Cashdisia(I think!)

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stevief
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Located on Vicar Lane opposite the market.I was watching one of Fred Dibnahs programmes where he was deMONstrating how the old Co-Ops used to move cash from the counter to the accountingdept.by means of either a gravity ball and gutter system or a compressed air shute.I can clearly remember Cashdisia(?) operatingthe compressed air system.It was a great place for denims.Jeans and shirts.

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Hi,Yes you are right Cashdeisha did have that system as did the old co-op on Albion Street.

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Rawcliffe's on Duncan Street had this system well into the 1970's, and probably the early '80s'

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electricaldave wrote: Rawcliffe's on Duncan Street had this system well into the 1970's, and probably the early '80s' "Rawcliffes" That was always THE place to buy football/rugby shirts.

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stevief wrote: electricaldave wrote: Rawcliffe's on Duncan Street had this system well into the 1970's, and probably the early '80s' "Rawcliffes" That was always THE place to buy football/rugby shirts. yep! got all my p.e kit, rugby kit and school uniform for xgreen there in 79...they still had that system then.    
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wiggy wrote: stevief wrote: electricaldave wrote: Rawcliffe's on Duncan Street had this system well into the 1970's, and probably the early '80s' "Rawcliffes" That was always THE place to buy football/rugby shirts. yep! got all my p.e kit, rugby kit and school uniform for xgreen there in 79...they still had that system then.     Me too Wiggy,the one and only place then for uniform etc,and as we know both in the same year for us too.Remember Casdesia having these dark wood framed glass display counters with all their products laid out on wooden trays that were removed for you to "peruse"the article in question.
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stevief wrote: Located on Vicar Lane opposite the market.I was watching one of Fred Dibnahs programmes where he was deMONstrating how the old Co-Ops used to move cash from the counter to the accountingdept.by means of either a gravity ball and gutter system or a compressed air shute.I can clearly remember Cashdisia(?) operatingthe compressed air system.It was a great place for denims.Jeans and shirts. Correction:De-MON-sterating        8-)
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Terrym wrote: Hi,Yes you are right Cashdeisha did have that system as did the old co-op on Albion Street. Lewis's had the same system. Morrisons at Morley still use this system - modernised of course - plastic containers for the money, bu tin essence the same system.I remember Cashdishia - my mum used to get jeans there. Speaking of machines in shops - I remember Stead and Simpson having a foot x-ray machine - don't ask me why but they did. You stood on a platform and put your feet in a hole at the bottom and looked through a slot at the top and you could see an x-ray of your feet.
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It's surprising how many places still use these transport systems, hardly noticed because they are so quiet now perhaps.I recall that Gillinsons, a large warehouse which was on Kirkgate next to the Market entrance (and now a Chinese Restaurant) used these to send transaction dockets to the office and return receipts.Quite different then, old black pipes curling their way smoothly to and from their destination, the transport containers in shining brass with heavy cork ends. As a child I used to wait for their return to the desk but never noticed the warning rattle down the tube until the thing was spat out into a waiting wire basket with some force, always making me jump!

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chameleon wrote: It's surprising how many places still use these transport systems, hardly noticed because they are so quiet now perhaps.I recall that Gillinsons, a large warehouse which was on Kirkgate next to the Market entrance (and now a Chinese Restaurant) used these to send transaction dockets to the office and return receipts.Quite different then, old black pipes curling their way smoothly to and from their destination, the transport containers in shining brass with heavy cork ends. As a child I used to wait for their return to the desk but never noticed the warning rattle down the tube until the thing was spat out into a waiting wire basket with some force, always making me jump! In the pretend co-op at Beamish, the money goes in a sort of wooden ball, which is put in a cradle and propelled along a wire - don't ask me how it works but it does.
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