Stall Gallery

Casino Theatre, on Old Compton Street, Soho

The Casino Theatre, on Old Compton Street in Soho, London. It had originally opened as the Prince Edward Theatre in 1930, converted to the Casino in 1935 and converted back to the Prince Edward in 1978. Here showing an international variety show, billed as, "London's finest and most reasonably priced entertainment." Date: 1947

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Tatler cover - Christian Dior suit

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a Christian Dior suit of fine navy-blue wool with a wide organdie collar trimmed with grosgrain. Model is pictured in front of a flower stall by the Madeleine in Paris. Date: 1958

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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The Stratford-on-Avon Mops

The two Statute of Mop Fairs in Stratford-on-Avon are held on the day after Michaelmas Day and the second Friday in October - their institution dates back to the days of Richard I, and there is no doubt that Shakespeare attended them, took part in the games and tasted the ox-roasts turned on spits in temporary brick fire places in the streets. A "mop" is a statute fair for the hiring of domestic servants and farm labourers, and contracts made were binding for one year: the word "mop" derives from the old custom of maid-servants bringing their badge of office with them to the fairs. The men and women hired at these fairs were called Johnnies and Mollies. The old "fairings", that is large sticks of sweets, generally cinnamon or peppermint flavouring, appear on the brightly-lighted stalls

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans