Group of newspaper vendors and on-lookers outside the local hostelry is evocative of the early 1900s. The man in the centre is clearly  someone of lower management rank - denoted by the bowler hat; the labouring classes wear cloth caps.

Note the beautiful etched glass in the pub windows and ornate gas lighting lamps. The street lamp has the name of the road at the top of the glass and the post carries a grimey sign pointing to "electric cars"  (trams).  Also of interest is the  boy selling papers at the extreme left. He has a badge tied on his right arm. These were issued by the Council to denote to school inspectors that the boy was of an age to be working. A reference to this practice  can be found in the story Jim Packard's Advertures - Part 2 on this website.