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This image shows Walter Willson's Grocery shop with staff outside posing for the camera. The business premises were located at 7 Old Market Place and had been listed in trade directories since 1897, and were also known as Victoria House. The advertisements for Oxo tell us 'all the money in the Bank of England could not buy you a better fluid beef than Oxo' and on the other side of the shop are posters of housewives advertising 'Walter Willson, where I saved my money last year'.
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Free postage and packing on all photograph orders.
Digital copies will be sent by email.
