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Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed (bookshop)

Dark They Were And Golden Eyed was a headshop and bookshop specializing in subjects like science fiction, occultism, Atlantis, UFOs, and yoga. The North London shop played a key part in bringing American underground comics to the UK.

It was started by Bram Stokes and Diane Lister in 1969, and they took the unusual name from the title of a science-fiction story by Ray Bradbury

The shop was originally in Berwick Street before moving to a ground floor and basement premises in St Anne's Court off Wardour Street, Soho.

Dark They Were And Golden Eyed closed in 1981, and on closing the Forbidden Planet comic store bought up the shop's remaining stock.