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Shopping and snacking: a social history of the high street
Annie Gray takes listeners on a shopping trip through the history of Britain's high streets
- Ellie Cawthorne
Published: October 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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Daring department store stunts. Warming cups of cocoa. Argumentative bartering with butchers. What can revisiting high streets gone by reveal about British social history? Historian Annie Gray takes listeners on a shopping trip through the centuries, telling Ellie Cawthorne more about the goods, refreshments and entertainment on offer.
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Annie Gray is the author of The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street (Profile Books, 2024)
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Authors
Ellie CawthorneHead of content (audio)
Ellie Cawthorne is head of content (audio) at HistoryExtra
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