New Vintage and Retro Shop in Herne Hill opens January 13th

[James Castle]

Shop opening on 13th January to be run by The Society For The Protection of Unwanted Objects whose proprietor is James Castle - a collector and careful clearer of houses. The shop will run for SIX WEEKS only. There will be masses of beautiful vintage objects on offer at decent prices for a broad selection of tastes. Retro and antique furniture, fabrics, collectable items, old advertising, tins, old and new art - pictures mostly, art and craft materials and literature, strange old industrial objects, classy cushions, cabinets, luggage - trunks and suitcases, vintage fashion and clothes, old toys, books and so on. Hosted at Le Garage, the Art and Exhibition Space, at 155 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill SE24 0NG. Telephone for more information or details: 07817 538872.

[languagelounger]

Le Garage? Does everything for sale at Le Garage automatically become un objet and if it were The Garage, would it all just be a heap of junk? Can we solve our current economic problems by renaming everything in French, whiie the French simultaneously rename everything in English?

[James Castle]

A reasonable observation from Language Lounger on possible misuse of language. Having given some thought to these comments on French and English, it suddenly occurred to me that of course - Garage IS a French word, not English. I certainly hope that whatever I am selling, whatever language is appropriate for the items and objects, it is not junk. Having said that many antique dealers describe themselves as being in the Junk Trade. Beauty is in the eye of any particular beholder at any particular time and in an era where shabby and chic have married (French and English again) to form the new vogue-ish sub-genre 'shabby chic' (ha ha French and English AGAIN!) of second-hand and vintage and old and classic things and items, it is impossible to control all the people all the time if they are intent on murdering words and sentences in any one language. And so on and so forth plus ca change...........my shop opens tomorrow 13th January at 12 noon. Bonjour. James

[James Castle]

OPENING TIMES - Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 7.30 pm. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 7.30 pm.

[languagelounger]

I bet it is a very lovely shop. I just think the English habit of having to stick a French label on something before we can believe it has any value, is aa bit comical.

[womanofdulwich]

Bien sur

[languagelounger]

I would love to see an example of des vieux objets industriels ?tranges and have nothing but admiration for people who can trade them for money.

[musicman]

Shop still going stong. Well worth a wander round (whatever that is in French). Especially so close to the park in this lovely weather.