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1975: The world’s first shop for left-handers

A London shop selling goods designed for left-handed people was doing a brisk trade.

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A London shop catering for people who are left-handed was doing a brisk trade both in-store and via mail-order. Items available included secateurs, a builder’s trowel and even left-handed playing cards. Report by Susanne Hall.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 18 April 1975.

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