Happy Days
Having grown up in Harrow during the 1950s and 60s, how well I remember my trips to Universal Stationers, seen here at the top of Station Road close to its junction with College Road. As a child I was always fascinated with stationery items and this shop stocked everything you needed. Upon entering you would be greeted by an assistant who would gladly climb a ladder to bring down reams of typing paper from the shelves above which reached to ceiling level. On leaving the shop we would form an orderly queue at the nearby bus stop where the 114 and 158 called to take us home to Harrow Weald. Contrast this with the unruly scrum that occurs at Harrow Bus Station in today's society. Note too the absence of parked cars and yellow lines. Happy days indeed.
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RE: RE: Happy Days
It was a wonderful shop with a wide selection of Penguins. My sister used to send me there with a list of books she wanted for her birthday. What a shame it's no longer there.
Comment from Brenda Tabor on Thursday, 21st October 2010.
RE: RE: Happy Days
Oh yes - Universal Stationers - I would pop in there at the weekend as a girlfriend, Angela Chapuis, had a Saturday job there. I don't think I did much for their trade but I did enjoy visiting!
I can recall a coffee bar just the other side of the road where I took some of my girlfriends.
Comment from John Howard Norfolk on Monday, 14th February 2011.