Marshall & Snelgrove? I worked as a management trainee for F.W.Woolworth and was at the Gallowtree Gate branch in 1967, but of course that was on the opposite side of the road. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 07 February 2012 11:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LEI] Victorian letter >> Shops in Gallowtree Gate ? Hi Jan My wifes first job was at Lewis's in the shoe department Just round the corner from Timothy Whites where one of my brothers first worked, also close to Bree's on Churchgate where a sister worked Now I wonder if anyone can help stir my fading memory We have been trying to remember what shops were down the Gallowtree Gate on the Market side in the 1960's & 70's ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Mike > > I would have been in Lewis's often when you were working there. My bus > dropped us in Humberstone Gate and I always went straight into Lewis's first > to > start a shopping afternoon, also visiting several other shops and often the > market too. Maybe your Lucy Eaglesfield was related to the people mentioned > in the letters. > > Jan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12

Yes that is certainly one I was visiting Woolies on a regular basis then as it was where we bought our singles from :-) In fact I bought my very first single there :-) And yes the other side of the street on the corner of Halford street Marshall & Snelgrove were a department store But what was the name of the shop I think in the same row, it was a delicatessen and all sorts The smells were amazing , I am sure we have talked about it before on list but I cannot recall the name of it Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Marshall & Snelgrove? > > I worked as a management trainee for F.W.Woolworth and was at the Gallowtree > Gate branch in 1967, but of course that was on the opposite side of the > road. > > Brian Binns

Hi Nivard, Brian and Listers I shopped weekly in Leicester until leaving in early 1965 for Australia. after Lewis's I usually went, via that back way across a narrow street, to Woolworths and then out onto Gallowtree Gate. I know Boots were (and I think still are, or were in the 1990s?) on that side of Gallowtree Gate. On the market side I can only really remember H Samuel, the jewellers where my engagement ring and both our wedding rings were purchased. And was the Turkey Cafe along there or further up? Also I remember, somewhere either on Gallowtree Gate or the street at the back opposite the market, a shop smelling strongly of roasting coffee with a metal cylinder rotating in the window. That last shop was further back in time, in the 1940s and maybe early 50s - not sure whether it stayed there longer or not. I know my mother never went into that shop. When I shopped as an adult I didn't often go to any shops on that side of Gallowtree Gate but crossed from the Woolworths side to go through one of the arcades to the market. I remember Adderleys, later Marshall and Snelgrove, and Morgan Squires, both of which were around the market area. They were both less crowded than the other shops and quiet inside with carpeted floors. Don't remember going in those shops very often, though. I do remember how crowded the shops were before Christmas in those days, just being carried along by the crowd like a sardine in a can from beginning of November onwards! Hope it's not so bad now. No rellies of mine in the Wyggeston Schools results I'm afraid. My family graced Leicester with its presence for just 30 years, my ancestors and relatives all being from other parts of England. Jan Marchant in NSW, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Binns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] Victorian letter >> Shops in Gallowtree Gate ? > Marshall & Snelgrove? > > I worked as a management trainee for F.W.Woolworth and was at the > Gallowtree > Gate branch in 1967, but of course that was on the opposite side of the > road. > > Brian Binns > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard > Ovington > Sent: 07 February 2012 11:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LEI] Victorian letter >> Shops in Gallowtree Gate ? > > Hi Jan > > My wifes first job was at Lewis's in the shoe department > > Just round the corner from Timothy Whites where one of my brothers first > worked, also close to > Bree's on Churchgate where a sister worked > > Now I wonder if anyone can help stir my fading memory > > We have been trying to remember what shops were down the Gallowtree Gate > on > the Market side in the > 1960's & 70's ? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Hi Mike >> >> I would have been in Lewis's often when you were working there. My bus >> dropped us in Humberstone Gate and I always went straight into Lewis's > first >> to >> start a shopping afternoon, also visiting several other shops and often > the >> market too. Maybe your Lucy Eaglesfield was related to the people > mentioned >> in the letters. >> >> Jan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4793 - Release Date: 02/06/12 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4795 - Release Date: 02/07/12 >