Images Dated 2019 October

My Fair Lady, Adelphi Theatre, 1980 DD004008

Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London. Photographed by Paul Barkshire, 2nd November 1980. Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, starring Tony Britton, Caroline Villiers, Peter Bayliss and Anna Neagle

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Entertainment, Leisure

Tich window display SAM01_04_0048

Two girls looking at a window display of Chad Valley Tich dolls, in the window of J J Samuels stationery shop on Strand, London. Date range: 21st November 1931 - 24th November 1933. Tich was a comic strip character in the Daily Mirror. The comic was written by Frank Dowling and illustrated by Dart, and first appeared on 21 November 1931. The final Tich comic was published on 25 November 1933. The toys were produced by Chad Valley. In the early 20th century, J J Samuels had a shop at 371 Strand. By 1936, this had moved to 157 Strand

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