Comments on: At M & G Hardware & Ironmongery https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/09/at-m-g-hardware-ironmongery/ 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, 17 Sep 2024 08:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Elizabeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/09/at-m-g-hardware-ironmongery/#comment-1624217 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:11:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190886#comment-1624217 I was thrilled to find this article. My grandad William De Hailes was the youngest son of John James De Hailes and brother of James George. Thank you Sarfaraz for sharing the wonderful old photo and history. It has enabled me to learn more about our family history.

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/09/at-m-g-hardware-ironmongery/#comment-1451871 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:53:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190886#comment-1451871 I love it: “people are working together to get things done.” Fantastic!

]]> By: Julia Rice https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/09/at-m-g-hardware-ironmongery/#comment-1451834 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:50:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190886#comment-1451834 The high street hardware shop needs to be treasured – huge out of town DIY stores are unreachable without a car, create local monopolies which lead to higher prices, reduce customer choice and the staff do not have anything like the same expertise. I am amazed when I go into my local one – I ask for some seemingly random ‘thingummy’ that I might be able to use to fix a ‘whatchamacallit’ and they always seem to come up with just the right solution from some remote corner of the shop!

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/09/at-m-g-hardware-ironmongery/#comment-1451825 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:23:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190886#comment-1451825 Wonderful universal shop! Here you can still get individual screws — by the piece. All the best for the next 20 years!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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