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People line up outside a convenience store to buy solar eclipse glasses in Aldgate, London. Georgia Hennessy East London's Aldgate neighborhood, a mix of dull high-rise offices, fried chicken shops, and apartments, isn't the buzziest part of town. Not until Wednesday afternoon. On the main street, hundreds of people had gathered in a line outside an unassuming store. Teenagers filmed the crowd on their phones, and office workers in shirts stood watching in the stifling 91 degree heat. People kept arriving at the back, asking the same question, "Is this the line?" They weren't waiting for a ...
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People line up outside a convenience store to buy solar eclipse glasses in Aldgate, London. Georgia Hennessy East London's Aldgate neighborhood, a mix of dull high-rise offices, fried chicken shops, and apartments, isn't the buzziest part of town. Not until Wednesday afternoon. On the main street, hundreds of people had gathered in a line outside an unassuming store. Teenagers filmed the crowd on their phones, and office workers in shirts stood watching in the stifling 91 degree heat. People kept arriving at the back, asking the same question, "Is this the line?" They weren't waiting for a ...
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Ahead of Wednesday’s rare cosmic event, thousands of people in London are searching for protective eyewear, as prices surge and stocks sell out.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 2 reports from 2 outlets into a single canonical entry on “The hottest thing to do in London today is wait in line for solar eclipse glasses.” Every covered outlet is based in US.
The earliest report in this entry came from The New York Times — Business (Aug 12, 2026, 10:37 UTC); the most recent came from Business Insider (Aug 12, 2026, 17:30 UTC).
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