The Corner Shop

[juliehoward 10]

Does anyone have photos of a typical corner shop in late 60's early 1970's?  Did you own / work in one.  What was it like?  How did you order stuff?  By phone?  Mail?  Did you have any favourite or nightmare customers.   Love to hear from you.  

[Ghozer 112]

try picture sheffield?

https://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?searchterms=Corner+Shop&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Corner%%3BAND%3Ball%3BCONTAINS%3B%Shop%%3B

Look like the 1960-1979 starts around page 45 ish

Edited January 2, 2021 by Ghozer

[abbeyedges 83]

BBC2 did a programme about a Sheffield corner shop set in Meersbrook. It spanned a number of years including the 1960's / 1970's. Hosted by Sara Cox. Might still be available. 

[gene 10]

I worked in one aged 15. Representatives came round for certain compainies such as Stork margarine. One came with overcoat, rolled umbrella and trilby hat and briefcase - he seemed not to have a car.   Reps also had company cars too or salemen sold from the stock they carried on their vans or lorries. Bread was delivered daily with the driver coming in to see how many loaves/pastries etc were needed. Shop owners would also fetch stock from wholesalers - smaller ones than there are now and in the 1960s there was the moved to membership of Spar and Nisa.  All veg was sold loose, biscuits from open tins and you could buy one egg, one rasher of bacon, one razor blade and even one Oxo cube.  Customers brought their own shopping bags It was at this time that frozen food became popular so the owner bought a freezer - mainly for peas, fish fingers and burgers. There was always a chair for the customer to sit down if she wished - it was a chance to catch catch up with the local gossip too.  It was a time when people cooked from scratch. Tell you more later.  

Edited January 3, 2021 by gene
dyslexic typer!

[francypants 441]

4 hours ago, abbeyedges said:

BBC2 did a programme about a Sheffield corner shop set in Meersbrook. It spanned a number of years including the 1960's / 1970's. Hosted by Sara Cox. Might still be available. 

I wouldn't bother watching.

It was a very poor effort and was nothing like the real thing.

[nikki-red 308]

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