The modern-day cry is that the high street is dying. But are our present concerns so different from those of the past?

Acclaimed historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages, from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts still standing today. From tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear to the birth of brands we still shop at today.

Tickets: Annie Gray: History of the High Street - Canterbury Festival

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