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Labour and Wait

Household tools chosen for how long they will last, in a tiled former pub off Brick Lane.

Home & craft

Photo by Dojono, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The shop sells enamel, brushes, garden tools, kitchen equipment and ironmongery, all picked on the principle that a well-made object needs no styling and should outlast its owner. Nothing in it is branded and very little of it has changed design in a century.

The premises are an old pub with the green tiling intact, which suits the stock exactly.

Where
85 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ
Nearest station
Shoreditch High Street · 2 min walk

Hours

Monday10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday10:00 – 18:00
Thursday10:00 – 18:00
Friday10:00 – 18:00
Saturday10:00 – 18:00
Sunday10:00 – 18:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 11 September 2026.

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