Staff at the Canonmills Launderette on Huntley Street have been amazed by the number of people entering the premises since they put up a new sign outside.
Unfortunately, these are not eager new customers but disgruntled locals keen to point out not one but two egregious mistakes in Cannon Mills.
This is not the first time such errors have been made, or that a local business has come under fire for their commission. Back in the 1990s, the newly opened Canon Court Apartments compounded the blunder of a double-n by including pictures of 19th-century artillery on their signage. (In any case, you have to wonder what kind of mixed messages they were giving out about warm welcomes and peaceful nights' sleep.) These lapses were soon rectified.
Many locals of course realise that this part of Edinburgh derives its name from the Augustinian monks of Holyrood Abbey who began operating flour mills here on the Water of Leith in the twelfth century. Bakers in the Canongate were obliged to mill their corn in Canonmills.
Staff at the launderette have apparently reported the problem to their manager, who so far has remained unperturbed and unrepentant. Will he hold fast or will locals grind him down? Tim will tell.
[NB: Thanks to reader Rob Hussey, who brought this story to our attention.]