title	A Portrait of Hopgoods: Gentlemen's Outfitters, Diss, Norfolk - 4th January 2006
intro	Hopgoods in Diss announced sometime during 2005 that it was closing down, as the proprietor wanted to retire. It's a quintessential traditional Gentleman's outfitters, and has customers who come far and wide, at least as far as London and Peterborough. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be much interest in buying into such traditional niche markets any more - even though it's popular in its own field - and so it seems unlikely that it will be taken on as a going concern and another part of rural life will disappear. Not really being a regular, despite the purchase of several belts and ties and suchlike over the years, there would not normally be grounds to pester for a photo-shoot, but luckily Nosher's chum Peter Allen works in the shop on Mondays and Wednesdays, so it provided a perfect opportunity on the last full day of holidays before the return to work to look round and document some of it - with thanks to Peter, and Mr. Hopgood for permission.
imgp6318	Racks of suits, and a fitting mirror
imgp6319	A customer in Hopgoods
imgp6320	A whirly sock rack
imgp6324	Towards the changing rooms
imgp6326	Boxes of things
imgp6327	A tailor's tape measure
imgp6328	Stacks of shirts
imgp6334	Pigeon-holes, full of gloves
imgp6335	A pair of long-johns
imgp6336	More cubby-holes, relfected in a convex mirror
imgp6337	More stacks of shirts
imgp6344	The bottom half of a manequin, suitably dressed
imgp6345	A box of coat hangers, and a price list
imgp6346	Peter mills around
imgp6347	Peter puts some pyjamas away
imgp6348	Peter checks that everything's OK
imgp6349	Clerical, Lovat, Rustic and Oatmeal: mystery boxes
imgp6350	A discarded pricing gun
imgp6353	Peter at the front of the shop
imgp6359	Jackets in a row
imgp6360	A strange ex-window-display owl keeps watch
imgp6361	A box of Hopgoods paper bags
imgp6362	A collection of till rolls
imgp6363	In the office, a small model of a Hopgoods van
imgp6364	An 1860s-ish sketch of Diss's market place
imgp6365	The Hopgood's repair and alterations room
imgp6366	A sewing machine covered in fruit stickers
imgp6367	Some repairing is done
imgp6368	On the phone
imgp6369	Another Singer sewing machine
imgp6371	Some ironing is done
imgp6372	Creases are pressed into a pair of trousers
imgp6373	More backroom action
imgp6376	A wooden pheasant on a shelf
imgp6381	Piles of paper in a cupboard
imgp6383	The staff "kitchen"
imgp6388	A ton of business cards
imgp6389	The repairer looks up
imgp6390	A curious lever
imgp6393	Peter checks a pile of clothing
imgp6397	Branded coathangers: Butlin's and Cunard White Star
imgp6399	A little memorabilia corner of Hopgoods
imgp6400	Peter at the counter
imgp6402	Peter, surround by shirts, looks at a red sock
imgp6403	A Hopgoods clothes-brush
imgp6404	Another bit of the shop
imgp6407	Extras from an Auton episode of Dr Who
imgp6409	A heap of size 7-and-a-quarter cloth caps
imgp6412	Peter stands by the trousers
imgp6416	Boxes of randomness
imgp6417	A Hopgoods sign
imgp6421	Peter and his assistant
imgp6423	Peter runs out with a forgotten tripod
imgp6426	Hopgoods - front aspect