What I want to know is, how did Father Christmas get around to all those stores in order to meet and greet the kids? Perhaps that's why I got so bored standing and waiting on those stairs in Lewis's (the only place to see him as far as we were concerned) if he had to do the rounds of C&A, Greys etc. After all, we do know there's only ONE Father Christmas don't we? And yes, the smell of that coffee coming from The Kardoma, it was great. Does anyone recall The Metro Club, a dark, dank place under the railway arches of Snow Hill Station, down in Livery Street? If I'm not mistaken, I think I saw The Spencer Davis Group there back in the 60s, Fond memories of a childhood and youth long since past! Rob G Halesowen