Where Time Stood Still
Where Time Stood Still
Miss Margaret White
shut down her chemist's shop in the West of England
in 1970, never to open it again. There had been a chemist's shop
in her family since the 19th century when it was first
opened by her grandfather William. After Miss White's death, the
auctioneers moved in. They could not believe their eyes. There
was an old-fashioned cash-register and there were still old pennies
in it. At the back of the shop there were old
medicine bottles covered with dust, and 127 little drawers.
They were full of herbal remedies. There were unusual products
like "Allcocks Powder Guaranteed Not to Contain Opium
or Any Poison Whatsoever". There was a copy of a newspaper for
April 16, 1912. It was the issue that described the
sinking of the Titanic. "There has never been anything
like this before and there never will be again," one
of the auctioneers said.
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