Proper shops which sell proper things are hard to find these days. The supermarkets, the development of glitzy shopping centres and retail parks found in the backwoods have caused the demise of the proper English shop for the more discerning shopper. If one wishes to buy oneself a new topper or perhaps a new Tam O shanter to replace the one you lost at last week’s ferret-legging competition then you need to seek out a proper hat shop. And if your care to buy your ageing aunt a new Easter bonnet to ensure that you are remembered in the old girl’s will or you wish to gain brownie points with your latest floozie and make her more forthcoming in the bedroom department , then once again you need to seek out a proper hat shop.
It happens that Wallingford processes two such shops, both of which have a vast stock of tiffters in all shapes, designs and colours to make even the most country rogue look a bit of a dapper or make the most wilting of wallflowers seem attractive to the untrained eye.
Of course it is well known in upper-crust circles, that hats and violins go hand in glove together when it comes to style. Nothing can catch a young ladies eye more than a man strolling along a river walk with a violin case casually placed beneath his arm. Once again Wallingford has its own shop selling violins for the up and coming young virtuoso or just the gentleman who likes to adorn himself with the latest fashion accessories. Billy being a master dandy himself, has both a winter and summer collection of such instruments which he uses in the pursuit of deaf women.
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