Hi Marion, Thanks for the reminder of visiting Santa's grotto in Lewis's Brum. I was visiting Santa in the early 1960s. Not sure if it was Lewis's or at the the Co-op in High Street, but I do remember very vividly the scene where kids had to get on a 'spaceship' to travel to see Santa in his grotto. I was thoroughly taken in by it all, looking out of the spaceship 'porthole' and seeing all the stars in space outside. I thought I was a real space cadet. Cheers, Ged Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

I used to go to Lewis' to see Santa, he was the real one. I remember standing up the long stairwell at the back and it being so hot that I often felt quite faint at times. Always worth it though. This would have been the early 1970's as I was only born in 1970. Jaquie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ged" <gerardabh@yahoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: [B.C.] Re: Lewis's of Brum > Hi Marion, > > Thanks for the reminder of visiting Santa's grotto in > Lewis's Brum. I was visiting Santa in the early > 1960s. > > Not sure if it was Lewis's or at the the Co-op in High > Street, but I do remember very vividly the scene where > kids had to get on a 'spaceship' to travel to see > Santa in his grotto. > > I was thoroughly taken in by it all, looking out of > the spaceship 'porthole' and seeing all the stars in > space outside. I thought I was a real space cadet. > > Cheers, > > Ged > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > Wherever possible (except for personal messages) > please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! >