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The burlington great place go in down the stairs for well served 3 course

There used to be a special tram for cleaning the track it sprayed water in the grooves to clean them it was always watched when we were kids

Hi morturn what. Year was that andwhere

Still had to pass food inspection for a licence not so much dirty more untidy the regs were boiling water and the use marble slabs for fats and cheese these were the days when nearly every corner was a shop and this country still trying to get on its feet am The food regs at the time were...

theres a holiday site at St Ives called Ayr caravan site owned by Baragwanaths

tinpot you stirred up some names as I trapsed round with my mother kings hall market ,behive bell nicholson ,other drapers but a few might have bumped into you with out knowing haha

hi maria the lifts on the food hall were on the left side as you went down from the bread counter with a clock in the middle so you could see the time from either side tthe coloured lights on it were for signalling for managers and store detectives the gates were like a trellis the lifts in A...

The doorway In the photo was the entrance in at the end was the. Outdoor we had to wait out side when parents went in for a drink but they would let us have crisps some thing that probably would not happen today this would be early 50s

No it was over the bridge behind the pub

Hercules bicycles was behind the pub

Chopsticks bullring kismet near snowhill

The Burlington used to go on my own on Saturday dinner 3 coursemeal excellent live like a lord

Michaelwicks born bred Aston what about smells when it was going to rain Ansell's HP sauce lovely that's when we new It was going to rain

What a pity Brum has changed it was always better when it was a busy place instead of no character like now any body remember the big bomb money box in the bull ring market had no roof on due to the war going down from times furnishers was fairly steep with all the barrows at the bottom got the...

Yes another great place with its own atmospher Woolies

The Polish lady do know her name was it Bashir Mastarlecz in English Bashir is Barbara

I often wonder if that english electric 6 cylinder diesel standby generator is still in the sub basement in A block is still there in the generator room superb when running the exhaust went out to tall stack behind the stork hotel

Hi Maria all in-store cakes specially the peach and strawberry slice were done on 6th floor bakery bread and fresh cream cakes also the hams were roasted on the 6th the biscuits were either side the escalator each dept was given number the deli and cheese was s16 tinned goods were another number...

Assistanf Hi Maria rack hams food hall started much later it wasn't much to start then they had a ScAre with mice and had to shut for awhile our assistant manager off the cheese went there as food hall manager after Lewis's did not treat him well which was a shame he was well liked by every body

I still have a fold over address pad from this warehouse as my parents used to get dfapery from there