Jemerton Ltd

Jemerton Ltd, 68 Paul Street, Borough of Hackney, London EC2, 2008 • Picturesque decay plus cat graffiti, now turned into – what else – posh offices. A company search says Jemerton was incorporated in 1947 and dissolved in 1993; its business is simply given as Wholesale and Retail Trade.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2016/07/22
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2008, Borough of Hackney, EC2, London, Shopfront Elegy

final closure, graffiti, palimpsest

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