronnie chalmers lead vocal / guitar - neil forbes sax / percussion / vocals - dan stewart trumpet / percussion - jim grieve drums / percussion - ross ramsay bass - kenny blair keyboards .
there is some particularly fine trumpet work in this, in my opinion. reminds me of donald byrd a wee bit .
anyway, they were a great band live on stage. i remember on the odd occasion when the mood grabbed him, jim grieve (sykes) would take over the mic and burst into some improvised old - school jamaican
toasting
, with a dundee slant! the band would then really go to town backing him up with some mad dub effects and a percussion frenzy that would go on for ages! ! a very entertaining way to end the set! !
lots of band memorabilia from all over the uk to spot in the slideshow too .
i get lots of correspondence from dundee folk all around the world. so just as a wee treat for all you dundonians spread far and wide, here is a meal you may still get a regular craving for... a plate of crispy fish & chips with pot of tea, served up at the deep sea .
all it needs now is some soft, fresh, floppy bread, and it' s ready to tuck into .
a new variant of the v - neck jersey cropped up on the scene during the mid 70' s. it was referred to as a high waist jersey, or as us dundonians called it
a heh waister
. the design was based on an extension to the size of the waistband and cuffs. the really exaggerated ones would have the waistband go right up to just below the chest area with the cuffs nearly reaching the elbows. these jersey' s would usually have hoops around the waist & cuffs too which would emphasize the look, normally 4 or 5 bands, like the one in my graphic above. but as you can see in the photo, this dude is wearing a whopping 6 banded beast !
this advert for young' s in the city square, dates from 1984 .
i' ve never heard of daks gear before, but then again, i' d only be aged 5 in 1963 when this ad was printed .
a certain elite group of dundee gang members (ie - those who could afford it !) indulged in wearing the above prince of wales check pattern in their clothing. suits, jackets and crombie style coats mostly. they were expensive because you got them made to measure from places like hepworth' s in the murraygate .
i can remember only a handful of douglas guys at school who wore them .
it was a rather short - lived phase though, on the go in 1973 / 74, and then that was it .
i' m fairly certain this was just a dundee thing, and not a fad that was wider spread, unlike the previous boot boy look which was a scene found all over uk .
it is a good example of posh cloth being hijacked by a young crowd and being turned into urban streetwear .
if ever there was a look that reminded me of my secondary school years (1970 to 74), then it would have to be the harrington and crombie wearing urban bovver boy style .
the most common sight was when the coats were worn smartly with ben sherman shirt, levi sta - prest trousers and doc marten boots, as in the top image .
a slightly rougher / tougher look was when they were worn with jeans and gang jersey .
yeah, the 70' s boot boys... they were everywhere! !
around the 1972 to 74 period, skinners ultra white parallel jeans were worn as an alternative to stone white sta - prest. like the sta - prest, they were usually worn halfway up your shin to show off your doc martens or hooped socks .
there was a bit of a thing going with some gangs who wore skinners to get a clockwork orange look .
the ad above is dated june 1973 and shows they were available in blue denim and white, and it was the white ones that were most popular. the girls wore them as much as the boys .
around the same time, i remember buying white braces out of mcgills. the most common type were the clip - on design, i however, got the button - down variety, as above, but it wasn' t until i got home that i realised none of my jeans or trousers had any buttons on the waistband, so i ended up sewing some onto my skinners just so i could wear the braces! !
with their factory based in north isla street, i think it' s fair to say their denim products were aimed more at the workplace rather than the catwalk .
however, as you can see, they made a range called huskie jeans. although i' m not familiar with these, i was wondering if they ever became the choice favoured by dundee' s young trendies, or were they the 80' s equivalent of johnny x' ers? ! !
here' s an original badge from the late 70' s for wildcat jeans & jackets .
as well as their own denim products, wildcat also had shops, and dundee had one in the overgate and one in reform street around the late 70' s / early 80' s .
i forgot all about this fad until being reminded of it when i saw this feature in an old 1973 popswop magazine i have .
i have a vague memory of it being a trend the older teens indulged in as i can' t recall anyone from my age group (14 / 15) going about in these back then .
anyway, some of the embroidered images shown are - a monte carlo scene, camel cigarettes, flowers and a miami scene .
these photos were put up on display at the rep theatre last year when the play about billy mackenzie
balgay hill
was running .
they were taken at club feet in the early 80' s and were sent to the rep by tony cochrane who used to dj there .
the images above are a bit on the fuzzy side because they were just taken in the passing from the rep wall using a mobile, so it' s not the original photos that are blurry. they do give you a good reminder though of the kind of gear that was worn to the club .
that' s billy' s bruv on the dancefloor in the top picture .
here' s 3 examples of black & white footwear i wore in 1970 - 73 .
1970 - one thing i really enjoyed was getting home from school, chucking off my school gear and slipping into my jeans and basies. perfect for just mucking about in. in fact i think i probably got through about 4 pairs of baseball boots in total !
1972 - i got a pair of adidas samba trainers originally for doing p. e. at school, however it wasn' t too long before i started wearing them out of school. these were actually my first ever example of wearing trainers as a fashion item .
