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     J Wisden & Co - site of former cricket shop in Central London

Wisden Cricket Monthly (March 2009) reproduced some old cricket-related advertisements, amongst which were some ads for bats and ball, etc. published by John Wisden, a cricket equipment and sports shop in central London adjacent to Leicester Square tube station.
These dated back 100 years or so.

I knew there was no cricket shop there now and the area is heavily populated with tourist tat and fast food shops. To my surprise, however, the location was splendidly marked by the Wisden name picked out in relief tiling built in to the facade of the tube station itself.

A real find...

(NB within a few months, the Falafel place had gone to be replaced by another fast food vendor, but Wisden lives on above)

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J Wisden & Co - site of former cricket shop in Central London
Wisden Cricket Monthly (March 2009) reproduced some old cricket-related advertisements, amongst which were some ads for bats and ball, etc. published by John Wisden, a cricket equipment and sports shop in central London adjacent to Leicester Square tube station. These dated back 100 years or so. I knew there was no cricket shop there now and the area is heavily populated with tourist tat and fast food shops. To my surprise, however, the location was splendidly marked by the Wisden name picked out in relief tiling built in to the facade of the tube station itself. A real find... (NB within a few months, the Falafel place had gone to be replaced by another fast food vendor, but Wisden lives on above)



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