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Shops, markets and shoppers

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Shopping Collection: West Orchards DP164638

West Orchards DP164638
Smithford Way, Coventry, West Midlands. General view from the south showing West Orchards Shopping Centre to the right and Hillman House tower block to the left

Shopping Collection: Lace advertisement 8E_STR_1820

Lace advertisement 8E_STR_1820
392 The Strand, London. An engraving dated 1820 showing the elevation of 392 Strand, premises of Urlings Lace. The engraving was produced as an advertisement for G F Urling and Company

Shopping Collection: Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03

Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03
Liverpool store. Page three from the pamphlet Twenty Years of Progress, commemorating the Woolworths shops in England. Drawing with notes detailing the growth of Woolworths from 1909 - 1928

Shopping Collection: Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham JLP01_12_001

Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham JLP01_12_001
Interior view of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, showing escalators and people shopping, c. 1964. John Laing Collection

Shopping Collection: Showroom Dummies JLP01_08_079174

Showroom Dummies JLP01_08_079174
Woolco, Allensway, Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees. The womens clothing department at the new Woolco department store in Thornaby with coats and dresses displayed on mannequins. 19th August 1968

Shopping Collection: Woolworths Pic N Mix, Chelmsford JLP01_10_33763

Woolworths Pic N Mix, Chelmsford JLP01_10_33763
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, 40-41 High Street, Chelmsford, Essex. Pic N Mix sweets stands inside the Chelmsford store, 1987. John Laing Collection

Shopping Collection: Woolworths shopfront, Ledbury a009148

Woolworths shopfront, Ledbury a009148
Woolworths, 6-8 The Homend, Ledbury, County Of Herefordshire. Shopfront of the Woolworths store, photographed in August 2000. Woolworths ceased trading at the end of 2008

Shopping Collection: Market Place, Fairford CC57_00343

Market Place, Fairford CC57_00343
MARKET PLACE, Fairford, Gloucestershire. A woman in a horse and trap outside a clothiers shop in the picturesque cotswold town. Photographed in 1890 by Henry Taunt

Shopping Collection: Yardley shop front a49_04824

Yardley shop front a49_04824
YARDLEY, 33 Old Bond Street, Westminster, London. An elegantly dressed young woman looks into the shop front of Yardley, the cosmetics brand

Shopping Collection: Liberty and Co BL27070_014

Liberty and Co BL27070_014
LIBERTY S, Regent Street, London. Interior of Libertys newly completed Arts and Crafts Tudor style department store, showing the gallery and light well

Shopping Collection: Wireless World 1916 BL23577

Wireless World 1916 BL23577
MARCONI HOUSE, Strand, London. Interior view. The sales office of Wireless World, with staff and customers. Wireless World first went to press in 1913 as an expanded replacement publication for The

Shopping Collection: Vacuum cleaning 1910 BL21028

Vacuum cleaning 1910 BL21028
FREDERICK GORRINGEs DEPARTMENT STORE, 75 Buckingham Palace Road, London. Interior view. A lady demonstrating the latest in vacuum cleaning technology

Shopping Collection: Shops, Grove Road, Eastbourne BL06649

Shops, Grove Road, Eastbourne BL06649
GROVE ROAD, Eastbourne, East Sussex. A perspective view of the exterior of a parade of shops in Grove Road in Eastbourne with people on the pavement

Shopping Collection: Saddlers, Suffolk a98_14619

Saddlers, Suffolk a98_14619
Halesworth, Suffolk. A typical saddlers shop displays horse collars and other horse equipment. Much of the rural saddlers trade came from the heavy work of the farms

Shopping Collection: Village shop, Norfolk a98_11268

Village shop, Norfolk a98_11268
Ludham, Norfolk. Hardware shop with goods on display. Village shops had a reputation for selling everything, and the stock here has spilled out onto the pavement

Shopping Collection: Saddlers, Suffolk a98_09419

Saddlers, Suffolk a98_09419
Botesdale, Suffolk. Street frontage of C. W. Ray Saddlers. Four horse collars are displayed, leather side out. This building is a late medieval hall house remodelled in the 17th century

Shopping Collection: Norwich market MF98_01662_09

Norwich market MF98_01662_09
Norwich, Norfolk. The British people endured rationing during the War years, and post-War austerity continued into the 1950s

Shopping Collection: Mappin and Webb jewellers BL20231_001

Mappin and Webb jewellers BL20231_001
MAPPIN AND WEBB, Oxford Street, London. View of street corner shop front of this famous jewellery store, designed by architect John Belcher. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in May 1908

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