Comments on: Steve Dobkin, Bacon St Salvage

By: mlaiuppa

mlaiuppa — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:55:21 +0000

Now that is where I would shop if I lived anywhere near by. I love vintage. My kitchen stove is from the 50s and still works great. All of my furniture is from the second hand store except for a few pieces. Even the light fixtures are vintage. My house was built in 1922 so I try to use items that the owners would have bought in the first few decades they lived in the house.

Now I’m putting a Victory Garden in the front yard, just as it likely would have been in the 40s.

I could spend hours in a place like that. And likely buy something just for the love of it, then making a place for it in my house.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:25:10 +0000

We give knightoods to rich philanthropists donating a few crumbs of their wealth toawrds good causes yet here is a service to society that remains invisible to the blinkered eyes of those who dish out honours. The detritus of kitchens and offices that are thrown out because they are no longer in fashion. They would accumilate to such an extent if were not for people like Steve who are experts at their diposal and recycling. Surely it is time to recognise the worth of such people in our society . Sir Steve Dobkin or perhaps even Lord Dobkin of Bacon .

By: Bob Bailey

Bob Bailey — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:13:47 +0000

I truly hope that Steve is still able to continue trading. I’ve been in here a number of times over the years and it’s a great treasure trove of things and memories (prop and settings buying) but I was a little nervous of talking with Steve Dobkin which proves that I shouldn’t have judged the book by it’s cover!

By: Greta Kelly

Greta Kelly — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:57:21 +0000

I am very impressed with Steve Dobkin’s philosophy of life. He seems so happy and content. Which is not a given in this day and age. He is doing what he loves which is very important. He understands and accepts the different ethnicities he encounters.
Sadly I didn’t know of Steve and his Salvage Shop while living in nearby Wapping.
Hopefully I will be able to get to London next year and if so I will definitely visit Steve in his Aladdin’s Cave in Bacon Street.

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:48:41 +0000

Well done Steve, I look around in my house and wonder what tales lots of my possessions could tell of their previous lives, it is all part of life’s rich pattern and I would hate to be surrounded by everything new. I had to laugh at his experience of British people not making a bid !! That is not my experience with secondhand books, I think they all watch too much of the Antiques Road Trip and think that they can ‘make an offer’ . We have never had such a problem with customers from other countries and we meet people from all over the world, and, although I used the term British, I should really have said English, our difficult customers are, almost without exception, English, especially when it comes to being downright rude. Most people are lovely I have to say but some can be real pains. French, Germans, Italians, Spanish, Irish are all polite and pleasant to talk to but some English ~~~ well the least said the better.

By: VANDA HUMAN

VANDA HUMAN — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 05:28:35 +0000

A hard worker, do not find many of them now days. Have to admit that I would love to have seen photos of the inside of the shop.

By: Robin Call

Robin Call — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 23:27:31 +0000

Bacon Street…has such a lovely ring to it .I think I want to live there haha