Bush Fair Shopping Centre, Harlow, 1959
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Vintage colour photograph of Bush Fair Shopping Centre in Harlow New Town, Essex, taken in 1959. The image shows the modernist shopping precinct with first-floor walkways supported by concrete columns, stepped pedestrian access, and ground-floor retail units arranged around a central open space.
Bush Fair was one of the earliest purpose-built shopping centres in a British New Town and formed a key part of Harlow’s post-war development, designed to serve the growing residential population. A sign for the Lantern Restaurant can be seen among the shops, while families and children occupy the space, reflecting everyday life in late-1950s New Town England. This high-resolution image is available as an instant digital download from our archive of original 1950s–1990s colour photography.
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