At last, a trade that was entirely new when Derry and Toms was built, although the plane with its open cockpit, fixed undercarriage and manual starting (chocks away, Ginger!) already give the image a nostalgic, primeval atmosphere.
It is not entirely clear what the guys below are doing. They seem to be baling something, wool perhaps? The worker with his back to us is tending some sort of machine while his mate is hauling a huge bag away.
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Well, that looks like a holdall to me. And possibly the chap behind him is pushing some kind of deep trolley - there appears to be a basket in it. Could they possibly be moving luggage of some kind around?
That's a thought. In which case it is tempting to make a link with the aircraft - could they be baggage handlers at Croydon Airport?
Another thought - amazing how they pop up. Could they actually be working in the Derry and Toms despatch department? I'm assuming, like Harrods and Selfridges, they had "County" customers who could order things when they were in town for despatch to their non-London address? Now I look closely at the picture, there is not only a wicker basket of some kind in that trolley but also a taller rectangular shape which appears to be in the far end of the trolley.
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