PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe Old Curiosity Shop, oldest shop in London, built 1567 AD, photo taken ~1890 AD?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageThe Old Curiosity Shop, oldest shop in London, built 1567 AD, photo taken ~1890 AD?lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSquiffSquiff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoStill there today (although undergoing restoration)
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoRestoration is finished, but the shop is not open yet: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-restoration-of-charles-dickens-old-curiosity-shop-64106/
minus-squareCompostMaterial@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoBummer they got out of the Olde Waste Paper business, I really needed some olde waste paper.
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI can’t believe I was unaware of this when I visited London. Gotta make sure I visit this place if I ever return. Related question, I wonder what the oldest continuously operating establishment in the world is? 🤔
minus-squarePechente@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoLike one of the other replies said, it’s a Japanese company. There’s even a neat Wikipedia list
Still there today (although undergoing restoration)
Restoration is finished, but the shop is not open yet: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-restoration-of-charles-dickens-old-curiosity-shop-64106/
Bummer they got out of the Olde Waste Paper business, I really needed some olde waste paper.
I can’t believe I was unaware of this when I visited London. Gotta make sure I visit this place if I ever return.
Related question, I wonder what the oldest continuously operating establishment in the world is? 🤔
Like one of the other replies said, it’s a Japanese company. There’s even a neat Wikipedia list