View of shops at 17 to 29 Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. Taken from the junction with Bell Lane, towards the junction with Leyden Street looking west from the corner of Goulston Street. Also in view are market stalls of Petticoat Lane, attended by crowds of shoppers dressed in winter coats. Shops visible behind the stalls include House of Gershon, menswear, Frank Fisher, shirt wholesaler in Bell Lane, Traveller (Leathergoods) Limited, selling travel bags and cases, and M. Samuel, cash and carry. An octagonal clock can be see above the Traveller shop sign, which exists still but with the workings replaced. Market stalls of Petticoat Lane include fruit and veg stalls, and clothing stalls. A market trader can seen in the foreground selling goods direct from boxes, along with wooden handcarts piled with boxes. A poster is visible on the corner of number 19, advertising Silk Cut king size cigarettes. Wentworth Street is a conservation area, designated in 1989.