Take a look around Europe’s oldest and most famous umbrella shop

Let’s begin the tour (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

The place would we be with out the common-or-garden umbrella?

The wet-weather companion has been seeing us via wet days for many years – and a London store pays homage to the inanimate object. 

James Smith and Sons Umbrella Store sits simply off Tottenham Courtroom Highway and is, in some ways, an perception into Victorian London with rows upon rows of elegantly-shaped umbrellas. 

The store is Europe’s oldest and most well-known umbrella retailer – having been a London landmark for practically 200 years.

Supervisor Phil Naisbitt (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Among the strolling sticks (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Umbrellas have been offered right here for practically 200 years (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

This specific spot was up and operating in 1857 (following a transfer from Foubert Place, off Regent Road, the place the store initially opened in 1830) – and members of the unique Smith household are nonetheless linked to the enterprise.

The store affords umbrellas and parasols, in addition to made-to-measure strolling sticks – most of that are assembled within the workshop, with carefully-crafted components ordered and despatched from specialists throughout Europe.

The surface (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

You guessed it, extra umbrellas (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Within the workshop (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Costs for these merchandise vary, with a strolling stick coming in at £30 and extra bespoke gadgets costing within the 1000's. 

Over time the store has attracted fairly the clientele, together with well-known politicians and prime ministers reminiscent of William Ewart Gladstone, Andrew Bonar Legislation and George Curzon.

A portrait of Jonas Hanway additionally hangs within the store – the particular person believed to be the primary Londoner to personal an umbrella.

Have a look across the store in additional element with the beneath snaps:

Phill searching for rain (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

An intricate design (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

A couple of items on show (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Extra shows (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Most are made on website (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

One other nook (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

The place the products are saved (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Phil giving an illustration (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)

Members of the unique Smith household are nonetheless linked to the enterprise (Image: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Pictures)