Rajesh Patel, Shop Owner

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Born in Kenya in 1960, Rajesh is one of the many Asians who came to Britain from Africa to seek a better life. Like so many of them, he has established himself running what is known in the trade as a CTN – a confectioner, tobacconist and newsagent – which proliferate throughout the country. He and his brother Hitesh arrived in 1980, following in the wake of their father, who was already working here as a storekeeper. He first found work as a car mechanic, then on an assembly line fitting television components, before deciding to go into business on his own. He opened his first newsagent’s in 1988, passing it over to his brother when he acquired his second shop, Sweet Stop, in Greenwich, about three years later. It is open from 6.30am daily, until 7.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters People's Portraits collection at Girton College, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

Rajesh Patel, Shop Owner

Date

2000

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 119 x W 119 cm

Accession number

481

Acquisition method

on loan from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Work type

Painting

Royal Society of Portrait Painters People's Portraits collection at Girton College, University of Cambridge

Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG England

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