A pop-up honesty shop opened in St Katharine Docks this week, inside a 50-year-old red double-decker bus.
The shop sells a variety of British-made crafts, including pet toys, gardening tools, kitchenware and knitwear. I particularly liked the soft woollen socks from Devon and the fluffy sheep toys.
Each item is priced but there’s no shopkeeper on-board. Customers are trusted to take an honesty envelope, place their money inside and post it in a traditional red post box inside the bus.
It’s all for a good cause as 10% of profits go to Compassion in World Farming, a charity that campaigns against cruel factory farming practices.
The Honesty Shop is in St Katharine Docks for three months. You can find out more at www.facebook.com/TheHonestyShop or www.twitter.com/honesty_shop.
That is *not* a London bus – it came from Liverpool and was operated by Ribble Motor Services of Preston – it clearly says “Ribble” on the side.
No where does it say it is a London bus.
The headline originally included the word “London” in the description of the bus – it has obviously been amended in response to my comment!
Its actually ex Ribble Services TCK847 fleet no 1847 from 1964 which operated from Bootle Depot Merseyside all its life .