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Save Taylor's Buttons & Belts

Taylor's Buttons & Belts will close in November unless Maureen Rose raises enough to pay off rent arrears from Covid lockdowns.

Please support Maureen's crowdfund 'Every button tells a story'.

A Dickensian Button Shop

In a house where Charles Dickens grew up, a wonderful button shop exists, with boxes of buttons lining the walls, some over a hundred years old.

"A very nice gentleman... stood in my doorway and asked, 'Charles Dickens doesn't live here anymore, does he?'"

Maureen Rose presides over her button shop like a queen, with a sly grin.

Author's summary: Taylor's Buttons & Belts needs help to stay open.

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