Comments on: At KTS, The Corner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Ann Vosper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450079 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:24:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450079 Truly an Aladdin’s cave of a shop! We have a couple of excellent ‘proper’ hardware stores here in South Devon. Long may these shops last. Who wants to go into a modern DIY store when these marvellous shops exist? Wonderful!

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450072 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:48:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450072 Hardware heaven! So much better than the chain stores. Glad to see that Tony and his children are keeping up the tradition of independent shops.

]]> By: Douglas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450070 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:01:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450070 Stores like this are wonderful treasures. We have a few,not quite as good, where I live far, far from London. I have only recently discovered your site and rate it as one of my best web finds. Found it through John Rogers my favorite YouTube channel, also recently discovered. I visited London on in the70s and kick myself for not being more adventurous and discovering neighborhoods like Spitalfields. Thank goodness for your website.
Thank you!

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450069 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:01:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450069 What a fabulous shop. I know I’m a ‘girl’ and a fairly elderly one at that, but a hardware store is like an Aladdin’s Cave to me. Sheer Magic.

]]> By: Andy Strowman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450068 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:35:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450068 I really like this article because it heralds power & personal service.

]]> By: Penny Gardner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450064 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:25:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450064 Very nice …I wonder how he keeps his green walls graffiti free ..I guess the models are above casual vandalism height .You ‘d have to work @ it to snap those off . The joys of urban living . I planted rose wall around the greensward of my parent’s coucil house in North London. Not the most picturesque of plants but it defeated casual vandals with a handful of spines. Well done anyone who tries to create a pleasant responsible presence in urban areas, rather than metal shutters and boards .

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450058 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:46:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450058 Mark my words (ahem) — One day we will turn around, and all of these unique and wondrous emporiums will be gone. We will be left wandering the aisles of soulless big box stores, wondering if anyone works there; as we haplessly “help ourselves” while security cameras record our movements. Harumph. //// And that makes our appreciation for this amazing hardware store even MORE intense, and brings an even bigger smile. From the cheerful clock to the (gasp)
pictograms this business announces itself as a place to be, when one needs a lift. (or a widget)
Trust me, if I lived nearby, I’d be there every day………just to fill up on the visual vitamins. I love the colors, the chock-a-block abundance of the place, the usefulness of the wares, and the friendly vibe. //// Thank you, GA. You always shine a light.
**And, yes, I would love to own that shiny yellow hand cart. (by the way, what would the British call a hand cart?)

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450053 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:27:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450053 I have been in this shop a few times when I used to go down the Dalston Waste .A long time ago now but it’s a shop that stays in your memory

]]> By: KeithB https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450052 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:17:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450052 ” I covered all the trades because I learnt that the first person to arrive on a building site is a carpenter and the last person to leave the site upon completion is a carpenter. ”

And Tony is right too, even for ‘modern’ 20 story blocks of flats.

“Back then, when you came out of your apprenticeship, they made you redundant. You got the notice in your pay packet on the Thursday but on Saturday you’d get a letter advertising that they needed carpenters at the same company.”

Zero hour contracts 1960s style.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/22/at-kts-the-corner-x/#comment-1450048 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:02:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190746#comment-1450048 These are my favourite shops in town! Just yesterday I was back at the oldest — Haushaltswaren Koch is over 110 years old and continues tirelessly. Here you can get things that are NOT available elsewhere. And often they are even cheaper!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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