I worked at Morgan Squires in 1965 . It was a very "are you being served " Store . There was even a Mrs Slocomb character there ( no cat jokes please !) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 4:39 PM To: LEICS post mess Subject: [LEI] Memories We used to go to Saturday night dancing at the Bell when we`d saved up enough,usually though,we went dancing at a place above a Milk Bar--- can`t remember the name of it,it was about3/4 mile south of the Midland Station on the main road to ?Oadby,on a corner.We would buy an orange squash and ask for 6 straws. And anyone remember Morgan Squires? bought my wedding dress there in 1958. Marshall and Snellgrove was Adderleys in those days---very posh. Shoes and "seconds" in knitwear from local factories were great value. Going further back,my husband`s grandmother who lived in Newport Pagnell,was an apprentice milliner in Leicester in the late 1890s that was where she met, and later married,my husband`s grandfather whose home was in London,but whio was an apprentice tailor in Leicester Liz H ------------------------------- 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

Just to reassure you Graham I didn`t have my wedding dress `on appro`and didn`t return it after being worn--in fact I still have it.Yes they were very patronising,I wouldn`t have dared gone in without my mother ! Liz H ----Original Message---- From: [email protected] Date: 19/02/2012 16:46 To: <[email protected]> Subj: Re: [LEI] Memories I worked at Morgan Squires in 1965 . It was a very "are you being served " Store . There was even a Mrs Slocomb character there ( no cat jokes please !) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 4:39 PM To: LEICS post mess Subject: [LEI] Memories We used to go to Saturday night dancing at the Bell when we`d saved up enough,usually though,we went dancing at a place above a Milk Bar--- can`t remember the name of it,it was about3/4 mile south of the Midland Station on the main road to ?Oadby,on a corner.We would buy an orange squash and ask for 6 straws. And anyone remember Morgan Squires? bought my wedding dress there in 1958. Marshall and Snellgrove was Adderleys in those days---very posh. Shoes and "seconds" in knitwear from local factories were great value. Going further back,my husband`s grandmother who lived in Newport Pagnell,was an apprentice milliner in Leicester in the late 1890s that was where she met, and later married,my husband`s grandfather whose home was in London,but whio was an apprentice tailor in Leicester Liz H ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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