Second hand clothes
My nieghbour Sam lived in the flat opposite me in the early 1980’s. He was a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe. On Sundays he would open his second hand clothes shop in Cheshire street.
He was assisted by his friend who we see here at the entrance of the shop. The interior of the shop was dark and damp. If you wanted to buy something it was best to just browse the clothes that hung outside the shop. Coat hangers hung from screws in the wall facilitated a display of coats, trousers and jackets. In the 1980’s most of the buildings in Cheshire street were derelict and empty.
Second hand clothes can still be bought in Cheshire street but they are expensive and hang on rails in ‘retro’ shops. Today you can still see clothes adorning brick work on Sundays in and around Brick Lane. The clothes for sale here are new and probably counterfeit.
The black & white photos could be something from the 1930’s.
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