The windows of the London Metropolitan Archives, Clerkenwell
The lady in the main picture is a “Nippy”. The nickname for the waitresses who worked in the J. Lyons & Co tea shops and cafés in London.
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A look at the stranger side of the greatest city in the world
A LONDON MISCELLANY 
I didn’t know the term Nippy. Funnily enough, you. first shot made me think of the workers at Tate and Lyle (from the book Sugar Girls)
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Hadn’t heard of the book, but it’s now on it’s way from Amazon, every days a school day! 🙂 Can’t help thinking if someone resurrected the old Lyons corner houses complete with Nippy’s, potted palms and an orchestra they would be incredibly successful.
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