Fish Brothers, which has a respectable and re-assuring blue frontage, is part of a chain of jewelers and pawnshops which has had 7 generations of the same family involved in the business since 1830. They have nine shops, which are situated mainly in the east London area and also related businesses on-line and in Canary Wharf. They plan to open another in Depford. The development of the on-line business may explain why the side window with the second-hand, ex-pledge, items has declined in interesting contents recently. In the past I often used to muse about the stories and lives behind the items which ended up on display there.
The Walthamstow shop, at 114 High Street has a large clock owerhanging in the street, which serves as a useful landmark on market days when the area is vibrant and teaming with people and stalls. Unfortunately, for an establishment which sells time-pieces, the clock has not been a great advertisement for the business as of late, as it has been stuck at 8.31 for some time.
The door to their pledge department is to the side, opposite the currently empty and closed ex-Burger King which abandoned the site next to Sainsbury's and moved up the hill to join the land of the bland at the Mall.
2007-11-15 @ 22:45