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NEMs was in Whitechapel where Epstein was, it was on that corner as well (plots on a map). It really was a Mecca again for people buying records and you saw everybody there, you know. The Beat...

NEMS record shop: Phil Johnson

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NEMs was in Whitechapel where Epstein was, it was on that corner as well (plots on a map). It really was a Mecca again for people buying records and you saw everybody there, you know. The Beat...

Ropewalks area: 1968 photographs

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Ropewalks area: Phil Johnson

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That was all warehouses, all the way up Fleet Street, Wood Street and Seel Street; they all were warehouses and small manufacturing plants. I mean nowadays it has turned into club land but in ...
"Fleet Street, Wood Street, Bold Street and Seel Street, there were many many clubs in the big old houses there. They weren't built as clubs but they were certainly used as clubs, they changed thei...

Ropewalks area: John Robbins

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"Fleet Street, Wood Street, Bold Street and Seel Street, there were many many clubs in the big old houses there. They weren't built as clubs but they were certainly used as clubs, they changed thei...

C&A: 1947 photograph

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"One of the main shops which wasn't far from Paradise Street, well it was in Church Street, was C&A's. That was a smashing shop. For ladies fashions it was a brilliant place to go. As soon as w...

C&A: Barbara Harrison

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"One of the main shops which wasn't far from Paradise Street, well it was in Church Street, was C&A's. That was a smashing shop. For ladies fashions it was a brilliant place to go. As soon as w...

Henderson's: Phil Johnson

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The big incident there was when Henderson’s department store burnt down and I was working in Coopers that afternoon, in the summer and when we realised, I watched the whole thing from the thir...

The Bear's Paw: Eric Bird and George O'Reilly

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It was a swinging gay club, good music, there was a part where you could go and chat if you wanted to, you weren’t overcharged for the drinks and the person that ran it was gay and that made a...

Bunney's department store: 1949 photograph

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Bunney's department store: Eric Bird and George O'Reilly

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Bunney's annoys me, what they did in terms of them ever pulling that building down, what they built in its place. Bunney's was a beautiful...
“All toys and do it yourself kits and things like that, in those days Bunney's. Everything, you name it: paint sets, make yourself tanks and planes, everything like that. That was Bunney's; it was ...

Bunney's department store: Bert Freeman

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“All toys and do it yourself kits and things like that, in those days Bunney's. Everything, you name it: paint sets, make yourself tanks and planes, everything like that. That was Bunney's; it was ...

The Crown: Present day image

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