DavidGrain
master brummie
I spent some time trying to work that out myself but decided to post anyway.Long, long time since I played any cricket but aren't the pads shown right handed?
I spent some time trying to work that out myself but decided to post anyway.Long, long time since I played any cricket but aren't the pads shown right handed?
Didnt they shut it at one point due to not being very clean?Yes the Food Hall was really good, especially late Saturday afternoon when they reduced the prices on the fresh produce and cream cakes.
Not sure about that.Didnt they shut it at one point due to not being very clean?
From the Birmingham Mail archives images.
I remember the lovely window displays
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And the make-up counters - of course
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Never queued for the January sales but plenty of people did
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And if you were well heeled it must have been THE place to buy your wedding dress
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Viv
ooooAlthough not at all well heeled, I did actually buy my wedding dress from Rackhams! Mind you this was in the '80s so perhaps it had come a bit more down market by then! Nice dress though...
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I was married by then with kids, so couldn't afford to go anyway, regardless of discounts.There were indeed shut down by the city Council Environmental team just before Christmas early 90’s
As a Christmas temp we were offered overtime to help with the decoration and window displays over a weekend and during the night. I helped, under direction, dress a window with others and have all the Saturday night revellers go past looking at us. It was strange being in such a large store during the night with not many people but we did get have a go on things we would have otherwise not been able to, i.e. some of the the toys, etc.The window displays were usually striking, especially at Christmas. This one from the B’ham Mail archives looks about 1960s. I
loved ski pants - although this scenario probably hinted at Christmas at a ski lodge in the Alps, and not clothes for hanging out with your mates on the street. Viv.
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she sure does i will be having her old man after mewow lynn what a stunning dress..you look lovely
lyn
in Granby Street, Leicester. 7. Department store coffee shopsPerhaps the Gay Tray was buffet style. Personally never heard of it. Viv.
Viv, I think you are exactly right!I think Rackhams could be intimidating, well at least in the early 1960s it felt that way. The shop was obviously aimed at the discerning. My view of it at the time was a place for older, more ‘conservative’ customers. And of course, if you were young and dressed in the modern fashions, I think it was not the place for you. But as time went by, it woke up to the possibility of the young being potential customers. Viv.