Charity shop depreciation of fixtures (clothing racks, bookshelves, counters, etc.), operating costs (maintenance, municipal service fees, electricity, heat, telephone, limited advertising) and the building lease or mortgage. Charity shops may also be referred to as thrift stores (in the United States and Canada), hospice shops, resale shops (a term that in the United States also covers consignment shops), and opportunity (or op) shops (in Australia and New Zealand). One of the earliest charity shops was set up by the Wolverhampton Society for the Blind (now called the Beacon Centre for the Blind) in 1899 to sell goods made by blind people to
Barber's Shop, Yungaburra Barber's Shop, Yungaburra Barbers's Shop is a heritage-listed former barber shop at 34 Cedar Street, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was also known as Burra Inn Restaurant and The Workshop. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The shop is one of a pair of simple timber shops constructed in the mid 1920s for the Williams family and was originally a barber's shop. The first Europeans on the Atherton Tablelands were engaged in timbergetting and mining, but the rich soil and cool climate were thought particularly suitable for the development