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There Used To Be A Chelsea Drugstore On The King’s Road

A drugstore in King's Road, Chelsea, London, which has a cocktail bar and a boutique. PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images

A drugstore in King’s Road, Chelsea, London, which has a cocktail bar and a boutique. PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images

 

THESE days the King’s Road looks not unlike many other high-streets across the country, albeit a bit posher. If you stroll down the road you’ll see, just like anywhere else, Boots, WH Smiths and the ubiquitous coffee-shop chains. In fact, always a trend-setter, the King’s Road was where Starbucks chose to open its first ever UK coffee-shop just fifteen or so years ago in 1998. Of course it has a McDonald’s like anywhere else but the King’s Road McDonalds is a bit different to most – it used to be the Chelsea Drugstore.

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Posted: 27th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment (1)