WHERE CAN I BUY AN UMBRELLA IN LONDON ?

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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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.

I bought a sturdy folding umbrella at my local Supermarket for GBP £4, which
is about US $7 or Eur ¤6.

JohnT

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.

In Milan on rain days you can buy umbrellas from extracommunitarian
immigrants in every underground station.

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

Being so old to remember the years before 220 V and the operating
systems before Unix and Gates, when I was a child in Milan there were
people repairing umbrellas on the streets (and they weren't
extracommunitarian). They went along with a characteristic cry which
announced them : Ombrellaioooo Umbreleeeee !

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Ok but I'll need a strong one, really strong !



"Jan" a écrit dans le message de

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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Lol


"Bjorn Olsson" a écrit dans le message de
om
"Jan" wrote in message
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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 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 don't promise but I'll try



"Ken Wheatley" a écrit dans le
message de
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?

Well thank ye all
Yes the Fulton site is working all right and I'll visit James Smith, it
looks worthwhile.
Anyone has an idea of prices in that range?
Thanks



"Runge" a écrit dans le message de

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

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:32:30 +0100, Runge wrote:

Well thank ye all
Yes the Fulton site is working all right and I'll visit James Smith, it
looks worthwhile.

Yes. It looks just like the picture on the web site.

Anyone has an idea of prices in that range?

I seem to recall my 3-stage Fulton to be around £12 some years ago.

At this web site they have the 4-stage MicroLite for £15.

http://www.globalgift.net/acsry/fulton_text.htm

I would expect the 3-stage (MiniLite?) to be less.

Don donwiss at panix.com.

Dan McLean wrote:

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.

I have seen some advertised in travel catalogs in the U.S. which are
supposed to be "wind-proof" - see:
http://www.magellans.com/shopping/se...=18&Search.y=5
(you may have to cut and paste to get to the page). It's put out by
London Fog, and is called the "Windefyer". Does anyone know whether it
works or not? (It's rather pricey, but if you encounter rain with wind
frequently, it might be worth it.)

"Runge" wrote in message ...
Lol


"Bjorn Olsson" a écrit dans le message de
om
"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


Hmmm, I actually just learnt that the "Rainbuster" umbrella vending
machine technology invented in Norway has been introduced in London
too:

http://www.sick.co.uk/uk/info1/test0...ge0301/en.html

Bjorn

No not the bulgarian type


"Magda" a écrit dans le message de

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:22:51 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :

... Ok but I'll need a strong one, really strong !

Do you intend to use it as a weapon, by any chance ??