Sharps Fishing Tackle, 162 Malden Road, Gospel Oak, London NW5

photos & words by Cakehole

Bob is the affable owner of Sharp’s Fishing Tackle in Gospel Oak. The shop’s been in the family since the 30s, and generations of his family have fished on Hampstead Heath. There’s not much of a living in it nowadays – he runs it more as a hobby – and his children aren’t interested in taking it over….