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Valvona & Crolla, Elm Row.

Established 1934 most people think Victor (Vittorio) was a migrant but he was born in Edinburgh during WW1 and educated in Holy Cross his brother Alfonso already owned an ice cream parlour in Easter Road when the two decided to open this shop in the thirties.

They had built it up and were enjoying running it when war broke out in 1945, despite being Scots born they were imprisoned, or “ interred ” as they call it during war time, in Isle of Man.

Rather than sit out the war doing nothing he spent the years educating himself, his education originally ended when he turned ,14 so his internment gave him the equivalent of a University education.

The measure of the man and the family is evident as after the war they returned to Edinburgh and continued where they left off.

Valvons & Crolla is now a worldwide wide brand Google them and if you buy from them you are also buying a part of Edinburgh’s heritage.

Valvona & Crolla, We are an independent family business and Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe's origi

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A Walk I’ll Cherish, Part 1

Ravage my brain please I want your intrusion Break my walls like old tombstones we crumble Walk with me around this impossible place Resting shamelessly against one another Falling for naught but the roots at our feet Tumbling carelessly to the hallowed soil

This place holds memories of happy times We imprint them for the wandering souls Lets find the spot we think we'll be And sprawl onto the wet grass to think How many are here, do you wonder? Countless corpses just beneath my palm

Sleeping here is forever a tainted pleasure Clutching one another for warmth In this place, found on the border of oblivion Yet we still seek the comfort of touch Even as our heart beats align we know That one day, maybe soon, they will stop And we shall be here together again, sleeping