Buried deep in the depths of the Ilfracombe Museum Archive are four images of the same employee at Russel’s Colonial Warehouse.
This was a one-stop-shop at what was once number 14 on the Ilfracombe High Street, but (like the rest of the High Street) was renumbered in 1911. Tea, coffee, spirits, canned goods, perfumes, furniture, and a range of other foods and “exotic” goods line the shelves.
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