Perhaps its my age!!! I can recall things which I remember from years ago when there was many more stores selling things that were interesting and ranged from old telephones, electrical bits and lamps, example was Ben Salmons shop along the Romford Rd in Manor Park London here you had a choice of Neons and oldies Osglim plus numerous half watt SBC all ex government stock from the war years. I am sure Ethans shop that he saw was the one I was writing about and as he said the photo was taken some years ago. I could mention many surplus shops of the time and perhaps Proops was one of the best with things changing often. Age has a lot to answer to and a great pity these shops have all gone. Junk markets have taken over and remember a superb one in Brussels where I bought a number of old bulbs on the old voltage of 120v being sold as then the new voltage had come in 240v, this was a long time ago and such stuff turns up not very often, the next good buy was from Wimbledon boot sale and I was lucky to buy many old lamps as a job lot that came from an old pumping station, including several bee hives. Be glad to visit these when the dangers of the plague are over and become stop shielding?
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