The High Street Traders of Hampton Wick

A collection of images, postcards, maps and anecdotes telling the story of traders and their shops in this historic village in south west London. A fascinating study of Hampton Wick High Street which, although less than 400 metres long, has been host to more than seventy shops and pubs. In this comprehensive review of the period from 1826 to the current day, the author has traced every establishment, listing the shop-keepers and their trades and providing a series of reminiscences and anecdotes extracted from several sets of local memoirs as well as the more than twenty five interviews he has conducted during his research. Illustrated with over 500 photographs, maps and contemporary adverts.

180 pp (150 x 230 mm) perfect bound black and white 9.99