General Store Window
by Richovery
I bought this photograph from an antiques centre in Whitchurch, Shropshire. It measures 5 x 3.5 ” and is printed on Kodak paper but doesn’t have any information on the reverse relating to the subjects. As you can see the shadows in the image are very dark (I try not to adjust the images I find too much). I did try to read the sign above the door by changing the contrast in Photoshop but could only read the second of two words which was ‘Right’. The photograph itself contains a lot of information, the prices are before decimalisation (1971), the sign written window tells you that they have bananas (which can also be seen in the doorway), pineapple, a range of potatoes, grapes, eggs, oranges, fish and lettuce.
lost and found 
Shops were so much more interesting and unique in times gone past!
Another interesting photograph Richard.Thank you for sharing it.
The couple in the doorway look so proud of their shop,as they should be!
Thanks Mum. They do look proud of their shop.
I agree, the couple must have worked really hard to get this business off the ground. I’d suggest early 1930s by the gents collar? I have a suspicion that these sort of photos were taken by itinerant photographers, just approaching people on spec. I know they did this for householders, so you find a lot of shots of people stood proudly outside their house. The shop ones often fetch a bit if the location is known!
Thanks for commenting Simon. Thank goodness they recorded the shops and families through their photos or we wouldn’t have a record of them.