Armstrong's ofStockbridge

George Armstrong turned a shop on Raeburn Place into a fishmonger in 1942, building a trade that outlasted his own tenure once he retired in 1983. Ownership passed through Ian Breslind and then Gaven Borthwick before P M Ranaldi Ltd, a family fishmongering business with decades in the trade, took over in 2014. Behind the counter, staff fillet and dress fish to order, sourcing directly from day boats landing at east coast harbours to keep the range genuinely seasonal rather than fixed to a printed list. David Shand, who has worked at the shop for more than two decades, now manages daily operations. Alongside white fish and shellfish, the counter stocks smoked salmon, kippers and dressed crab, with queues forming most Saturday mornings before the shop closes at four.