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The company still manufactures walking sticks and umbrellas in its basement workshops, and is an unrivalled destination for any brolliologist.
With so few such specialist shops remaining, its a valuable part of London's shopping heritage, especially so considering the shop frontage has remained unaltered for 140 years. Having said all this, it's not a destination for the thrifty, as a good umbrella will probably set you back in excess of £100.
For more information, visit http://www.james-smith.co.uk.
They do a reasonable walking stick for about £20, including chopping it to size, sticking a metal tip on it and a rubber foot if you want.
ReplyDeleteThoroughly nice chaps.