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Street scene. A crowd of people line the street waiting for entrance to shops during sales time. Several buses pass by on the road to right of shot.
Streets and buildings
High Street Kensington, W8
High Street Kensington
Shop sign : Great Sale of Surplus Stocks
Cityscape
Leisure
Kensington and Chelsea
January sales shopping in Kensington High Street
A crowd of people queue along Kensington High Street, waiting to get into the January sales.
The allied businesses of John Barker & Company Limited, Derry & Toms Limited and Pontings Limited stretched for half a mile down the High Street. The first two had just been redeveloped, in 1920, into flagship Art Deco shopping stores. On the roof of the Derry and Toms building, Kensington Roof Gardens were created. They were still the largest in Europe in 2006.
In this period the High Street was one of the finest in London, rivalling Oxford Street in splendour and the quality of its shops.
Topical Press
Department Stores
Shopping
kensington, people, streets and buildings
1 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/2005/1183 | Go to resource |
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