hasties of largs

[brvhrtjimmy]

I noticed going passed on the bus a few times hasties was closed, but work was goin on inside, i assumed it was renovations they were doing, but when I went passed on the bus today they were still working inside but above the door was home hardware sign, sadly hasties have gone, I don't know if he has retired and there is no one else to take over, but that's an institution gone, im almost 70 and I remember hasties when I was a schoolboy, you mentioned largs and hasties came to mind very sad .

James Barr (Brvhrtjimmy)

[michaelm]

Can't say I've heard of Hastie's of Largs brvhrtjimmy, but maybe I'm just a wee tad too young.

What was their business ?

[brvhrtjimmy]

they sold everything, i used to go in there for fishing tackle, but they were well known for different brands of very expensive of whiskey when I say expensive it could be like £99 a bottle and a lot of times it could go into the hundreds

James Barr (Brvhrtjimmy)

[Vivc113]

They closed xmas eve. Wrights hardware will open shortly.

Check their facebook page. They offer interesting details about how they came to be.

They did retire. Duncans I believe. Online competition did not help either I heard.