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it won't go down well with some people on here at all!


but it was always going to be that kind of retail space - given the permission that space has and the size it is, what would people prefer to see there if they don't like this kind of shop?

hahaha, I really objected to the White Stuff on the grounds that we're turning into Clapham, but the real truth is I find their clothes ugly and boring. Oliver Bonas on the other hand has all the lovely random tat that I like to buy - I'm torn - should I be upset that we're turning more and more into Clapham every day, or should I succumb to the inevitable with grace and buy a cushion?

guitars - tin pan alley


ps to all those guitar freaks - was in same school year as Tony Zematis's son (also Tony). Went round to his house - his dad just had his workshop tacked on to the back of their bungalow. Amazing stuff.

Ultraconsultancy Wrote:

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> ...is to be an Oliver Bonas gift shop. nice!

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> http://www.oliverbonas.com/

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> ultraconsultancy


And the difference between this and, for example, Mrs Robinson, is what exactly????

Domitianus Wrote:

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> Ultraconsultancy Wrote:

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> > ...is to be an Oliver Bonas gift shop. nice!

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> > http://www.oliverbonas.com/


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> And the difference between this and, for example,

> Mrs Robinson, is what exactly????


...or Ed or Moo Too or...

Another boring middle class shop with boring tat! Does anyone else long for the days when you could cross Lordship Lane on a sunday without being 'four wheeled', or having a pint in the Foresters 'cause it was a bloody good honest laugh!

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