will.i.ams   4 #13 Posted March 26, 2022 Can anyone remember  the names of the staff or did anyone work there in the 70s/80s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre   85 #14 Posted March 26, 2022 On 05/02/2008 at 17:07, bushbaby 3 said: can anyone remember joan barrys bridal shop on high street it was were W,H, Smiths stands today .in the sixties nearly all brides went there for their wedding gowns.it was a very elite shop and you were given exellent service by their staff Did you mean Fargate ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
will.i.ams   4 #15 Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Can Anyone remember the staff in the 70s/80s can you remember the shop it was demolished to make way for Orchard Square Edited March 27, 2022 by will.i.ams Wrong spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Poll   10 #16 Posted March 27, 2022 I remember Joan Barry’s shop. I bought my wedding veil with attached Juliet Cap headdress from there in 1974. It cost £7. I used to love looking through their shop windows, particularly at the beautiful wedding dresses. If I remember correctly it had a separate square glass display unit in the centre of the doorway entrance and it was possible to walk all the way around it window shopping, even at night when the shop was closed. Am I right in thinking that it was called Anne Lennard either before or after Joan Barry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
will.i.ams   4 #17 Posted April 6, 2022 My wife was a window dresser there in the late 70s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
will.i.ams   4 #18 Posted June 13, 2022 You could spend Hours browsing in the windows Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
smary   14 #19 Posted June 18, 2022 I bought my wedding dress there in 1967. It cost a whole weeks wage - £14 - I've still got in in the loft!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
will.i.ams   4 #20 Posted September 19, 2022 Great shop my wife also worked at Stuarts bridal wear near the entrance to the Castle Markets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Barbei   0 #21 Posted December 14, 2022 I was a Saturday girl at Joan Barrie's when I was about 15 or 16, it would have been around 1970/71. I remember it being very formal and most of the staff scared me to death! I worked on the ground floor most of the time but occasionally got called upstairs to help out with the bridal dept. Can't remember what I did there, can't have been much, only certain people were allowed to deal with the wedding gowns (and certainly not the customers. I probably had to vacuum the carpet before a fitting. There was a seamstress worked in the basement and I found her particularly intimidating at first until I got used to her. Another young girl worked there and her older sister did too. I palled up with them but I can't remember their names. I think I earned about £1.50 for the day but somehow managed to buy a black leather skirt, a purple midi dress and a lovely yellow lacy top during my time there. I used to go to a place called Davy's a couple of doors down for a cheese sarnie for my lunch. I think that was the highlight of my day (as well as getting my pay packet from the little office window).               Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
zakes   68 #22 Posted December 19, 2022 The bridal shop wasn't situated in the building where W.H.Smith now is. That building was occupied by Arthur Davy's provisions at the time. I worked at the Davy's shop,my first job in 1969. I think the bridal shop was a few doors on. BTW the building was on Fargate, not High Street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...