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Graham Davies
Dec 14, 2022
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Updated: Jan 11, 2023

A brilliant resource of both social and economic history, here is a wonderful collection of over a thousand advertisements featuring Broad Street businesses, mainly dating from throughout the 20th Century, although a few are earlier.

Despite its appearance, this one dates from only 1996.

Note that the exact location and the date of each advert's appearance is given in the filename of each picture, so do keep an eye on whereever your photo viewer displays the titles.

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