 In the 1950s, David Canter had become persuaded that good health depended on unrefined wholefoods and a vegetarian diet.While he was converting premises in Carnaby Street for the Craft Potters Association (of which he was a co-founder), a vacant bakery came on to the market nearby and Canter decided to take it.At that time Carnaby Street was, in Canter's words "not swinging, but a street of small shops and cafés."