Kettering, High Street 1922
Photo ref:
72227
More about this scene
The Royal Hotel (left) vied with the George in attracting a superior local clientele. Next door, the drapers, Pritchard's, has a sun awning to prevent the window display fading. Beyond we can see the façade of the Midland Bank, now HSBC. The neo-Georgian building beyond was to be rebuilt as the Granada Cinema (see K13065, pages 36-37). Lloyds Bank, on the right, is on the corner of Market Street. The policeman, possibly on traffic duty, is talking to a man whose cap and breeches suggest a chauffeur or AA patrolman. Meanwhile a butcher's boy cycles down the middle of the High Street, a reminder that delivery to the door was expected in 1922. Making the deliveries was the first foot on the career rung, followed by serving in the shop.
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