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David McLean

The Edinburgh department shop fire that left a gaping hole in city for ten years

The Mosque Kitchen is a Southside institution that's been serving up delicious Indian cuisine for so long now that it's hard to imagine the district without it.

Those of a certain age will recall that the corner of Nicolson Street and Nicolson Square that's occupied by the popular canteen was a grotty-looking gap-site for well over a decade.

And those older still, will remember the site was home to an independent department store called Ritchie's which tragically burned down in a terrible blaze.

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