Taylor and Breedon tobacconist at 39 Cross Street in Manchester city centre, England, UK.

Taylor and Breedon tobacconist at 39 Cross Street in Manchester city centre, England, UK. The narrow traditional shopfront carries gold lettering advertising tobacco and smokers' goods and stands within one of the city's busiest commercial streets. Specialist tobacconists are increasingly unusual on British high streets as smoking rates, regulation and retail patterns have changed, making surviving independent shops useful records of an older form of niche retail. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Taylor and Breedon, tobacconists, tobacco retail, cigars, pipes, smokers' accessories, independent shops, historic shopfronts, small businesses, Manchester retail, Cross Street, high-street change and traditional specialist traders. The compact frontage and distinctive lettering give the premises a strong heritage character despite its location among modern city-centre offices and shops. The image can also illustrate changes in tobacco regulation, consumer habits and the survival of long-established specialist retailers in expensive central locations.