PUBLIC SERVICE THREAD - good places to buy Secret Santa tat in London

Usual places have let me down this year. You have about 24hrs to respond to this thread, beyond which it will become worthless for about 12 months.

Isn't this what pound shops are for?

My dad always swept the Science Museum gift shop for our pillowcases - highly recommended

Deptford has a couple of wondrous junk-shops, head that way immediately

If you would rather your gift exuded class, a jar of something from Fortnum's.

Sweep down from your Cator mansion into the woebegone ghetto of Lee and prowl around Iceland

I don't actually know what's open in Lee these days, apart from several ever-fancier restaurants

I live miles from Lee now. Central London, please.

Given the person I'm buying for, anything in bad taste is encouraged.

Oh great, primary zing hook down. Gonna have to rely hard on the sly abuse of mod edit power biteback now

It's been down for about three years, I have just been silently laughing at you all this time.

idk you can take the lad out of the estate

Urban Outfitters has a whole load of crap in stock for this very eventuality. Magic tricks are a good bet, fake moustaches are awful but yr average office worker will lap 'em up imho. Ground floor of Selfridges (near the back) also full of shockingly common denominator tat e.g. Wills & Kate face masks, jars of jelly beans etc.

Try Volte-Face on Great Ormond Street or Magma.

Thank you for actually useful posts finally, much appreciated.