Sharpes Wholesale Ltd.

Sharpes Wholesale Ltd., 97 Deptford High Street, Borough of Lewisham, London SE8, 2002 • Wig shop sign painted with a delicate hand, similar to many other local shops, such as featured in the last two posts. By 2014 it had become Afro Beauty Centre, its generic sign machine lettered.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2018/02/05
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2002, Borough of Lewisham, London, SE8, Shopfront Elegy

cosmetics, hair, trad signpainting

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