<P> However , it was during the Second World War that the charity shop became widespread . Edinburgh University Settlement opened their ' Thrift Shop for Everyone ' on Nicholson Place , Edinburgh in 1937 , the Red Cross opened up its first charity shop at 17 Old Bond Street , London in 1941 . For the duration of the war , over two hundred `` permanent '' Red Cross gift shops and about 150 temporary Red Cross shops were opened . A condition of the shop licence issued by the Board of Trade was that all goods offered for sale were gifts . Purchase for re-sale was forbidden . The entire proceeds from sales had to be passed to the Duke of Gloucester 's Red Cross or the St John Fund . Most premises were lent free of rent and in some cases owners also met the costs of heating and lighting . </P>
<P> However , it was during the Second World War that the charity shop became widespread . Edinburgh University Settlement opened their ' Thrift Shop for Everyone ' on Nicholson Place , Edinburgh in 1937 , the Red Cross opened up its first charity shop at 17 Old Bond Street , London in 1941 . For the duration of the war , over two hundred `` permanent '' Red Cross gift shops and about 150 temporary Red Cross shops were opened . A condition of the shop licence issued by the Board of Trade was that all goods offered for sale were gifts . Purchase for re-sale was forbidden . The entire proceeds from sales had to be passed to the Duke of Gloucester 's Red Cross or the St John Fund . Most premises were lent free of rent and in some cases owners also met the costs of heating and lighting . </P>
when did the first thrift store open persona 5
when did the first thrift store open persona 5
1937
1937