You have set the memories buzzing again Pat – I had forgotten about that shop. Alice, I think the perfume in the little blue and silver bottle was Evening in Paris, not Midnight. And can any of you ladies remember the ladies cloakroom in the Maison, smelling of a mixture of these exotic perfumes?If I remember rightly the Coty L’aimant stopper had a stick attached to it, and we would "paint"our neck and wrists with it. And what about Goya perfumes – anyone remember those tiny bottles? Oh and Tweed – who remembers that?
The perfume shop was called Nicholsons, they stocked a really good range of perfumes and cosmetics. Next door was Finnegans Lingerie Shop, they sold all the classy makes such as Janet Reger and you could be properly "fitted" for a bra by the lady who owned the shop!
Oh you have made me laugh to remember that shop, Pat. I too used to enjoy the perfumes in it. I do believe the shop was called Nicholsons but I am ready to be corrected. The laugh came with that perfume "christmas in July" oh yes. Manhattan always made me feel sick and my friend Linda always felt hungry whenever we smelt it. A supervisor from where we worked wore it to drenching point! My friend Linda also bought my 21st birthday present in that shop, a silver charm bracelet, not like the new style ones the young girls wear today, but heavy charms that I wouldn’t dream of wearing now. What about "Midnight in Paris" in its little blue bottle and "White Fire" in its little deep red bottle, wish I still had those bottles.
Does anyone remember the name of the perfume shop which was situated a few doors from the Grey Horse pub, a very smart lady called Jane Good worked there in the 60s, she was what I thought of as "elderly" but now having reached about the same age – maybe not so elderly! My favourite perfumes at the time were Coty L’Aimant and Christmas in July, also by Coty, and one called, I think, Manhattan, which smelt a bit like gin.
Undoubtedly the High Street end of Yarm Lane.
The actual buildings of the left/north side were little changed by the 1930’s and into the 1950’s although some of the shop frontages were different.
2nd shop on from West Row was Russell’s the printers. There was a small counter & there I bought my rulers, pencils and exercise books with the times tables at the back.
Straight ahead at the south end of the High Street the tall building housed Rossi’s ice cream parlour, much like the excellent Eis cafes of Germany. I liked it as much as Pacitto’s at the south end of Yarm Lane. That was where the young people, teenagers, socialised.
Next to Rossi’s was Vanes, the Belgian confectioners. Marvellous and they even managed to do well in WWII days/years.
Yes, the location would of been Yarm Lane, looking to the junction of High Street and Bridge Road. The Grey Horse pub is on the end of the block, but amazing how the rest of the buildings (apart from the Empire and High Street) still survive.
You have set the memories buzzing again Pat – I had forgotten about that shop. Alice, I think the perfume in the little blue and silver bottle was Evening in Paris, not Midnight. And can any of you ladies remember the ladies cloakroom in the Maison, smelling of a mixture of these exotic perfumes?If I remember rightly the Coty L’aimant stopper had a stick attached to it, and we would "paint"our neck and wrists with it. And what about Goya perfumes – anyone remember those tiny bottles? Oh and Tweed – who remembers that?
The perfume shop was called Nicholsons, they stocked a really good range of perfumes and cosmetics. Next door was Finnegans Lingerie Shop, they sold all the classy makes such as Janet Reger and you could be properly "fitted" for a bra by the lady who owned the shop!
Oh you have made me laugh to remember that shop, Pat. I too used to enjoy the perfumes in it. I do believe the shop was called Nicholsons but I am ready to be corrected. The laugh came with that perfume "christmas in July" oh yes. Manhattan always made me feel sick and my friend Linda always felt hungry whenever we smelt it. A supervisor from where we worked wore it to drenching point! My friend Linda also bought my 21st birthday present in that shop, a silver charm bracelet, not like the new style ones the young girls wear today, but heavy charms that I wouldn’t dream of wearing now. What about "Midnight in Paris" in its little blue bottle and "White Fire" in its little deep red bottle, wish I still had those bottles.
Does anyone remember the name of the perfume shop which was situated a few doors from the Grey Horse pub, a very smart lady called Jane Good worked there in the 60s, she was what I thought of as "elderly" but now having reached about the same age – maybe not so elderly! My favourite perfumes at the time were Coty L’Aimant and Christmas in July, also by Coty, and one called, I think, Manhattan, which smelt a bit like gin.
Undoubtedly the High Street end of Yarm Lane.
The actual buildings of the left/north side were little changed by the 1930’s and into the 1950’s although some of the shop frontages were different.
2nd shop on from West Row was Russell’s the printers. There was a small counter & there I bought my rulers, pencils and exercise books with the times tables at the back.
Straight ahead at the south end of the High Street the tall building housed Rossi’s ice cream parlour, much like the excellent Eis cafes of Germany. I liked it as much as Pacitto’s at the south end of Yarm Lane. That was where the young people, teenagers, socialised.
Next to Rossi’s was Vanes, the Belgian confectioners. Marvellous and they even managed to do well in WWII days/years.
Yes, the location would of been Yarm Lane, looking to the junction of High Street and Bridge Road. The Grey Horse pub is on the end of the block, but amazing how the rest of the buildings (apart from the Empire and High Street) still survive.
Having had another look at this, could it be Yarm Lane with the door to Jockers on the right?
What a great photograph, anybody have any idea of the location?