London's RG Lewis Out Of Business

[Brian Atherton]

Late afternoon yesterday I wandered around to one of my favourite camera shops in London, a shop I have bought from since the early 70s, to find RG Lewis had closed.

It made a sad ending to what had been a great day, photographically.

http://www.rglewis.co.uk

 

[lcpr]

Sad news. Had my M4 serviced there a few years ago, I always had a look whenever I'm shooting the fashion collections in the area.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I do know that famous travel writer Norman Lewis started a Leica dealership in London and I wonder if this business was associated with him.

Norman Lewis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lewis_(author)

 

[Brian Atherton]

I do know that famous travel writer Norman Lewis started a Leica dealership in London and I wonder if this business was associated with him.

Norman Lewis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lewis_(author)

The RG Lewis website states that the company has been trading in the Holborn area for 155 years.

 

[zauhar]

I don't live there, but still find that incredibly sad. I hope the current proprietor was in a position to retire comfortably at this point.

He mentions both the internet and 'attitudes' as reasons for shutting down. Certainly here in the states the 'bottom dollar' attitude has struck hard at small businesses, and the lack of taxes on most internet transactions has put traditional shops at a further unfair disadvantage.

Randy