Johnson Clarks
A Memory of Staines.
Does anyone remember Johnson & Clarks department store? It used to be the place to go for school uniforms. It was like Grace Brother's department store from the comedy TV show "Are you being served?". I tried to find some old photos, but to no avail. Before it was demolished, it sat on the opposite corner from where Debenhams still sits. Strangely, this is one of my oldest memories of Staines along with the big old cinema watching Star Wars, ET etc... The legendary queues to get into the cinema almost wrapped right around the building.
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I grew up in Staines then moved away, I go back from time to time just to see how its changed.
Next to him was a Glass Shop with George Nicholas and upsatirs was a stained glass department with a man called Bob.
I seem to remember someone in the Sports Department called Ron Dipper but I guess that was after the move to a Departmental store.
Johnsons waxs a regukar weekly trip by us on a Saturday morning , when my mum was at work.
Thinking back it is amazing waht we goyt upto together on a Saturday