Not too much to say. The business was founded by Abraham Taylor (b ~ 1864, d ?). Abraham emigrated to the UK from Russia (probably in the 1880s) , and together with his wife Bessie had five children, three daughters (Sarah, Leah, and Minnie) and two sons (Emanuel and X?). Not sure of the name of the son who was the "and son" of the tobacco shop (the other son Emanuel was, appropriately enough, a tailor), or exactly when Abraham began to trade as a tobacconist. There's some reason to believe Abraham too was a tailor before entering the tobacco game but that's a bit fuzzy. What I can tell you for sure is that A. Taylor & Son was in business by 1910 at 117 Cable Street in London, and that sometime between 1915 and 1920 the shop relocated to 73B Victoria Street where it remained until the end of the 1960s. More specifically it appears in London phone books through the 1969 edition and doesn't appear in the 1970 or later editions. If the Taylors ever succeeded in expanding the business beyond a single location I've found no sign of it whatsoever. In any case 60+ years is a pretty good run for a small family retail business. My guess is the end came when the son, whoever that was, retired or died (which I guess could be considered a more decisive form of retirement). Anyone else have something to add?