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Charity shops

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!
by Basher Eyre

Created: Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Updated: Thu, 18 Nov 2021


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SU7106 : Help the Aged in Market Parade by Basher Eyre
SU9643 : Charity shop in Godalming High Street (2) by Basher Eyre
SU7106 : Sue Ryder in North Street by Basher Eyre
SU7107 : Help the Aged in Park Parade by Basher Eyre
SZ6199 : Charity shop in North Cross Street (2) by Basher Eyre
SU5706 : Charity shop in West Street (2) by Basher Eyre
SU6105 : Charity shop in Portchester Precinct (2) by Basher Eyre
SU8604 : Charity shop in South Street (3) by Basher Eyre
SU9643 : Charity shop in the High Street (5) by Basher Eyre
TQ2978 : Charity shop in Tachbrook Street by Basher Eyre
SU5706 : Charity shop in West Street (5) by Basher Eyre
SU3521 : Help the Aged in Love Lane by Basher Eyre
SU7423 : Help the Aged in Lavant Street by Basher Eyre
SU5706 : Charity shop in West Street (6) by Basher Eyre
SU7423 : Cancer Research UK in the High Street by Basher Eyre
SU6505 : Help the Aged in Cosham High Street by Basher Eyre
SZ6199 : Charity shop in Stoke Road by Basher Eyre
SU9643 : Charity shop in Godalming High Street (3) by Basher Eyre
SU6809 : Charity shop in Waterlooville town centre (2) by Basher Eyre
SU7106 : Vitalise in Market Parade by Basher Eyre
TQ1730 : Charity shop in East Street by Basher Eyre
SU7405 : Vitalise in West Street by Basher Eyre
SU7106 : Age Concern in Market Parade by Basher Eyre
TQ2978 : Charity shop in Churton Street by Basher Eyre
SU6505 : New charity shop in Cosham High Street by Basher Eyre

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