Cool Places
Scott’s
The Old Iceworks Bath Place Margate Kent CT9 2BN
Draped over three floors of an enormous old ice factory, around the corner from Margate’s quirky Shell Grotto and just a few minutes’ walk from the beach, the ramshackle Scott’s was selling preloved treasures long before the nearby Old Town started filling its empty shopfronts with trendy vintage gear. This is a flea market in the traditional mould – totally without guile or pretension – and it yields all manner of unexpected delights, from 1930s wardrobes and sleek Olivetti typewriters to Edwardian Girls’ Own Annuals. Whether you’re kitting out your pad in Mid-Century Modern cool, or are simply after a kitsch frippery to remind you of your seaside jaunt, this is the place to come. Careful, though – you could lose yourself for hours.
