G. F. Trumper is a luxury goods brand and gentlemens’ barber with two locations in London. One is in St. James’s and this one is in Curzon Street, Mayfair. Originally established as a barber (at this location) by George Francis William Trumper in 1875, Trumper was also a master perfumer. The shop’s interior still has the original mahogany and glass display case fittings which were installed around 100 years ago. Trumper is mentioned in Ian Fleming’s novel ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’, Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited’ and is featured in a television episode of Agatha Christie’s ‘Poirot’ – where Hercule Poirot is seen leaving G.F. Trumper accompanied by Monsieur Trumper.
The window of the shop indicates that Trumper had supplied ‘The Late’ King George Vl, and shows the Royal warrants. This would indicate that the photograph was taken in the mid to late 1950s.
Credit: © Geo. F. Trumper
The shop has barely changed in the intervening 70 years (September 2020).
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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