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#1 2007-03-11 14:14:13
- Marc Grayson
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The Shops That Time Forgot
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6227da3c-189c-11db-b02f-0000779e2340.html
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#2 2007-03-11 15:13:00
- bosthist
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Re: The Shops That Time Forgot
I recently came across the one of the books mentioned in the article--Still Open--and found it fascinating. Also worth noting is Common Ground's "England in Particular" campaign: http://www.england-in-particular.info/particular/e-campgn.html
#4 2007-03-14 01:04:45
- Horace
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Re: The Shops That Time Forgot
That little shop that's mentioned, which sells coffee, tea, and pickled whateveritis, seems like a good alternative to Fortum. I like old shops like that. I lived in an English village for a while, and there were a few old shops, but most had been killed. It was pleasant and I liked the idea of walking around and seeing people & buying the 5 or 6 newspapers everyday. Not to mention playing baseball of the village's cricket pitch.
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#5 2007-03-14 01:14:31
- Incroyable
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Re: The Shops That Time Forgot
Those types of stores are my favorite.
When I was in Shanghai, there was still a small selection of those impossibly vacuum-like shops, what with old machines and antique rosewood furniture, but of course most of them are gone now.
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