Does any one remember
Does anyone remember when it was getting near Christmas in Long Eaton, and Santa would drive up in his sleigh to the old Coop,where there would be hundreds of people gathered with children of all ages including me ,waiting for him to throw sweets out to all and sundry. Then he would go to the top floor of the store to his grotto, what ever has happened to those days when it is supposed to be Goodwill to all men,will we ever get them back, do they still exist somewhere? If anyone knows please let
Santa at the Co-op You say.
When I worked for the NCS in the late 60's I remember that Santa Grotto Coop House Parliament Street was actually a moonscape.
To get to Santa you had to walk through a Rocket.
I took a walk through the pretty impressive construction and stepped out on to the moon.
The first creature I saw as I stepped out was the co-op ratcatcher from Meadow Lane Nottingham!
and the first words I heard were something like What the F....! are you doing here.
Dr Livingstone I pre