English Buildings

Co-op modern This 1936 design features the Midhill Road branch of the Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-operartive Society. Designed by J W Blac...

Cutting edge Coming across this on an autumn morning on a quiet road in Warwickshire is enough to bring the curious traveller to a halt, and...

Old principles, modern building From its 19th-century roots in the Rochdale, the co-operative movement grew rapidly in the Victorian and E...

‘Get a cat’ Time for a break from the parade of shops currently occupying my mind. So, a little feline diversion... In his book Mani: T...

Tracing history The High Street renews itself all the time. Old shops get makeovers, new businesses come along, and with each change a fresh...

Striking a light Small-town shopkeepers like those in the excellent Turn Back Time: The High Street didn’t usually have shop fronts with th...

Iron appeal BBC1’s series Turn Back Time: The High Street has now begun, and, as I wrote the book to go with series, there will be a fe...