Odds and Collectables: The Last Time One

Since Juzer Saifee, 50, opened this one-storey collectables shop in 1998, the walls have disappeared behind shelves packed with volumes of old literature, rusted tin boxes and dusty perfume bottles. The ceiling has also lowered significantly due to the densely filled hanging baskets, giant birdcages and old kerosene lamps. On any given day, a faint BBC radio stream plays in the background, and despite the retro fan that’s set on high, must lingers in the air. It is a wonder Saifee manages to pack any more items into his shophouse cove, or navigate his path through. But he does so with ease.