This area is great for those one-off gifts – a shopping experience very unlike Oxford Street. And nothing at all like Westfield (ech spit).
Ignoring the prescence of one of the major coffee chains (ech spit 2), Lamb's Conduit Street, and adjoining Rugby Street, boasts a range of independent shops offering all sorts of wonderful things – groceries, homewares, gifts, books, bicycles, lingerie, food, alcohol, curiosities, clothes and proper coffee. Plus a chemist, a florist a funeral director, and a community-run supermarket. So much in such a small area.
Every time I visit the street I wish I lived closer to it. Years ago I had the option of buying a flat near this area and I let someone talk me out of the idea. What a fool I was! Did I mention the good pubs and choice of restaurants too?
There's a late night shopping event coming up soon on Friday 9th December. The shops will be open until 8pm and there will be mulled wine on offer.
Actually, don't tell too many people about this gem... please only tell the lovely people who will appreciate it. We don't have enough areas like this left in London – I remember when Camden Parkway was similarly special... sigh.
I like how you have presented this image collage. I enjoy all the little details, the ones which most people walk past without noticing.
ReplyDeleteIt pays to look up above the windows, and down along the ground.
It looks like an interesting and somewhat unspoilt area of London, still holding on to it's original features.
Thanks Bill, though this montage is not really any different from most of the others I have put together over the years.
ReplyDeleteThere are hidden gems left on most streets... if only people would remove their blinkers!
Yep.. I have seen now how you present all your posts. You have a very unique blog... which has taken me a while to discover. lol.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of old posts to look back on.
Wow! Based on what you are saying, I think living near that street is a great idea! If ever I will be moving out of the current place where I live, I will rent a place near the street.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather, George French, ran the pub at the end of Lambs Conduit Street (also on Great Ormond Street). This was in the 1930s when my mother was living there. She told me about visiting a sculptor neat by. Never did find out who he was.
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