Albanian Shop

The Albanian Shop was a shop situated in 3 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London and sold artefacts devoted to the country of Albania and it's former communist leader Enver Hoxha. The store was run by supporters of the communist regime in Albania (there were rumours that it was run by the Communist Party of Great Britain, as they had an historic relationship with the communist regime in Albania, who did not have diplomatic relations with the British government) and sold books, posters records, badges, handicrafts and even toothpastes relating to the country. The shop closed down after the collapse of communism.

Links To Peel
On his show of 25 September 1990, Peel recalled visiting the store couple of years ago and hearing from the owner that the shop was threatened of being closed down. At the time of broadcasting, Peel was relieved that the store was still going on and played a record of an unknown Albanian folk group from a compilation album bought from the store called 'There Where The Avalanche Stops - Music From The Gjirokastra Folk Festival, Albania, 1988, Volume One'.