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Surplus electronics shops

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This tweet today showed some cool surplus electronics at Hst /halted electronics supply in Santa Clara, CA. Does anyone know of real shops where you can walk in and buy old stuff like this?

 

I remember Harding's in Cheltenham but it's been years since I was there so I don't know if it's still going.

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  • Hi Andy,

     

    In a most unexpected place (South Kensington) there is a wacky shop called J.T. Denyer, which sells ancient electrical stuff. Not quite 'surplus', just the store hasn't moved with the times, but in a good way, and still stocks the kind of stuff that was around a few decades ago, like ancient Ever Ready flashlights, etc. Not cheap due to location, but not outrageous prices either. Even their storefront sign is still on the old phone numbering code from two three decades ago image

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    Also a couple of minutes walk around the corner, there is a cool hardware store, called The Hardware Store : ) which again stocks quite ancient stuff, but also some hard-to-get stuff as well. The store is tiny, but packed to the ceiling. Fun to spend 20 mins in there too.

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  • Hi Andy,

     

    In a most unexpected place (South Kensington) there is a wacky shop called J.T. Denyer, which sells ancient electrical stuff. Not quite 'surplus', just the store hasn't moved with the times, but in a good way, and still stocks the kind of stuff that was around a few decades ago, like ancient Ever Ready flashlights, etc. Not cheap due to location, but not outrageous prices either. Even their storefront sign is still on the old phone numbering code from two three decades ago image

    image

     

    Also a couple of minutes walk around the corner, there is a cool hardware store, called The Hardware Store : ) which again stocks quite ancient stuff, but also some hard-to-get stuff as well. The store is tiny, but packed to the ceiling. Fun to spend 20 mins in there too.

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