Hi Listers, A shop that hasn't been mentioned is a gift shop that I think was called Spalls, on Gallowtree Gate when I moved to Leicester in 1961. Soon after it moved to High Street and closed a few years later, which caused a flood of letters to the Leicester Mercury bemoaning its loss. It always seemed very busy so its closure came as a bit of a shock. >From what everyone has written, it seems the shops in Leicester in the post-war years were still as Victorian as those in London. I re-experienced all those smells at Flambards in Cornwall, where they have constructed a Victorian town centre with amazing detail, even to those smells. Lesley

Anybody remember the small Woolies (Woolworths) in the market place, with it's rickety wooden escalator at the right hand side as you went in? .My dad used to send us there to get shoe repair materials.It smelled old and of wood polish . Graham -----Original Message----- From: Lesley Chaney Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LEI] memories Hi Listers, A shop that hasn't been mentioned is a gift shop that I think was called Spalls, on Gallowtree Gate when I moved to Leicester in 1961. Soon after it moved to High Street and closed a few years later, which caused a flood of letters to the Leicester Mercury bemoaning its loss. It always seemed very busy so its closure came as a bit of a shock. >From what everyone has written, it seems the shops in Leicester in the post-war years were still as Victorian as those in London. I re-experienced all those smells at Flambards in Cornwall, where they have constructed a Victorian town centre with amazing detail, even to those smells. Lesley ------------------------------- 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