Well!! Many, many thanks to all you lovely people who answered (most of!) my questions...and added a lot more memories. Yes, Maggi...spot on. It was WYLE'S, facing onto Picadilly. Well done! Coming back to Lewis's dome, I seem to remember that Father Christmas came in somewhere very near the top and down his ladder before disappearing again and reappearing in his Grotto. It only happened on one day of the year (probably very late November or early Dec.) because I can remember m' Mum saying something like "Do you know...Father Christmas is coming to Lewis's on Saturday...who'd a' thought it were that close to Christmas?" I think I only actually got to see him in his grotto once or twice (we was poor...!) but it was almost as good to watch everybody lined up. Again. now, talking of Lewis's basement...Yes, it really was a wonderful place, especially for a young lad (I'm talking about the 1950's here when I was about 10). I recollect lots of "demonstrators" showing off all sorts of kitchen gadgets with HUGE crowds around them. We never bought anything ("Load of old rubbish", me Mum said...and I bet she was right!). But it was great to watch. The poor demonstrators were always telling the kids to get further back....perhaps so the real (potential) buyers could come forward? I also worked in Lewis's when I got to be around 16, just as a Saturday job while still at school. I was in the China department, which mainly sold dinner or tea sets....but also the very new and very expensive thing called "Melamine". We tried to "push it" as being the best thing to give a set of as a wedding present". Strange to think of that now, when it's as cheap as muck! So, if there's anyone out there who had a gripe with any of the "fine china" I used to sell (for wages amounting to 18/- per day, plus commision of about 1%, would you believe), just let me know and I'll try to organise a refund! Cheers Alan