Edgware, Station Road 1954
Photo ref: E126032
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Station Road is readily recognisable as it drops away from the underground station towards Hale Lane and Mill Hill. It is sad that the essentially 1930s character of the shop fronts has been eroded away by plate glass and aluminium. It cannot be said that the buildings are architecturally exciting, but they do express the solid confidence of the 1930s Outer London suburbs.

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I was a 15 year old in 1954 when this picture was taken. I was a pupil at Hendon Technical College in that year I and started work at Stanley J Lee the Drapery and Fashion store opposite the station. I worked there on Saturdays and during the School Holidays for 3 years whilst studying O/L and A/Ls. During this time I worked assisting the Window Dresser, also in most of the various departments providing cover when ...see more