yes, it's the personal aspect - that it's this place and it could be no other - that's so special i think. i particularly like the sagging shelves with the old portraits on them.
Such a human place! Not only a shop but also a place that tells us the story of an entire life and even more, thanks to the old portraits over the shelves.
It has a wonderful old charme where everything has a slower pace. Many local shops where like this in England 50 years ago, where people waited and talked. Super photo.