Neal’s Yard (Courtyard)

This guide to Neal's Yard in London opens on a courtyard so forgotten in the early 1970s that it didn't even appear on the city's street atlas, and on Nicholas Saunders, a British activist who bought a derelict warehouse here with seven thousand pounds. You'll hear about the Whole Food Warehouse he opened in 1976 and how quickly it began outselling a nearby supermarket, plus the wave of businesses that followed him in, including the shop that grew into Neal's Yard Remedies. A thread about two of those early traders, Anita Leroy and Randolph Hodgson, runs through the guide too. Take a slow look at the colors on the walls as you listen.