After a gimp update I tried out colour addition on a photo posted by Stevebhx. In the 1950s I bought an oil-stone from the hardware shop in the photo - used it to sharpen my ice skates. Owners of small hardware shops all seemed to be slightly grumpy - perhaps it was because they moved all that stock in and out of their shops every day.
29 and 29a buses used that stop and I travelled on those buses for school ...
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Steve's pic in the thread below which also has posts showing what the shops look like now.