Albert Road is a spinal route running parallel to this stretch of the Thames, which served the substantial commercial and residential development built around the Royal Docks during the late nineteenth century. Parts of the road were either in North Woolwich, Kent, or East Ham, Essex, originally having sequences of street numbering in two directions, but all is now within the London Borough of Newham. Alfred Hartshorn, a grocer and china dealer originally from Leicestershire, ran two shops on Albert Road on opposite corners of Winfred Street, this view showing the china shop at number 17. The well-stocked shop window displays a range of kitchenware and household goods, and the view also shows the residential part of the two-storey property, which had its own front door on Winifred Street. Albert Road was renumbered by the time of the 1901 Census, number 17 becoming 306 and the Hartshorn family were shown as living on the premises of number 308 across the road. In addition to the floral net curtains in the windows, the light above the front door appears to display a set of women's fashion illustrations and a poster can be seen in the ground-floor window promoting what appears to be a concert performance. The Winifred Street name sign is partly visible above the shop. The site was redeveloped in the late twentieth century and is now a low-rise housing estate.
