Birthlink Thrift Shops

Birthlink Thrift Shops The Oldest and Youngest Charity Shop in Edinburgh! Supporting Birthlink and the fantastic work that they do.

Birthlink is a small Scottish charity, based in Edinburgh. We offer support and advice to adopted adults, birthparents, adoptive parents, birth families and other professionals worldwide. The work of Birthlink is invaluable to those who seek out support. We offer a range of services for adults affected by adoption, operating the Adoption Contact Register for Scotland, a computerised database with the aim of putting adopted people and their birth relatives in touch when both parties wish for this to happen. We also offer services such as searching, mediation, accessing legal documents, and helping adults who have been in care find information about their past. We have two thrift shops in Edinburgh, the proceeds of which support the work of Birthlink. Thrift Shop 1:
6 Bruntsfield Place
Edinburgh
EH10 4HN
Tel: 0131 229 4646

For clothes, books and toys. Opening hours: 9.30-17.00 Mon-Sat


Thrift Shop 2:
26 Lochrin Buildings, Gilmore Place,
Edinburgh
EH3 9NB
Tel: 0131 229 6939

For bric-a-brac, books, linen and curios
Opening hours: 9.30-17.00 Mon-Sat

Friends! We have some changes to our opening times. Forthwith, please adhere to these days and times when attending our ...
27/06/2026

Friends! We have some changes to our opening times. Forthwith, please adhere to these days and times when attending our emporiums!

MONDAY - CLOSED
TUESDAY 10:00am - 5:30pm
WEDNESDAY - CLOSED
THURSDAY - 10:00am - 5:30pm
FRIDAY - 10:00am - 5:30pm
SATURDAY - 10:00am - 5:30pm
SUNDAY - CLOSED

This got posted to Instagram but not Facebook so it's a bit belated but....Just wanted to introduce myself! My name is F...
16/06/2026

This got posted to Instagram but not Facebook so it's a bit belated but....

Just wanted to introduce myself! My name is Faith. You may have spotted me knocking about the shops. I’ll be manning these socials now that Neil has transcended the humble realm of thrift. 😢 He will be greatly missed! His window displays the stuff of legend! His knowledge of trashy underground punk bands unrivaled!

We gave him a send off with a hamper of haunted dolls and weetabix - his favorite. Plus the wally dug that has been our faithful shop guard dog over the years.

I have taken the liberty of christening this pig phone the new shop guard animal. Apparently it’s eyes used to light up red when it rang, back in it’s glory days as a working phone.

Though it is indubitably the end of an era, I will do my best to keep you updated on our refined selection of ceramic beagle figurines, cursed Victorian hairbrushes and overtly niche, retro DIY manuals.

Come on in, say hi, grab a bargain. :-) We have some very nice chairs in right now. Can't go wrong with a nice chair. As well as a prehistoric Windows PC.

This year we’ve been lucky enough to have Lizzie come volunteer for us. She’s an avid book collector and former Libraria...
16/06/2026

This year we’ve been lucky enough to have Lizzie come volunteer for us. She’s an avid book collector and former Librarian at the , who has been methodically going though our piles of vintage and antique books, pricing and organizing.

I asked her to choose a few of her favorites to highlight. She picked these three beautifully illustrated pamphlets from the 1950s, reflecting her own childhood and love of illustration.

£3 The Snow Goose - A story about an artist living in an abandoned lighthouse, a wounded goose and evacuation of Dunkirk in World War Two. Pretty heavy stuff but somehow still extremely whimsical.

£8 Carrousel - a beautifully put together children’s magazine, half in French and half in English.

£10 Romantic Book Illustration in England 1943-1955

If you’re interested in volunteering with us, pop us a wee message! Currently recruiting in particular for someone keen to spend a few hours a week curating our collection of vinyl, tapes & CDs.

How it started Vs how it's going.Thanks everyone! This was a great way to end my thrift shop run!!Unfortunately the wind...
07/06/2026

How it started Vs how it's going.

Thanks everyone! This was a great way to end my thrift shop run!!

Unfortunately the wind proved too much for our gazebo, many festivals, but, all things must end, A moment of silence for our fallen comrade.

In the immortal words of John Lennon, we're all set up and ready to embrace capitalism.Everything £5, £3, £1 we're locat...
06/06/2026

In the immortal words of John Lennon, we're all set up and ready to embrace capitalism.

Everything £5, £3, £1 we're located along middle meadow walk at the Melville drive end. Next to the wee stage.

Pray for dry kids. Pray for dry.

(Also, it's still Neil, I'll go away soon, I promise)

Well friends. It's time. This will be my last week as custodian of the thrift. I want to thank you all for making this s...
26/05/2026

Well friends. It's time. This will be my last week as custodian of the thrift.

I want to thank you all for making this such a lovely place to work and for helping foster this wonderful community we've created together.

Thank you all for the love, laughs, haunted tat, occasional verbal abuse and general tomfoolery over the years, it's been fine. Mostly.

To mark the occasion Formaldehyde is wearing her mourning cricket pads and her ceremonial sequins.

Don't be sad, I'll be leaving our socials in the capable hands of Faith, who'll be way better at this than I am, and the thrift will go on!

(I say this will be my last week, although I'll still be manning the Thrift Shop stall meadows festival on the 6th and 7th of June, so come buy some stuff and say goodbye!!!)

Ne'er cast a cloot till May is oot!So, coat sale init.
12/05/2026

Ne'er cast a cloot till May is oot!

So, coat sale init.

30/04/2026

This injustice has gone on for far too long and is something I can no longer remain silent on.

Everyone deserves to be able to comfortably carry a small train in their pockets.

Gonna start a change petition.

We have this utterly stunning collection of Victorian Sir Walter Scott paperbacks. These were part of the sixpenny novel...
28/04/2026

We have this utterly stunning collection of Victorian Sir Walter Scott paperbacks.

These were part of the sixpenny novels series, published in Edinburgh in the 1860s these were from 1868. Considering they're 158 years old they're not in terrible condition, some wear and tear, but the fair maid of Perth's cover has unfortunately come off.

At the dawn of the 21st century, two giants of the time came together to create something more powerful than anybody cou...
24/04/2026

At the dawn of the 21st century, two giants of the time came together to create something more powerful than anybody could have imagined, Changing the course of human history, influencing popular culture and society in ways nobody could have fathomed In the process.

Of course, I'm talking about the musical powerhouse Backstreet Boys, and the Bastian of wellness, titan of political and sociological decision making Burger King.

They didn't just make action figures, these were works of art Da Vinci himself would be proud of, truly a masterpiece, the plastic they were made from could barely contain the power imbued within.

I'll be honest, we only have AJ.

So, I've cobbled together some other guys to reform the band, and I think they'd be great tbh.

First up, obviously AJ McLean, next we have Brain little, Howie Dryburgh, Mick Farter and Bruce Dickinson. What a team. Need a name though, so, if you've read this far, what should they be called?

(Spent way too long trying to work out which one would be Justin Timberlake... 😎)

Address

43 Bruntsfield Place
Edinburgh
EH104HJ

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441312590119

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