Buildings

Photograph of the view looking west along Kensington High Street featuring a row of John Barker & Company Ltd shops on the left, c1908. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/8/1/1/3 photo 8. Copyright reserved.) Photograph of the temporary Food Department following fire which burnt the east Wing of the Main Building (south side Kensington High Street). The Department was erected on allotment sites, which later became the John Barker Crown Site building and now house Photograph of the development to provide wider Kensington High Street facilities in Ball Street, 1950. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/8/1/1/3 photo 19. Copyright reserved.) Photograph featuring a waitress preparing tables in the restaurant, c1957. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/6/1/6/1. Copyright reserved.)
       
Photograph of customers using the lift, c1970. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/6/1/5/5 photo 1. Copyright reserved.) Photograph of the exterior of Pontings store, April 1959. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/8/1/1/3 photo 30. Copyright reserved.) Photograph of customers using the stair elevators, c1970. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/6/1/5/5 photo 2. Copyright reserved.) Photograph of main block of Barkers department store, July 1959. (GUAS Ref: HF 51/8/1/1/3 photo 35. Copyright reserved.)
       
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