This morning I went to the Museum of Childhood to help Kate and Rohan install Roh's photographic exhibition of Bethnal Green at Christmas. The museum culled a photograph Roh had taken of this shop because apparently it contained "sexual innuendo deamed inappropriate" for kiddies. It is currently sitting on top of a bookshelf in the kids craft area where it will no doubt be forgotten until uncovered by a diligent cleaner. Roh's shot didn't have any of the underwear visible, just the Virgin Mary, with the neon sign above her reading: 'Treat me gently, I'm a Virgin'. I took a photo of the same shop on Bethnal Green Road on my way home. You can't see the neon very clearly because of the morning light. At least no one can cull the photograph here.
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