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[Louisa]

I have a stock photograph of the Rye Lane Marks and Spencer shop front taken in the 1950's, but I am not allowed to share it without prior authorisation from the M&S archives. It's a lovely photograph too.

Louisa.

[dmac_1000]

Khan's Bargin this morning. (Pic)

[DulwichFox]

GSJ57 Wrote:

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> My mum remembers Holdrons, she said it was

> definitely 'Selfridges of the south'. Also Ghinns,

> the wool and fabric shop, opposite where Marks and

> Spencer was.

Yes Ghinns.. That's the place I was trying to think of.

Ghinns.. Kennedys.... Walworths..

The record shop was Reed's

http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/uploads/7/1/4/7/7147924/1403634_orig.jpg

Run by an elderly woman who was brilliant and later by her son.

Foxy

[Pugwash]

Ghinns - my mum worked there and during the school holidays if she could not get any child care the manager allowed her to take me and I spent the day in the stock room writing out price labels and sticking/tying onto clothes etc. This was in the late 50s.

I think there was a Freeman Hardy Willis shoe shop as well. I got my first ever pair of Chelsea boots in one of the shoe shops (The Beatles made them a fashion item) - paid 21 shillings for them. Also in Rye Lane you could get pale blue Levi jeans for a few pounds.

[JohnL]

dmac_1000 Wrote:

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> Khan's Bargin this morning. (Pic)

I heard all the yellow bit will be renovated to the original state.

[dbboy]

Dunn and Co

The Deli under the arch (lefy hand side) at Peckham Rye Station

The hot chicken shop next to Dunn & Co

Fine Fair

The bakers that used to be opposite it

[val]

The Co-operative department store at the top of Rye Lane, had a travel agent, electrical dept, furnishings, a small bank ( I worked There). Next door was a small grocery dept. It also had a lift which was operated by someone in

uniform. Across the road was a co-op chemist where the funeral shop is now and further down maybe where Asda is was the Co-operative mans store.

[teddyboy23]

My mum used to work in Jones and Higgins .I bought a monopoly board game there .I think I was 7or8 years old.my mum often said lulu had apartime job there? Got a photo somewhere of me mum and friend behind one of the counters with their beehive hair styles😊

[Jah Lush]

Anyone remember Dales? For all your quality skinhead/suedehead clobber. Levi Sta press, Ben Sherman and Brutus shirts, half inch braces etc etc.