The spirit of Bayes lives on as cabinet moves to antiques shop
A WELL-known display cabinet from RW Bayes has a new home after the beloved shop was cleared out this week.
It can now be found at Darren Odie’s antique shop on Commercial Road – but it is not for sale and is already being put to use to display items.
Odie told Shetland News about the history of piece: “The cabinet was bought from a jewellery shop in Glasgow that closed down and it was shipped to Shetland in the 1930s.
“There was a shop called Stove and Smiths, and they bought it… it was up the stairs in Stove and Smiths in their fancy goods department.
“Then when they closed down, about mid-80s, Alister Smith, the owner of Bayes, acquired the cabinet.
“It stood in there until yesterday [Wednesday], when it came here.”
Bayes, which was one of Lerwick’s most established shops, is due to go on the market soon after it closed last year.
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