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micktoon:
 Evening all, I was looking about the net and came across this place by chance, it looks to be proper old type shop with everything you could ever need  :thumbup: The trade counter photo reminds me of the Two Ronnies sketch ' Fork handles' ............excellent photos , just a shame there is almost no paces like this left now.

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/18/at-londons-oldest-ironmongers/   
 
Cheers Mick

awemawson:
An amazing survivor considering how that area was flattened in the blitz in the last war.

flutedchamber:
A huge amount of history there.  Thank you for the post.  I love old machine shops and such.

Meldonmech:
Hi Mick

                   Thanks for showing these interesting stores.  I spent five years working in these areas and have passed these premises many times,  never realizing what was behind these facades.  I have been to similar cafes, and traditional pie and mash/ jellied eel shops,  and various other old trade shops. I now feel like visiting those I have obviously missed. I like Cypriot food, and have downloaded the Murat recipes to try them out.
                                                                                                        Cheers David

dsquire:

--- Quote from: micktoon on November 07, 2013, 05:02:35 PM --- Evening all, I was looking about the net and came across this place by chance, it looks to be proper old type shop with everything you could ever need  :thumbup: The trade counter photo reminds me of the Two Ronnies sketch ' Fork handles' ............excellent photos , just a shame there is almost no paces like this left now.

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/05/18/at-londons-oldest-ironmongers/   
 
Cheers Mick

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Thanks for the link Mick. It truly is a fascinating story of survival, I hope that it can continue.


--- Quote --- from   at-londons-oldest-ironmongers  by the gentle author

When I was made a director, all the carriage-building trade was moving up north, so I refocused the company towards aluminium and steel supply to metal fabricators, architects and sculptors. But in recent years, due to installation of cctv cameras and the council issuing £130 fines to our customers while picking up orders, our trade has dropped by fifty per cent. We have two to three hundred customers a day and I reckon the council have earned £63,000 a year in fines out of them and so, in a few months, after two centuries of business in this location, we are going to move from here .


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It seems a dam shame that the Governments (council) can be allowed to drive business away like this. They should be encouraging business to remain and prosper rather than this b------t. Stuff like this gets my blood boiling no matter what country it is in.   :offtopic:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

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