Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Memories

A Memory of Potters Bar.

My mother Gwen Clayden worked at the Ritz cinema during the war years, and spent many evenings on the roof doing fire watch. As a teenager in the mid sixties I remember many shops along Darkes Lane including Woolworths opening (in the late 50's I think) Delmars Record Shop and the Embassy Club. Boddies Sweet Shop, Baldwins Bike Shop and a very old fashion chemist on the corner of Manor Road. Thurleys Toy Shop, Singer Sewing Machines, Mc Fisheries, De Sallas Barbers, Wilsons Menswear, the Post Office in a motor cycle shop and Cobbs Bakers.


Added 06 March 2012

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Comments & Feedback

How wonderful to read these memories of a period when I was also a teen in PB. I lived on Manor Road and remember all the shops etc. that are mentioned here. I even had a Saturday job at Delmars in the late sixties, pretty cool job back then ;-) I went to school with the daughters from Thurleys and the daughters of Dr. Graham. Great times!
Can you remember the NB Ames of the Thurley's daughters please?

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