WHERE CAN I BUY AN UMBRELLA IN LONDON ?

I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg time
Thanks

Runge wrote:
I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg
time Thanks

You'll be in Langkawi or Penang in a few months time. Wait and buy one
there.

Jan


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"Runge" wrote
| I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
| The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg time

Swaine Adeney Brigg
54 St. James's Street
London
SW1A 1JT
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Or any department store.

Owain

There are literally thousands of shops in London that stock umbrella's, you
can get fairly cheap ones in Woolworth's or dearer ones in Boot's (a very
popular drug store with branches everywhere). But don't take one to Scotland
with you, the strong winds destroy them fairly quickly. Or why not buy a
raincoat with a hood, an anorak or cagoule or perhaps even one of those very
thin plastic raincoats that fold up very small ?

"Jan" wrote in message ...
Runge wrote:
I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg
time Thanks

You'll be in Langkawi or Penang in a few months time. Wait and buy one
there.

Sooner or later you'll find yourself in Bergen, Norway. Wait until
then, and you'll be able to buy your umbrealla from a vending machine.

Bjorn

(Bjorn Olsson) wrote in message . com...
"Jan" wrote in message ...
Runge wrote:
I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg
time Thanks

You'll be in Langkawi or Penang in a few months time. Wait and buy one
there.

Sooner or later you'll find yourself in Bergen, Norway. Wait until
then, and you'll be able to buy your umbrealla from a vending machine.

Bjorn

I visited Bergen on business once and when I arrived they gave me an
umbrella. I thought that it was a nice though rather eccentric idea
for a gift, but later realised that it was essential kit, and I used
it every day for 2 months.

Bergen is the only place I have ever seen umbrella repair shops.

J.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:16:29 +0100, "Runge"
wrote:

I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg time
Thanks

There's an very old umbrella maker's shop called, I think, James
White, at the junction of Gower Street and New Oxford Street. It's a
shop I've always wanted to visit but never have, so maybe you can go
there and post a trip report?

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:16:29 +0100, Runge wrote:

I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg time

When I was in London I bought a Fulton folding umbrella at
http://www.james-smith.co.uk/. It is aluminum and fiberglass, making it
very lightweight. I bought the three-stage one, which is 24cm closed. There
is also a four-stage one (Microlite, 18.5cm closed), but I felt those will
have more structural problems down the road. Fulton Umbrellas are not sold
in the US.

They probably have their umbrellas at http://www.fultonumbrellas.com/, but
I have ActiveX turned off and the site comes up blank.

Don donwiss at panix.com.

On 27 Oct 2003, Ken Wheatley wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:16:29 +0100, "Runge"
wrote:

I need a nice short or folding one but sturdy !
The one I bought in the USA at Sharper Image has lasted me a longg time
Thanks

There's an very old umbrella maker's shop called, I think, James
White, at the junction of Gower Street and New Oxford Street.

James Smith is on New Oxford Street at Bloomsbury Street. Maybe that is
what you are thinking of? See he http://www.james-smith.co.uk/map.htm

Don donwiss at panix.com.

Following up to Ken Wheatley

There's an very old umbrella maker's shop called, I think, James
White, at the junction of Gower Street and New Oxford Street. It's a
shop I've always wanted to visit but never have, so maybe you can go
there and post a trip report?

bought my father in law a shooting stick there, they were as you
would expect. old worlde charm and a wide choice, its not the
cheapest but just make it part of your London experience.
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