Shops Collection

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, c1953. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Wearing the Nizam of Hyderabad necklace made by Cartier, the George IV State Diadem and the insignia of the Order of the Garter

Little Girl wearing wooly hat, coat and scarf, standing outside corner shop grocers with her dog, carrying a basket and looking at the shop vendor as he readjusts the sign outside the door which

Waterloo Station, London, 1967
Oil painting by Terence Cuneo (1907-1996) showing a view of the concourse at Waterloo Station, London, as seen from the first floor British Rail Southern Regional boardroom windows

Pork Pie Shop 1960S
Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, renowned for its Melton Mowbray pork pies, named after the town of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

Butchers shop, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
An impressive display of meat and poultry outside a butchers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with the butcher and assistants posing for their photo on the pavement. circa 1900

Mobile Butchers Shop
Mobile cooked meat shop of W J Poxon & Sons, Kidderminster, specialising in pork pies

John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers
3786256 John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers; (add.info.: John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers, Groces & Co. Early 20th century advert)

Alfred Hall Ltd building, Silver Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England , DN11HT

The Globe Hotel, Castle Street, Caerphilly 1930

King's Road, Brighton, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
3037857 King's Road, Brighton, c.1910 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - High Street. Date: (insert date)

A female butcher seen here at work in her shop, cutting up a joint of meat. 1963

Eel Pie Shop
A well-dressed businessman, walking near Temple Bar, Strand, London, is overtaken by a craving for an eel-pie - or is it the comely shop assistant who attracts him ?

O Connell Street, Limerick City, Republic of Ireland
O Connell Street, Limerick City, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

High Street, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Date: circa 1906

Lady Outside Gucci Shop
A smartly-dressed lady in turban, pearls and gloves, leaves the Gucci shop in Bond Street to step into her waiting Rolls Royce parked outside

Wimborne Minster, Dorset - The High Street Date: circa 1907

Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 1956
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, looking towards the east end of the city 1956

Nicolas Poster
Poster for the Nicolas chain of wine shops, France

High Row, Darlington, County Durham
A view of High Row in Darlington, County Durham, showing a clock tower, traffic and shops

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
The Pantiles, an affluent collonaded shopping area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Queen Anne paid for the area to be paved (with pantiles ) after her son fell over on the Collonade

Roscrea, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Mallow, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

View down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London
A superb postcard view down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London - the detial is incredible, with individual shops identifiable, the pavements as busy (as they ever are)

Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho
Chez Auguste at 38 Old Compton Street, Soho, London; next to Coiffure Internationale, the international shaving saloon and hairdressers; on the end is F Gennari Ltd, wines and provisions. 1947

Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s

Grafton Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Old London Bridge, about 1630, (c1900-1920). A print after a model constructed by John B Thorpe, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London, c1900-1920)

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Signs in Seoul, South Korea, Asia

The souk, Marrakech (Marrakesh), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Tranquil Vale Blackheath
Tranquil Vale, Blackheath London SE3

Birmingham New Street
View of New Street

UK, England, Norfolk, North Norfolk, Holt

Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910

England, London, New Bond Street, Cartier Store with Christmas Decorations

Falkirk High Street 1955
Falkirk High Street, showing Hepworths on the left, looking towards the Town Steeple 1955

Selfridges, Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, England

Couple kissing outside Carnaby Street boutique
A couple kissing in front of iconic Carnaby Street boutique, I was Lord Kitcheners Valet. Hanging outside can be seen a variety of mens vintage clothing including a naval peacoat

Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1911

Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, with the Shirland Hotel (pub, now the Truscott Arms) on the left. Date: circa 1910

Marylebone High Street, London. Date: circa 1908

Stratford Broadway, Stratford, East London, with Samuel Gurney obelisk. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement for Meccano, Barley & Son, Bath
Advertisement for Meccano and Hornby Trains, sold at Barley & Son, Centre of Corridor, Bath. Date: 1926

Advertisement for linoleum manufacturers
An advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883

Main Street, East Hampton, the Hamptons, Long Island, New York State, United States of America, North America

England, Hampshire, The New Forest, Lymington, Colourful Shop Fronts on Quay Hill

The Shop Assistant who Lost his Temper by H. M. Bateman
A shop assistant finally loses the plot after bringing out roll upon roll of material for a demanding customer to choose from. 1929

Cowboy riding elk, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
Cowboy riding an elk in the high street, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement for A. Wilson. Peck and Co. Ltd. Beethoven House, Pinstone Street, Sheffield
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 62

Haymarket, Sheffield, 1937
Elevated view of Haymarket looking towards Fitzalan Square and General Post Office. Norfolk Market Hall, left, No 32, Castle Street, Arthur Davy and Sons Ltd, Provision Merchants

A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)

