Gardner's collection

While freecycling some old balance scales, made by BJ Gardner of Spitalfields, I looked for info on the manufacturer and came across the shop called Gardners, which has been around for 140 years. Here's a drawing of Paul Gardner in his shop, which sells a lot of bags, by Lucinda Rogers -and here you can see photos of many of the items in his "hidden" collection. At the time that blog post was written, the landlord was raising the rent and the continuity of the business was under threat. Now I have to google some more (or go to 149 Commercial Street) to find out what happened next...

Meanwhile here's a video of Gardner in his shop.