Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
Ah, another Bates man! I have a trilby and several tweed caps from Bates. Love their shop on Jermyn Street.
You know, of course, that they are gone from their dusty shop at 21a Jermyn Street-- turfed out, along with Binks, the stuffed cat, by the Crown Estate Agents who are redeveloping Jermyn Street, bringing it into the modern age... why, I ask myself. *sigh*

I think they closed their doors in February of last year... bringing the country just step closer to becoming Quaint Britain.