I don't understand how this is the view from 101a Gloucester Road.... What is the shop opposite?

I think you'll find Joni that the shop opposite is "The Emporium". I used to visit both shops though I preferred 101a, in fact I still have a lot of the clothes I bought there to this day. "The Emporium" had a large collection of leather clothes and I was more of a young fogey. I also used to go to Mr Rosen's but I had a falling out with him, his parents were nice though and they really knew how to sell clothes. I ended up getting a blue zoot suit once worn by Dennis Quiley in a theatrical production called "Tyger" thanks to Mr Rosen Snr. To this day I haven't a clue why or how I got talked into buying it (it's several sizes too big for me) but I can't part with it. I'd often get clothes a bit further down at "Ivy's" too.