{"id":672,"date":"2015-03-01T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=672"},"modified":"2015-03-03T01:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T01:29:58","slug":"first-charity-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2015\/03\/01\/first-charity-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"first charity shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-675\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/lamp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-675\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/lamp-175x300.png\" alt=\"Photo taken by me in the street. No rights reserved.\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/lamp-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/lamp-597x1024.png 597w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/lamp.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by me in the street. No rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During our Wikipedia editathon last week I discovered archive news\u00a0 reports of the first ever Scottish charity shop. Ten years before the first Oxfam shop in Oxford. I was editing a new page about the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_University_Settlement\">University of Edinburgh Settlement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>In 1936 Grace Drysdale made a film about the everyday activities of the Settlement community and proposed the creation of a &#8216;Thrift shop&#8217; based on an American idea. The shop would receive items that people did not want, and would accept anything from &#8216;luggage to cooking utensils&#8217;.<sup id=\"cite_ref-thrift_11-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_University_Settlement#cite_note-thrift-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A Thrift Shop committee was established in 1936, and the first shop &#8216;Everybody&#8217;s Thrift Shop&#8217; opened in April 1937 at 79a Nicholson Street,<sup id=\"cite_ref-bargains_12-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_University_Settlement#cite_note-bargains-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup> 10 years before <a title=\"Oxfam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxfam#Oxfam.27s_shops\">Oxfam<\/a> established their first charity shop in 1947. In 1938 the thrift shop was reported as being &#8216;a more ambitious application of the jumble sale idea&#8217;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When the shop first opened it was a great success. People queued for an hour beforehand in anticipation and policemen were on hand to ensure the stall-holders were not overwhelmed. Reports confirm that bargains: crystal, evening shawls and furniture were to be found and that one woman left delighted with &#8216;a handsome suit once worn it was whispered, by a professor&#8217;.<sup id=\"cite_ref-bargains_12-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_University_Settlement#cite_note-bargains-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup> Women carrying bulky purchases were ushered out to make room for other shoppers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our Wikipedia editathon last week I discovered archive news\u00a0 reports of the first ever Scottish charity shop. Ten years before the first Oxfam shop in Oxford. I was editing a new page about the University of Edinburgh Settlement. 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