I bought the bureau from a charity shop in Plumstead in 2007. It appealed to me because of its simple utilitarian style and its oldness, I think that it was possibly made in the 1940s or earlier. It came with a set of keys to lock the drop leaf desk and tucked away inside there was a post card with scribbled addresses on it. The post card is always hiding somewhere in there as an important remnant of its history. I have often wonder if the bureau came from the Blackheath address before it came into my possession.