Bank Holiday Britain

High Street, Musselburgh

“The people of Scotland and Northern Ireland eat more ice cream on average than those in England and Wales.”
source: The Ice Cream Alliance

Derelict butchers shop, Botchergate, Carlisle

“Every single county in the UK has really good sausages”
source: SausageFans.co.uk

Waterloo Street, Newcastle

“The drug was initially prescribed as medication for heart conditions such as angina, but is rarely used for this purpose nowadays.”
source: TheSite.org

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

“While the official definition of brown bread is bread containing 10 per cent bran, some brown breads are just white bread with caramel colouring.”
source: All About You

Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

“Record price-slashing by retailers in the sales season and falling petrol costs helped bring down inflation in June.”
source: The Guardian

Window of closed-down baker's shop, North High Street, Musselburgh

“A Scotch pie is a double-crust pie originating in Scotland but also popular in England. In Scotland the item is known simply as a ‘Pie’”
source: eatscotland.com

Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

“So if like the Emperor Nero you want to improve your singing voice – eat leeks! If you want to see your future husband – sleep with a leek under your pillow! If you want to repel invading Saxons – wear a leek in your helmet!”
source: British Leeks

photo by Tony Black

Iceland, Easter Road, Edinburgh

“Obtaining a trademark will protect the name and owner from others using the same or similar name for their products. This prevents confusion in the marketplace and helps to set apart different products and their names.”
source: ehow.co.uk

photo by Tony Black

Leith Walk, Edinburgh

“After a few refreshing ales, the populace of this fair isle like to repair to the nearest purveyor of Mediterranean cuisine and partake of a traditional favourite - the doner kebab.”
source: bbc.co.uk

Reid's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

“8.3 million tonnes of food is thrown away by households in the UK every year, and most of it could have been eaten. Some of the waste is made up of things like peelings, cores and bones, but the majority is, or once was, perfectly good food.”
source: Love Food Hate Waste