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Brick Lane • Things to do • Shops • Gifts & Oddities
Objects with a Backstory
Brick Lane has long traded in the unexpected. Gift shops here lean into curiosities, small-made objects and found-looking oddments — the sort of thing that ends up in a pocket, then on a shelf with a story attached.
Gifts & Oddities
Labour and Wait
Labour and Wait is built on a simple idea: goods should be useful, durable and made to last. It stocks an edit of vintage and new household items—hardware, brushes, gardening tools—alongside notebooks, stationery and a small run of classic workwear like aprons and jackets. From hardware to clothing, everything leans practical for everyday use. The shop is set in a green-tiled former pub.
Earl of East
Earl of East began in 2014 as an East London market stall by Niko Dafkos and Paul Firmin. Now with four London shops, it makes candles and home fragrance in the city, hand-blended at an East London studio, alongside bath and body lines like incense and room mists. Shelves also carry a tight edit of independent brands, and the calendar includes candle-making workshops.
Spitalfields Map Man
Spitalfields Map Man is an antiquarian map and print dealer sparked by a visit to the London Map Fair in May 2012. After trading at boot fairs and Spitalfields Market, the business now sets up in the Tea Rooms at 146 Brick Lane on weekends, with original maps, celestial prints and space art, plus online sales and shipping.
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