by Andrew Gill | Aug 15, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
It is said that Napoleon called us “a nation of shop-keepers” and it wasn’t meant as a compliment. They are part of our identity and we take them for granted but they’re there when we need them. When this photograph was taken in the early... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 14, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
In our archive, we have thousands of street scenes with Victorians doing then what we do now …. shopping, working, travelling on public transport etc. but it’s always fascinating to see a close-up view. This is Frome in Somerset, ‘though it could be... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 14, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!
Given the current, precarious state of our high street retailers, this photograph, taken in the 1920s, reminds us that household brands, that were part of our childhood and we thought would be there forever, can suddenly disappear, as they succumb to the changing ways... 