The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 128Last hairdresser today so thought we visit a true Londoner @VidalSassoon 1928-2010 was born in Hammersmith and lived Shepherd’s Bush. Due to poverty as a single parent, his mother placed Sassoon and his younger brother in a Jewish orphanage, where they stayed for seven years until he was 11 when his mother remarried. His mother was only allowed...
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 123I’m in Italy and it’s the last day of shoes so we go to possibly the king of women’s shoes. Born in Romagna, Italy (a region very close to my heart) in the 1930’s and inheriting his father’s tools and artisan traditions, Rossi worked through the winter making sandals to sell in the beaches of Rimini and the boutiques of Bologna.
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 90Time for the chop! Unlikely I’ll be able to go to this place though. Truefitt & Hill is the oldest barbershop in the world, as certified by Guinness Book of World Records in April 2000. Truefitt was established in 1805 by William Francis Truefitt, who styled himself as hairdresser to the British Royal Court and the firm received their first...
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day No.60We are staying in Soho all week and why not it’s nearly the weekend! Is there a more iconic Soho stalwart than this? One that almost defines an area?The coffee shop that predated all other coffee shops, located on Frith Street in Soho Central London. In its present form, it was opened as a coffee shop in 1949 by the Polledri family, and is...
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day No.33‘Who’ would have thought it – a Dr.Who shop in West Ham! Love niche shops.
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day no.17All change in Euston. The world’s largest shop for Transvestites and Transsexuals.
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 131The Tour de France has started!!! In honour of this most amazing race let’s explore the bicycle shops of London. Sheen today and owners of the World’s oldest bicycle shop! Established in 1860, the shop has remained in the same family for over 150 years. Currently 5th generation. This is their second shop as the original is in Sutton, Surrey....
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 117Curtain Road, East London today with British Design firm @SCPLtd celebrating 30 years at the forefront of British Design. Beautiful furniture , lovely shop I want most of the furniture in there! Check this article in The Guardian
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 116Fathers’ Day today so I let my son choose the shop of the day today. Little surprise then that this was top of the pile! The oldest toy shop in the world! Founded in 1760 as ‘Noah’s Ark’ in High Holborn by William Handley it eventually moved to regents St in 1881. This flagship store is 7 floors and has over 50,000 toys inside! I’ve become...
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the day 14Oops nearly forgot…I did say we were going to go record shopping today so here is one of Soho’s most iconic record shops. In the time that I have been doing this project this record shop has now sadly closed…but a new branch opened right across the road and I believe a vinyl only one in Shoreditch