1973 - the spats were pricey and my parents had a fit ...
you can' t wear them to school
. i did though, once they calmed down! ! dead comfy, i wore them on my early morning rolls round, trekked up to the top of the sidlaws on a school outing, and trudged through snow & slush at the 73 cup final at hampden! !
the top ad for manifesto, 42 whitehall crescent, has a rather curious sales pitch .
next door at # 40, was another boutique called wardrobe, who also sold accessories .
fleecy t - shirts in particular were popular during the craze, showing off the chunky seams that would normally be hidden away on the inside .
this tag above comes from a fleecy t - shirt i bought in edinburgh back in the early 80' s. i kept it because it had a cartoon character on it i wasn' t familiar with! the garment was made by the
naughty clothing co
of london. the flip side of the tag is designed like a postcard and mentions
wearing the fluffy side out
.
i also remember dexy' s midnight runners wearing their trousers inside out... well i didn' t go as far as that !
this page of ads is from
blues & soul
magazine, so would have been aimed at disco dancers and soul boys .
there' s the draw - string jacket, zipped sweatshirt, tab pocket shirt, hawaiian shirt, zoot trousers, pleated denim bags, soul bags (40 inchers !), and a variety of shoes .
i remember having a pair of those round toecap shoes in 1975. i can recall the exact year because i went to my first ever northern soul night that year, when i was 17. this was at a place called poulton - le - fylde, near blackpool. all that swishing and swirling on the dancefloor was an amazing sight !
i also remember throughout the mid / late 70' s, the dundee soul boys setting off on their allnighters with their sports bags covered in patches like a well travelled suitcase -
keep the faith
-
night owl
-
wigan casino
etc .
it was easy to get hooked on this scene because the music was so powerful, . however, i never became a wigan or soul devotee, mainly because i liked a variety of music styles and fashion trends .
here' s the entire list of overgate' s clothes shops taken from the 1974 dundee directory .
lower level - claude alexander - k. o. fashions - breakout at jackson' s - great american panthouse - stone dri - john temple - dorothy perkins - skirt
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slacks - samuel pepys - van allan - boy meets girl - c & a. upper level - c & a - tie & shirt gallery - kendall - vernons fashions - brentford nylons - mr. beaujangles - van allan .
the ads above are just 3 examples of shops on the list and all date from the mid 70' s .
this whimsical ad from 1981 for groucho' s shows a parade of folk wearing the kind of clothing that was on the go back then. various fads and factions in the mix .
sid gripple grapples with what' s happening on the fashion front for dundee in 1982, and comes up with a rather gloomy outlook .
the main problem being that high street chain stores churned out clones and there were no individual fashion shops of note, leaving dundonians lagging behind other cities .
shops that get a cranked up
thumbs down
are - chelsea girl, top man, virgo & nico .
dundonians who get a
thumbs up
are - members of the band waiter waiter, and morag from alien culture .
back then, i was basically just a jeans & t - shirt chap mostly, although i must admit, i did favour, and indulged in, the post punk anti - fashion trend. youths deliberately shunning the main chain stores and choosing to rummage around charity shops & jumble sales instead .
he was obviously a bit streetwise at this young age, as he is wearing a black harrington, wranglers and bovver boots. a typical dundee teenager look back then! finally, i' m not too sure what style the bottom picture is supposed to be. i can' t remember the russian goat herder look! !
the top picture is the
image
billy mackenzie is most known for, the beret wearing, cultured european look. although the photo is from the 80' s, i' ve no idea where he would have got those slip - ons from back then - they are exactly the same kind i wore at primary school in the 60' s !
style magazine, the face, got billy to do a bit of modelling for a summer fashion feature in august 1982. this is him posing with fellow associate, martha ladley, getting everyone in a holiday mood .
funnily enough, i went on a 4 week tour of france for my holiday that year and did indeed travel around with my white breeks rolled up, as in the photo .
everyone knows billy mackenzie was dundee' s most high profile pop star in the 80' s. i think it' s safe to say he was probably the nearest thing dundee had to having a fashion model back then as well. he did wear a lot of cool gear, and he wasn' t exactly camera shy !
he did of course know a bit about the subject, what with him owning his own fashion boutique, the crypt, a shop that specialised in both vintage clothing & designer clothing. not the kind of stuff found in your run - of - the - mill high street stores .
both of the above items are from 1982. the ad for his shop, and billy posing inside. he seems to have chosen a 50' s crooner look for this shot... although not in his footwear preference !
a wee look back at dundee - 1960' s, 1970' s & 1980' s .
originally from dundee - moved down south to my castle in the cotswolds in the mid 80' s and now making a living as a cartoonist. gg
rs mccoll , or " mccoll 's " is a scottish newsagent company named after robert smyth mccoll , who was a professional footballer . it was founded in 1901 by mccoll and his brother tom . rs mccoll is a trading name of mccolls retail group , it has been a prominent scottish confectioner and newsagent and has been owned in the past by cadburys and the southland corporation of america ( 7-eleven ) . 
rs mccoll, or " mccoll's " is a scottish newsagent company named after robert smyth mccoll, who was a professional footballer. it was founded in 1901 by mccoll and his brother tom. rs mccoll is a trading name of mccolls retail group, it has been a prominent scottish confectioner and newsagent and has been owned in the past by cadburys and the southland corporation of america (7-eleven).
rs mccoll, or " mccoll's " is a scottish newsagent company named after robert smyth mccoll, who was a professional footballer. it was founded in 1901 by mccoll and his brother tom. rs mccoll is a trading name of mccolls retail group, it has been a prominent scottish confectioner and newsagent and has been owned in the past by cadburys and the southland corporation of america (7-eleven).