Toyboy

That is a very interesting story. You mention paternoster lifts - I worked in admin for Otis Elevators in the late 60s/early 70s and we...

It seemed more magical and a lot of thought and care was involved.

The paternoster lifts at Aston were very scary when first used, and that fear was always there! What happens if I miss the top floor (...

As I recall, very much so. They certainly knew how to do it and it was the ‘place to go’. Clever marketing, and for those who visited...

Thank you for these memories. I believe that they sum up all that I have posted! I very much appreciate your efforts.

These might spark some memories of Lewis's toy department in the 1960s. Source: British Newspaper Archive

I must mention one important local toy manufacturer who probably achieved a great deal with child development. Chad Valley Toys of...

He gained a sale the day that my grandmother took me to Lewis's (I remember it well;)). I never got the hang of it myself, although my...

This could have been when Early Closing Day was abolished. Shop staff were entitled to a half day off each week to be determined by the...

Apologies to Rita ...mentioned in my last paragraph....It should read. Rota

Lewis’s Toy Department in the early 1960 was split into four areas. Again from memory one was called big toys, such as swings, slides...

Returning to the Toy Department on the 5 th floor. My title refers to the fact that for at least a year apart from management I was the...

From memory if one looked towards The Minories from Temple Row , the B block was on the left. From that street level you could walk into...

Sorry for not attaching last time, new to this!

I believe that is a picture of the Martins bank staff ( Lewis’s bank). If it is allowed, this is a copy I downloaded some time ago. I...