Meet the residents…
The shops…
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Voltaire & Rousseau – Joe & Eddie McGonigle Voltaire & Rousseau is a well established second-hand bookshop. Started in Otago Lane in 1972 it has customers who’ve been with us from the first year of opening …more. |
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Tchai-Ovna, a speciality tea house, which also serves vegetarian dishes and shishas, first opened in Otago Lane in May 2000 thanks to the efforts of a diverse group of …more. |
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Mixed-up Records buy, sell and exchange second hand Vinyl, CDs, DVDs & Books dealing in titles from ALL genres of music and film …more. |
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Opened in Otago Lane in the early 1990’s. We are the specialists in: In-situ restoration, floor sanding, furniture restoration and much more. We can take virtually any item of wood and restore it to its original beauty …more. |
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Kenneth Chapelle – Antique Clock Restorer First opened in Otago Lane in 1981. Specialist conservation and restoration of clocks. Other mechanical objects worked on to a limited degree, e.g. music box, orreries, barographs and barometers …more. |
(Some of) the residents…
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Singer/songwriter Clarke has lived in the lane for over 15-years, where he can be found in the courtyard garden writing songs, or finishing the crossword with a glass of wine. More information can be found on Clarke’s music here. |
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Opera singer Shuna has lived in the lane for 15-years, where she has added to the ambiance while practicing with the windows open for all to enjoy…! Some of the ‘bookshop’ cats over the years have been hers… |
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Iain Steel Chair of the ‘Otago Lane Community Association’, Iain has lived in the lane for over 10-years |