Serg, Meral's Food Express. Cricklewood Lane
The shop is owned by Kilici Karakus who is originally from Istanbul. His brother owns the restaurant next door, and both are named after their mother, Meral.
Shah Jahan, Pound Village, Cricklewood Broadway
Shah has owned the business for 12 years. He lives in West Hendon. Suitcases, carpets and electrics are the most popular items on sale.
Yusuf Sevik, Illy's Supermarket, Cricklewood Broadway
This is Yusuf's first business of his own. He has been running it for over 2 years.
Ever Fresh Fish, Cricklewood Lane
Abdul, Allid, Shah and Khalid (pictured).
Regina, Hungarian Delicatessen, Cricklewood Broadway
The Deli opened in December 2012 and sells speciality foods to the large Hungarian community in the area. Túró Rudi, a chocolate covered curd bar, is the most popular product. The owner and all the staff are Hungarian.
Talib, African Food Centre. Cricklewood Lane
This business has been trading in Cricklewood for 20 years. Talib took it over 3 years ago. Customers travel from all over London to buy his North African specialities. His cousin owns the food shop next door.
Anthony, Touchup Palace. Cricklewood Broadway.
A popular barber for male Caribbean, African and Asian communities for over 10 years.
Dino, Smooth Cuts. Cricklewood Broadway
This shop has been a barbers for 29 years. Dino took it over in 1996. He grew up in the area and says he really values his customers, both local and from afar.
Benham, Uncle B's. Cricklewood Lane.
Persia Restaurant, Cricklewood Broadway
Natasha Bayat, who is half English and half Irainian, has run this restaurant for 12 years. She cooks with her partner Sacha and they specialise in Persian cuisine. This site has been an Iranian restaurant for the last 20 years.
The Windmill Bar & Guest House, Cricklewood Broadway.
Victor, Mona and Weronika (L-R)
Valli's Four Seasons, Cricklewood Broadway.
Valdet Arifi and Alexandra. Valdet has been serving pizza and pasta at his restaurant in Cricklewood for more than 10 years.
Kush, Meral's Café. Cricklewood Lane
Kush Karakus opened his café in 2004 and named it after his mother. Kush is originally from Istanbul and has lived in Cricklewood since moving to the UK.
Top Wok, Cricklewood Broadway.
Dawn and Edmund Ho have owned their Chinese restaurant for 7 years. They live above the premises.
Lihiniya, Cricklewood Broadway
Meepali opened Lihiniya restaurant in 1997. Prior to that she owned a shop at number 77 Broadway. The restaurant is a favourite with Sri Lankans living in London. Hoppers, a kind of pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk and a dash of palm toddy, are the most sought after on the menu.
Quick Clean, Cricklewood Broadway.
This shop has been a launderette for over 40 years. Rizgar (pictured) took it over 5 years ago. He is Kurdish but has been living in London for 15 years.
Sam, Jena Launderette. Cricklewood Broadway.
Jena Launderette has been in Cricklewood for 16 years.
Libra Dry Cleaning, Cricklewood Broadway.
Imran (centre) inherited the business 8 years ago from his father and uncle. They had run it previously for more than 25 years. He is pictured with Aftab (left) and Kiran (right), the in-house tailor.
Express Dry Cleaners, Cricklewood Broadway
Tanveer Ahmed (pictured) has owned the business for 2 years. His uncle previously owned it for 20 years before him.
Andy Evans, Hassop Road
This family run garage has been on Hassop Road for 20 years. Andy inherited it from his father and uncle, and learnt his bodywork skills from them. His family is originally from Saint Vincent in the Caribbean.
Kwik Workshop, Hassop Road
(R-L) Natey, Radake and Ahemede and Tony. Tony, who owns the business, is originally from Somalia. He travels to Cricklewood each day from from Southall. He has run the business for 8 years. He likes the community of garage businesses on Hassop road as they all help each other out.
Cricklewood Carriers, Edgeware Road
This 5th generation family business opened in 1881 and is one of the oldest taxi garages in London. They started out renting bikes, but gradually moved into taxis after WWII. Sheldon (on right) is the current owner.
Print Sign Design, Cricklewood Broadway.
Maj and his printing studio have been in Cricklewood for 2 years – they moved here from Edgeware in order to gain a presence on the high street. The team has over 10 years of experience in graphic design, fine art printing and marketing.
Claims Specialist, Cricklewood Broadway.
The business has been going for 18 years. It opened a branch in Cricklewood 3 years ago. It specialises in accident claims and has four other locations across the city. Wassim (pictured) has been the office manager here for 2 years.
Revelation Realties, Cricklewood Broadway.
