ALICE'S SHOP

Opposite Christ Church, Oxford, England, is 'Alice's Shop' on St Aldate's, It was formerly frequented in Victorian times by Alice Liddell, who used to buy sweets there and inspired Alice in Wonderland. She lived at Christ Church with her father Henry Liddell, who was Dean of the College and Cathedral.
Alice's Shop is now a gift shop for tourists selling souvenirs, especially based on Alice. A branch has opened in the Paddington/Bayswater area of west London at 3 Craven Terrace.

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The Old Sheep Shop

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The Old Sheep Shop

The shop was featured as the 'Old Sheep Shop' in Lewis Carroll's 1870 book ''Through the Looking-Glass''. One of the original John Tenniel illustrations shows the inside of the shop. It was used as a setting in Chapter 5 of the book (''Wool and Water'') and is owned by a sheep in the story [1]:
On leaving the shop at the end of the chapter, Alice says:

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★ Alice's Shop

★ Buy Me and Old Sheep Shop on Alice in Oxford website