The old curiosity shop

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The old curiosity shop in London is a curiosity in itself. Situated near Holborn station, you'll be surprised when you stumble on this engineering enigma.

The Old Curiosity Shop in London is the oldest shop in London (built in 1567). It's s now a shoe shop tucked away in Holborn. Did Charles Dickens use this as inspiration for his novel?

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The Old Curiosity Shop - Was this Portsmouth Street shop the inspiration for Charles Dickens' novel of the same name?

He stood for a moment, silent and confounded by this unexpected apparition. Illustration for The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (Harrap, c 1930).

Dating back to the 16th Century, Lincoln’s Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London along with Gray’s Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple. Dickens houses the sinister Mr Tulkinghorn at No 58, Lincoln’s Inn Fields in Bleak House. This address was in fact the home of Dickens’s great friend and first biographer John Forster.

I decided to participate in a 'Curiosity Shoppe' challenge last week, so set one up on the dining room table. For inspiration I used the Dickens story about a girl and her grandfather who lived in a...