Bath & Salisbury

[moodymick]

Am going for a night away on Fri-Sat, Friday in Salisbury, Saturday in Bath. Any shaving/antique shoppe recommendations?

 

[Pete]

Lifestyle pharmacy in the centre of Bath. Downstairs they have a large shaving section, some of the makes I remember seeing are Trumpers, Tabac, Pino Silvestre, 4711, Aqua di Selva, Kent and Simpsons brushes, Merkur and Dovo razors and strops. Worth a look, there is also a L'Occitane shop next door.

 

[Jeltz]

not been into it but Hales chemist in Laura Place, Bath has some traditional kit in the window.

 

[Big.Dave]

There is a chemist a few doors down from the boater pub near the river.

 

[Jeltz]

There is a chemist a few doors down from the boater pub near the river.

Yep that's Hales

 

[moodymick]

Thanks gents, i will try to peruse, if i can get Mrs M away from photographing the architecture, or for that matter the Mulberry Handbag Factory Shop, which just happens to be outside of Bath.

Funny old thing eh? She didn't want to go to the friggin' Isle of Man though (or Long Wang Province China either) :roll:

 

[KRF1963]

Funny old thing eh? She didn't want to go to the friggin' Isle of Man though (or Long Wang Province China either) :roll:

Maybe one Long Wang is enough for her :lol:

 

[moodymick]

Boom Boom! Get your coat - yer taxi's 'ere!

 

[Jeltz]

Thanks gents, i will try to peruse, if i can get Mrs M away from photographing the architecture,

FYI A couple of pieces of Bath Heritage you must see.

• 1) Pulteney Bridge is modelled on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, both of which are unusual in the fact that they have shops on the bridge.
  2) Great Pulteney Street which was designed by architect Thomas Baldwin, he designed the façades which were purchased as is and the then owner would build what they wanted on the back (and is where I lived for about 6 years).
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  As you go from one to the other (only a few hundred yards) you will go through by Laura Place which has a fountain at its centre and is bordered on one side by a building called Connaught Mansions (couldn't type that everywhere) and on the other by (pure coincidence) "Hales Chemist" as you can see shaving stuff bottom left corner :mrgreen: .
  
  You should also make a point of visiting Milsom Street, as there are some lovely clothes shops and jewellers and a department store oh and at the bottom there is Lifestyle Pharmacy, again a pure coincidence

 

[moodymick]

Ah, I love it when a plan comes together

 

[hunnymonster]

1) Pulteney Bridge is modelled on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, both of which are unusual in the fact that they have shops on the bridge.

It may be unusual now, but from mediaeval times, the old/original (pre-1800) London Bridge had shops and houses on it...

 

[bazwalk]

Used to work in Salisbury before my DE days. Apart from Boots etc it's a shaving desert. There is a TKMaxx in the shopping mall where you might strike lucky.

On the road to the rail station there are a couple of antique shops which used to have the occasional straights in the window. There is also a 'proper' tobacconist, but never went in.

The pub opposite the station does a great pint, but has strange opening hours

 

[moodymick]

Yep you are right. Salisbury has been done to death today. All I saw were 3 straights (only 2 are still in the antiques place - pictures later) and a boxed valet autostrop, which I left well alone. Time for big tea....mixed grill and scoops of ale for pudding! Tomorrow, Bath

 

[moodymick]

Now back from our little trip. Both locations recommended above are well worth a visit with plenty of Simpsons, Merkur, Dovo, Tabac, GFT, Kent, Wilkinsons, Cyril Salter & a few bits of ToBS etc..

The guy who runs Hales Chemist was the Indian guy who was on last weeks Antiques Roadshow with a pile of antique medicine jars (the shop has bloody loads in there - yes really, medicine jars in a pharmacy - madness i tell you)

 

[Big.Dave]

Medicine jars in a pharmacy!!!!!

The Reckless Fool!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: