Comments on: Receipts From Old Whitechapel

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:56:51 +0000

As well as the typography and fancy letterheads I also really love phrases like “Your acknowledgment in due course will oblige” – so much better than the modern “let us know you have got this”!

By: Cherub

Cherub — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:06:20 +0000

There is something very reassuring about the name Reliable Hosiery Ltd., especially if like me you tend to put a toe through your sock every so often.

By: Brian M

Brian M — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:43:35 +0000

Interesting to see a receipt for Buck & Hickman, I remember buying tools from them during my working days. I believe they continued as an independant company right into this century and the brand is now traded under the name Rubix. I love little documents like these and am always fascinated to find an old receipt of my own from those far gone days when I was young. I had the habit of putting the nicer one’s inside books to be stumbled upon years later. I wonder how many, if any, remain to be found.

By: Jo Mazelis

Jo Mazelis — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:08:32 +0000

This is very timely as I was looking through an old suitcase full of ephemera that I’d got from my family a decade ago. What to do with it all?

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:34:05 +0000

What a wonderfully diverse range of businesses, all absolutely necessary. and familiar, ‘back in the day”. A real step back in time.