A view into the courtyard between blocks K and L of Beaconsfield Buildings, Islington, seen from the foundry on Randells Road. A man is carrying a laundry sack on his head probably collected from the Bag Wash Shop in Bingfield Street.

Date:
1960 - 1965
Location:
Beaconsfield Buildings, Randells Road, Islington, Greater London Authority, N1
Reference:
AA073046
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

A former resident supplied information about the collecting of laundry from the Bag Wash Shop which was hung out to dry on the balconies. The shop for sale on the right was a former German baker's shop.

Content

This is part of the Series: GAY01/02 London; within the Collection: GAY01 John Gay Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gay, John

Keywords

Victorian Tenement Block