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In the King's Road, near Milman Street, is an inn styled "The World's End." The old tavern... was a noted house of entertainment in the reign of Charles II. The tea-gardens and grounds were extensive, and elegantly fitted up for the reception of company. The house was probably called "The World's
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cub; The Sweet Shop at 28 Blantyre Street sold silk velvet patchwork and applique cushions, tunics, and wallhanging designed by artist Laura Jamieson. The shop was frequented by
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The fashionable set who had made their home at the other end of the Kings Road discovered the World's End and found it was the perfect place to open the boutique
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End" on account of its then considerable distance from London, and the bad and dangerous state of the roads and pathways leading to it. (
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This was followed, in early 70's, by the red brick towers of the World's End estate which swept away many
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world of the 1960s. This continued in the late 1970s and 1980s with the opening of the boutique
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books and hippy paraphernalia. Sophisticat sold reconditioned pine furniture and was home to
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erected new social housing, in particular the Cremorne Estate (named after the historical
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Chelsea seen from 1860 to 1980: A collection of photographs old and new
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shops that clustered round World's End in the late 1960s including
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was the Dragon Tea Garden, a meeting place for local aristocrats,
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and sipped exotic teas. The World's End became a centre for the
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Districts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Famous ex-residents of the World's End Estate include
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World's End is located in Greater London
Greater London
London borough
Kensington & Chelsea
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Dialling code
020
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Metropolitan
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London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
Chelsea and Fulham
London Assembly
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London
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