Sutton, High Street c.1965

Photo ref: S233103

More about this scene

This marvellously detailed view of the High Street before it was transformed into a pedestrian precinct was taken from the first floor of the Cock Hotel. On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill. Shinner's large department store with its clock over the pavement is visible (centre left), and so is the white frontage of Perring's furniture showroom on the corner of West Street. On the right, William Pile's premises have been absorbed into the showrooms of Seeboard.