Jewellers at the 6 1/2d Bazaar
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Jewellers at the 6 1/2d Bazaar
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 30 Oct 2013
This old enamel sign is still above a jeweller's shop on Thame Butter Market. I guess 6.5d in the old money, allowing for inflation, was the equivalent of today's Pound shops. Amazingly, there's already a tag for "Site of Former Bazaar" so I'll use it. It must be one of the rarer ones....
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Image Location
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51.747804
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