Cecil Court HistoryFor 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.
No 6 Cecil Court is the Oldest Stamp Shop in London since 1922. Here is a photo of No. 6 in the 1940's:
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