View of the Gaumont Cinema, and adjacent premises, on the east side of Edgware Road in Marylebone. Currently showing is Beyond Mombasa, starring Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn, and Ron Randell. In the centre, number 286 is Jolly’s, offering pies and sandwiches and cooked provisions. Left of that is number 288, Alvarez, a ladies clothes shop, and left of that is number 290, F. Hind’s Ltd, jewellers and watch importers. These buildings were demolished in the late 1970s to make way for the A40 Westway flyover. In the foreground two men pause their conversation while the photographer takes the photo; one man is supported by crutches and given his age group and the date of the photograph, he is possibly an invalid from World War II. Alongside him a poster attached to the railings promotes what we now call cycling proficiency training for children. A Ford Popular is in partial view on the right.