Next to the entrance of Orientex is a small window kiosk which sells many different coloured zips (14" for 25p), threads, ribbons, laces and brocades.
As has been remarked to me by several visitors to this site, there is apparently an unusually high number of fabric shops on our High Street, compared to many of the bland, chainstore deserts which many parts of the UK have become. It is therefore not as odd as it may seem that someone could make a living with such a niche business. Further down the High Street there are four fabric shops: Hussain Fabrics, Fabric Store, New Fabric Store and PCE Fabric Store. At Connexions they sell trimmings,at Time2Talk prints and batiks, and Shanze Hairdressers offers alterations. There are several fine market stalls selling trimmings, zips and fabric and other fabric stores further up the hill, such as the Textile Centre.
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