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Topliss Drapers 1882-1975

Mercer Row c1955 Ref: L305035
Mercer Row c1955
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I wonder if anyone remembers Topliss, 16 Mercer Row? It was there until 1975 when it was taken over by Boyes. It was probably the last shop in Britain to have a "cash railway" for taking customers' payments to the cashier and returning the change. The money travelled in a hollow wooden ball, like a croquet ball cut in half. There is a photo on The Cash Railway Website. Cash ball systems were generally supreseded by overhead wire or pneumatic tube systems.

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A memory of Louth in Lincolnshire shared on Thursday, 29th June 2006.

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