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Hi, Maybe, but i have to admit i dont know it. This type of Window and shop frontages using quite thin wooden glazing bars and curved glass was very popular througout the Victorian and indeed Edwardian periods. There was a shop in Llandudno, North Wales, called "Clares" i remember, right up to...

My pleasure, cheers

Also an earlier view of Rackhams with the old curved glass frontage next to the windsor arcade. cheers john.

further pic for above regarding Street names around Rackhams, that may be of interest, cheers John...

Hi Viviene, there seems to be some interest with the extent of the original Rackhams, which was in fact a site owned and traded as Wilkinson and Riddell until 1881, when they retired to concentrate on their wholesale business and John Rackham the dress fabirc buyer and William Mathews the linen...

I found one, the only one which will go in my book, also a pic of the folies barmaid by Manet, that was behind the bar in there and a pic of Andre Drucker himself in the Bar in La Boheme. You can just see the folies barmaid behind him, so i am well pleased and now you can see it too......cheers...

Not as bad as my experience john, i bought a big balsa wood glider from this shop once, the sort that took months and months of gluing struts and then tissue and dope, that made you as high as a kite....anyway, finally got to take it for its debut flight and my helpful grandad said well put it...

Hi, the Bridal Dept shown was set right back on the Temple Row side on the store on the 2nd floor and very secluded it was too. The background artworks you can see on the stage area shown on the photo above were painted by an American artist called William J Hankinson, who did quite a few...

Does anyone remember this cafe / bar somewhere down by the fire station in the 1960's better still does anyone have a photo i wonder ?

Thats nice to know Janice, that our efforts and very long hours to produce the displays were appreciated. I worked in Display from the mid 1960's through to 1980's and was the display manager there from 73 onwards, so nice to hear it had some impact . cheers john.

Wendy, Hi my name is John Deeley and i was the display manager at the store in the 70's and worked there from 1965 through to the 80's. i am currently in the closing stages of writing a book all about Rackhams during this period and would love to take a look at your history book of the old...

Hi I was Display Manager at the store in its Heyday the 70's and worked in display from 1965 through until 1980's i remember this mural well and had to touch up damage to it on a few occasions. I am in the closing stages of finishing my book all about Rackhams store during this great time of its...