Timmy (pictured) and his brother Femi have run this estate agents for over 20 years. They moved the original business from Kensal Rise to Cricklewood.
Plaza Appliances, Cricklewood Broadway
Mr Abed has been selling white goods at this shop for 15 years.
John Nodes Funeral Directors, Cricklewood Broadway
This funeral parlour is 185 years old and was owned by the Node family until May 2013. It is has since been bought by Funeral Partners Ltd. Rachel (pictured) and her husband both work here and live upstairs.
The Real Man's Clothing Company, Cricklewood Broadway
Peter Tubbs (pictured) has worked in the shop since the 1970s and took it over in 2012. The shop has been selling clothes since 1946. It began specialising in clothes for the larger man after Brent Cross Shopping Centre opened.
Bozena (left) and Zbignw (right). Zbignw has owned the business since 2006. It moved to Cricklewood 2 years ago. He is from Poland and has lived in Cricklewood for 7 years.
Zeytoon, Cricklewood Broadway
Farhad and his business partner Merzad have been running their successful Persian restaurant in Cricklewood for 4 years.
Broadway Café, Cricklewood Broadway
Father and son, Veli and Hasan, have owned the Broadway Café for eight and a half years. The business has been trading for over 50 years. Some of their customers have been coming back here for English Breakfasts all that time.
New to You Charity Shop, Cricklewood Broadway
Valerie and Helen are both volunteers at this charity shop. All proceeds go to various women’s charities around the world. The shop also tries to help the local community as much as possible and often donates clothes to local homeless charities.
M. Wright Fruit & Veg, Oaklands Rd
Brighton (left), Carrie (Centre) and Carl (right). Carrie Wright’s grandfather set up the business 70 years ago and it is now run by her father Michael.
Burger King, Cricklewood Broadway
This branch has been open for 20 years. Chaima, Nikolett and Soma (L-R).
Royal Grill, Chichele Road
Said (right) works for his brother who has owned the restaurant since 2009. They are originally from Algeria, but grew up in France and then moved to London in 1991. Said describes the restaurant as the ‘house of cous cous’. Morad (left) is the chef.
McGovern's Bar, Cricklewood Broadway.
Austin McGovern and his family have run this pub since it opened in Cricklewood in 1992. There used to be 5 more McGovern's pubs in the UK, however this is the last one remaining. A lot of the locals are Irish and Guinness is the most popular brew on tap.
Decks.co.uk, Burlington Parade
Decks.co.uk is the UK’s largest DJ equipment dealer on & offline and the owner has been a pioneer on the DJ tools scene since 1989. Simon, on the right, (pictured with Pete) is a DJ too, known as DJ Temple. The BBC Radio 1 DJ, Monki is a customer, as is James Blake’s mum!
Iffy's Accessories, Cricklewood Lane
Irfan, known as Iffy, (pictured right) opened the shop in January 2013. He has another branch in Fulham. He sells jewellery, bags and accessories. Julia (left) is originally from Romania and has worked here since the shop opened.
Army and Navy Stores, Cricklewood Broadway
Mr Javid graduated from Sandhurst and served in the Iranian Army. He left Iran before the revolution in 1979. He has run this shop for 12 years.
Golden Grill, Cricklewood Broadway
Tahsim (pictured) came to London in 1973. He took over this Turkish restaurant in 1982.
Dr. Hu Acupuncture Centre, Cricklewood Broadway
Dr Hu studied traditional Chinese medicine in his home-city of Zhengzhou in North-Central China. He has run his practice here for 3 years.
Mobile City, Cricklewood Broadway
Amar (left) and his brother James (right). Amar has owned this Internet café for 10 years.
Papa Johns, Cricklewood Broadway
Saqib (left) and Kamran (right).
Cricklewood Halal Meat & Grocery Store
Bali Khan (pictured) has managed this popular butchers for 9 years.
Hammond & Son Butchers, Cricklewood Broadway
Roy Hammond (pictured) has co-owned the business with his cousin Laurie since 1978. His uncle originally opened it in 1972.
Tariq Halal Butchers, Cricklewood Broadway
Saleem (left) and Zubair (right) This shop has been a butchers for 30 years. It started selling Halal meat only in 2008.
Portraits of a High Street Exhibition
Pop-up public exhibition of over 150 framed portraits held at Navruz, Cricklewood Broadway. Sept 2013.
Each business was given a framed copy of one of their portraits, complete with custom made Cricklewood laser-cut mounts. Designed by Polimekanos. www.polimekanos.com
Cricklewood's Mobile Town Square
All the images were also projected onto Spacemaker's mobile Town Square outside the exhibition venue. www.spacemakers.info