The Bookshop The Draper The Candlestick Maker : A History of the High Street [electronic resource]
Gray, Annie2025
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Bustling with rich detail historical vignettes and surprising wares this is the story of Britain's best-loved but ever-changing public spaces. What makes a high street? It's certainly not just about the shopping; these thoroughfares are often the beating heart of our towns and cities and by extension of the people who use them. As spaces where local life and culture unfolds our high streets can be playgrounds of personal indulgence and community spirit or sites of contentious debate and politicking. Historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts of the 20th century. Peeping through the windows of tailors tearooms and grocers we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear - where curiosities were sold for adults not children - to the birth of brands we shop at today.
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2025
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1 online resource (1 audio file) (10:11:30)
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Narrator: Annie Gray
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Mode of access: Internet
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9781399186636
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English
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8176330
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