Hudsons soap advert
Hudsons soap 1895 Date: 1895

Manchester - Stockport Road, Levenshulme Date: circa 1910s

Mozart chocolates in Reber store, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Trolls outside store in Flam Village, Sognefjorden, Western Fjords, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Barbers shop, Warrenton, Virginia, United States of America, North America

Blackheath Village London SE3

Bethnal Green Market, East London
Shoppers in Bethnal Green Market, East London. Date: circa 1930s

Four views of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1906

Soho, London - 44 Berwick Street W1 - Musicland, on the corner of Noel Street (closed 1975). 1973

Soho, London - 57 Greek Street
Soho, London - shop window of 57 Greek Street, viewed from across the road on a wet day. 1973

Bourne & Hollingsworth, Oxford Street, London
Bourne & Hollingsworth department store, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1920

Biba move to Kensington Church Street
A highly publicised moving day for the Biba boutique of Barbara Hulanicki as around 60 models and well-known sixties personalities help to move the shop from its original Abingdon Road location to

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956. An escape ladder is extended to the second floor, with Sub Officer Kirby of A9 Fulham carrying a 19-month-old child

Midhurst: West Street, 1903
John Fletcher Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No PH 26114/49

Derry and Toms Poster
Poster for Derry & Toms department store, Kensington High Street, London

Inside a Lambretta dealers shop
A shop with a very large stock of Lambretta scooters. Date: circa 1960s

The NaFI shop, RAF quarters in Longhoughton, Northumberland. 8th September 1954

High Street and Albert Clock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. circa 1960s

Market Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Market Square and clock tower, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1906

Guildford High Street, Guildford, Surrey, 19th century. Artist: Shury & Son
Guildford High Street, Guildford, Surrey, 19th century. The facade and clock were added to the Tudor Guildhall in 1683

Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London - Queens Opera House and Club can be seen on the right (in 2017 a Virgin Arctive Health Club...). Date: circa 1905

Soho, London - Denman Street W1 - Casino de Paris. 1973

Soho, London - Archer Street W1. 1973

Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street, the Gay Hussar restaurant and the Soho Wine Market, next to the House of St Barnabas. 1973

Fourth Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Fourth Avenue (looking east), Huntington, West Virginia, USA. 1915

Boys outside a sweet shop, Balham, SW London
Four boys on the doorstep of a sweet shop in Balham, SW London, with bottled drinks. Date: circa 1961

Sunrise View of the Dom Tower and the Vismarkt-Choorstraat Along Oudegracht, Utrecht, Netherlands
The Dom Tower (Cathedral Tower) of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands and the Gothic-style tower is the symbol of the city

Whitechapel High Street, London, c. 1930 (b / w photo)
XJF294012 Whitechapel High Street, London, c.1930 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Hong Kong street scene, 1890s C016 / 4499
Hong Kong street scene. Pedestrians, carts, rickshaws and signs in both Chinese script and English on a hill street in Hong Kong in the 1890s. At the time, this area was a British colony

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959

Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant, 1947
Peppino Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London in 1947. It is next door to Leon Jaeggi, kitchen equipment, tinner and coppersmith, and Townsends. 1947

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"From corner shops to luxury boutiques, a journey through the world of shops" Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, c1953: A glimpse into the past as we see Queen Elizabeth II strolling along a charming shopping street. Waterloo Station, London, 1967: The hustle and bustle of commuters passing by vibrant shops at one of London's busiest train stations. Little Girl wearing wooly hat, coat and scarf, standing outside corner shop grocers with: Innocence captured in a snapshot as a little girl eagerly awaits her turn to enter the neighborhood grocer. High Row, Darlington, County Durham: Discovering hidden treasures on this quaint street lined with unique independent shops. High Street, Ayr, Ayrshire Scotland: Immerse yourself in Scottish charm while exploring traditional shops offering tartans and local delicacies. O Connell Street, Limerick City Republic of Ireland: Vibrant storefronts adorn this lively Irish street where locals and tourists alike indulge in retail therapy. Advertisement for linoleum manufacturers: Witnessing the evolution of advertising as an eye-catching linoleum ad entices customers to revamp their homes. Selfridges Bullring Shopping Centre Birmingham England: Step into retail paradise at Selfridges' flagship store nestled within Birmingham's bustling Bullring Shopping Centre. The Pantiles Tunbridge Wells: Transported back in time while strolling along this historic promenade adorned with elegant Georgian buildings housing boutique stores. Lady Outside Gucci Shop: Fashion-forward elegance personified as a stylish lady poses confidently outside the iconic Gucci shop window display. Fortnum & Mason: Delighting shoppers since 1707 - explore the opulence and timeless charm that defines this renowned British department store located in Piccadilly Circus Main Street East Hampton The Hamptons Long Island New York State United States of America.