Just for a change I popped over to West Byfleet to do my shopping today. When I was growing up, it was where my mum used to do her usual shop – it had a couple of grocery stores (Sainsbury’s and International Stores), as well as a Boots and Woolworth. It was somewhat nearer than Woking, but lacked the ‘frills’ such as clothing shops. But hey, I’m talking ‘sixties here and we were very much into basic and essential stuff.

I was amazed that one of those shops still survives just as it has for the past forty years, and that is Henry Cawsey’s electrical business. It doesn’t even have a new fascia or clock, and still proudly displays the word ‘TELEVISION’ on the building as if it was heralding a new age. But I suspect that was erected in the mid fifties when televisions were still a bit new fangled.

I glanced in the window and didn’t see too much on display bar things like electric fans – how long will this last?


Photoshop:
Cropped and Resized
Corrected verticals (well, improved them at least)
Converted to Grayscale
Duotoned using Pantone 154C




This time last year : ‘Electric Blue’