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The Last of the Real High Streets: Funeralcare - Funeral services

Object

Photograph

Production date

10/2010

Object number

2023.10

Physical Description

Print of a photo of a woman laughing wearing a dark suit, purple suit and black glasses. She is standing next to a blue framed sign titled 'Funeralcare'. Part of a photo series by Colin O'Brien.

Object history

In 2010, photographer Colin O'Brien exhibited a collection of images at Chats Palace, an arts centre and theatre in Hackney. The exhibition showed photographs of people and the shops they worked at, owned or visited on Chatsworth Road.

O'Brien documented the changing shops and communities on Chatsworth Road - as well as Hackney in general - during his expansive career as a photographer.

The exhibition ran from 8th October to 27th November 2010.
The Co-operative Funeralcare at 80 Chatsworth Road is still open in 2022. In the photo is Pam, an employee in 2010.

Associated Organisation

Chats Palace (Featured)

Associated Person

Colin O'Brien (Photographer)

Associated Place

Chatsworth Road (Place)

Material

photo

Dimension

Length: 482mm
Width: 329mm

Credit line

ⓒ Colin O'Brien, 2010.

On display?

No

Inscription

Funeralcare

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