Barkla Shop is a small hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom half-a-mile east of St Agnes.
Barkla Shop, loacted on the road between Perranporth and St Agnes, is named after a blacksmith's shop. When the railway was built rock was brought from the Wheal Liberty quarries by horses, and the blacksmith shop was important to properly maintain the horses. There was also a carpenter's shop. Both shops are no longer there.
The Mithian post office is located in Barkla.
The Glen Carne Housing and Support organisation has a location in Barkla Shop, for long term housing while homeless men gain training and education, such as in Information Technology or horticulture.
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Famous quotes containing the word shop:
“A good customer should not change his shop, nor a good shop change its customers.”
—Chinese proverb.