2008

SU7405 : Vitalise in West Street

taken 16 years ago, near to Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Vitalise in West Street
Vitalise in West Street
The history of charity shops appears to date to wartime Britain, when several organizations started selling used goods to raise charitable funds. Today, the public can donate things they no longer want, which means they can be sold at very low cost, appealing to bargain hunters and ensuring a rapid turnover. They range from huge organisations such as the Salvation Army and Oxfam to one-off premises supporting a charity in that locality.

In 2009 Mary Portas presented a three part series designed to transform charity shops from, as she saw it, dowdy emporiums of the eclectic into retail powerhouses. Although some now are indistinguishable from for-profit outlets many are still delightfully idiosyncratic!


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SU7405, 642 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 17 May, 2008   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 17 May, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 748 058 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:50.8239N 0:56.2651W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 749 059
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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