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Haberdashery at Daniels, West Ealing

The lovely treasure trove of a haberdashery at the back of the Daniels furniture store on the Uxbridge Road had a wool sale on when I was there yesterday.Do go and have a look at all the craft supplies and bits and bobs there for all your mending needs and more before automatically going online to the bigger and far more impersonal www!It is called Lily Rose.https://www.lrwool-haberdashery.com/about-us/

Philippa Bond ● 194d9 Comments

I see they featured on the Ealing Repair Cafe website in February:https://ealingrepaircafe.org/2024/02/02/local-ealing-fabric-and-sewing-supplies/

Philippa Bond ● 176d

My daughter was the 'Saturday Girl' and did some holiday weeks at Music In Print (which was owned by Argents) for years whil at Twyford and then at St.Mary's University.Nothing wrong with a good bit of syncopated piano.

N V Brooks ● 180d

I'm so glad to learn that they still have a haberdashery department at Daniels.  When I lived nearby between 1995 and 2000 Daniels also used to sell sheet music.  I bought the piano music for "Maple Leaf Rag" for my then boyfriend, who was a very talented, formally-trained pianist.  Sadly, he never played it.  I think he thought that piano rags were beneath him.  You can see why he's an "ex"!!!

Margaret Mason ● 180d

I should add that I recognise the names of a couple of the posters and they are neither elderly nor disabled.  There are basic guides for basic tasks all over the internet.

N V Brooks ● 183d

Mini skills that we take for granted seem to have been lost. Minor clothing repairs putting a new plug on a lead even down to changing a spotlight bulb. There have been appeals for all of these on local Facebook groups within the last couple of weeks. How do these people survive?

N V Brooks ● 183d

The long summer holidays are an ideal time to teach children a new skill.  There are lots of ideas online and I am sure there are some kits in this shop - I saw something like a sort of French knitting kit there - and there are lots of threads and wools.  Do you remember winding wool around an old cotton reel with nails in the top to make multi coloured snakes of knitting?I am horrified by the number of young pwople who don't even seem to be able to sew a button on nowadays.  My father-in-law who was in the army during the war had to do all his own mending - because you had to.  I once knew an office manager who used to throw away his shirts when he lost a button such was the affluence and lack of appreciation of anything past me-me-me at the time.  Now we need think much more about the costs of not just the shirt (even if it costs less to buy) but of the conditions of the labour and energy and resources used in making it.There is lots of help online now and Ealing has a Repair Cafe where you can get advice.  There are also some good repairers to be found at dry cleaning shops.

Philippa Bond ● 183d

I have used that lovely haberdashery dept. for many years . It is a pity it is not advertised as many people have no idea it exists unless they walk by Daniels and  see the goods on display in the window.  Miss Mr. Bunty. Such a gentleman and he knew the stock to the last pin bless him

Beryl Bashford ● 187d

It was run for decades by a lovely Indian gentleman who was called 'Mr. Bunty', still a great resource.

N V Brooks ● 188d

I didn't know something like that existed! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I'll be planning a trip in as soon as I can!

Lara Callaghan ● 188d