Current refurbishment at the site of the audio visual shop has revealed the fascia underneath of Bourlet’s the jewellers, who previously occupied the site at 349 Green Lanes.
Bourlet’s is slightly iconic in Palmers Green because of it’s old jewellers clock, which is still on the building though long ago stopped and looking a little unloved.
I have often wondered who the Bourlets were – can anyone tell us more about them? There is a Bourlet’s Close in Fitzrovia, and a Bourlet’s fine art dealer, but other than that…