[Farrands, Marsdens, Maypole, Dewhurst, VG, Vernons, etc]

YES PIGGY AND BABS I WORKED THERE AND HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THE MANAGER MR HOWARD AND SOME REALLY FUNNY CUSTOMERS,I THINK IT WAS ON VICTORIA RD

[Farrands, Marsdens, Maypole, Dewhurst, VG, Vernons, etc]

GOT ME REALLY REMINISING NOW,MARSDENS/FARRANDS WERE IN TURN BOUGHT OVER BY MOORES STORES OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE SO THEY ENDED UP WITH STORES FROM UP THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER AND THEY WERE AMONG THE 1ST TO START SELF SERVICE STORES,I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT CARRIED OUT THE CONVERSIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR WHOLE AREA.ALL THE STORES AROUND NOTTS WERE CONVERTED AND MANY CHANGED THEIR TRADING NAMES,IE BULWELL BECAME SAVEMORE AS DID LENTON,SHERWOOD BECAME THRIFTY,AND MANY OF THE OTHERS BEGAN TRADING AS VERNONS PRICE DOWN,DENMAN ST AND ST.ANNS AMONG THEM.

[Farrands, Marsdens, Maypole, Dewhurst, VG, Vernons, etc]

marsdens andover rd bestwood est,i started there in 1960 as errand boy,farrands bought them over about the same time,and between them they had shops all over notts,i worked in most of them over the next 7 years,middleton blvd,long eaton,chilwell,west bridgford,daybrook,sherwood,arnold rd,bulwell market,valley rd,broxtowe lane,strelley,willoughby st,hillside,clifton,denman st,beeston,st.anns well rd,meadows,to name but a few,happy days and lots of real nottingham people.