Shirley Stores

Shirley Stores, 2-8 Shirley Street, Borough of Newham, London E16, 2002 • Bleakness on the edge of Silvertown. Later became a Kwiksave.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2015/09/02
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Borough of Newham, E16, London, Shopfront Elegy

alcohol, convenience store, extinct, family and friends, grimness, news, recorded media

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