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The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
High Road, WhetstoneNumber 1276-1286. The shop on the right (number 1276) is the Central Fruit Stores which opened in 1925. As early as 1787 there were two cottages on this site (Photo Percy Reboul Collection)
Picture added on 13 November 2009 at 13:05
This picture is definitely more recent than 1970. The BSM school of motoring to the left of the Lantern restaurant was definitely in existence until the mid-1980's.
Added by Dino Lytras on 06 April 2013