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Cecil
Court History:
For more than sixty years Cecil Court has been famous as the home of
specialist book and print sellers.
A pedestrian thoroughfare once lit by gas lamps, with shopfronts unchanged
since the turn of the century, it is the place for any visitor to London
who wants to step back in the time and discover the pleasure of shopping
in a bygone era.
The Court has enjoyed numerous artistic and literacy associations. Mozart
and his family stayed here when in London in the 1760's, and in the 1890's
the offices of the Dome magazine at No. 7 provided a meeting place for
such fashionable aesthetes as Charles Ricketts and Max Beerbohm. With
the rise of the film industry at the turn of the century, Cecil Court
became its centre, and was known as "Flicker Alley". Before
the First World War a succession of military tailors had premises here
and the tea rooms at No. 24 attracted such poets as Edward Thomas, Walter
de la Mare and Rupert Brooke.
No. 6 Simon Andrews Stamps Shop:
Stamps and Postal History of Great Britain, World, South East Asia, postcards,
phonecards. Thai, Chinese antiques.
Monday to Saturday 10am to 6pm
Simon Andrews runs a stamp shop in Central London with a worldwide stock of covers, stamps, collections & postcards. Internet sales also. Specialization: China, Hong Kong, China PRC, Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, South East Asia.
Copyright Simon Andrews' Stamps © 2000
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