I used to go to my mum’s friends house every Tuesday night. She was ‘auntie’ to me and was an agent for John Moore’s catalogue. As a young girl, the catalogue was the one thing that made the visit interesting. I was always allowed to browse while they chatted.
Mum bought a lot of clothes via the catalogue. All bought on ‘tick’ (unbeknown to my dad who disapproved). I remember mum paying ‘auntie’ each week. Clothes bought this way would have cost much more than similar clothes bought in shops because of the credit arrangement. And of course once you had an account with a catalogue, it was easy to just keep buying and pay later.
Viv.