BHS by Barbara Lewis
I worked in British Home Stores way back from 1959 to 1966, in those days it was at the top of Church Street. I was a supervisor in the clothing department and our manager was Mr Denson, he employed a retired manager to work there for about three months to train me, his name was Mr Morse, he was very tough and precise but I certainly learnt a lot about underwear and clothing, how to work out and order from this country and abroad. In those days the shop had counters and staff were polite and customers were not kept waiting. How different to nowadays when you pick up your purchase and wander around looking for an assistant or somewhere to pay. We were a happy crowd back then and when Mr Denson was promoted to the number one store in Oxford Street he asked for me to go with him as manageress, unfortunately I had to refuse as I suddenly lost my father and had a lot of family commitments. It would be nice to hear from anyone who worked there during my time.
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I worked at BHS as a 'Saturday' girl from about 1962 and well remember the old store with the cafe at the back. Our staff canteen was round the corner by Kennards and it was sometimes a cold wet walk to get a cup of tea or lunch!! I was on the bra counter with a lovely lady called Maria. One day I sold an elderly lady a bra only to have her return it the following week as it was a 'nursing' bra!! BHS used to employ a lot of Lanfranc girls and I was there until I left school in 1964.
Comment from Jean Wilkins on Wednesday, 19th October 2011.